On this day: March 16

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on March 16.

58 African footballers in our database were born on March 16, including Wilfried Sanou, Bernard Parker and Pathé Ciss.

African national teams have played 18 matches on March 16 since 1934.

On March 16 1990, Algeria won the Africa Cup of Nations, beating Nigeria in the final.

On March 16 1978, Ghana won the Africa Cup of Nations, beating Uganda in the final.

Footballers born on March 16 (58)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Wilfried Sanou	1984	Burkina Faso	Wing half
Bernard Parker	1986	South Africa	Forward
Pathé Ciss	1994	Senegal	Midfielder
Martin Hongla	1998	Cameroon	Defender
Anis Ben Slimane	2001	Tunisia	Midfielder
Nathanaël Mbuku	2002	DR Congo	Forward
Rosella Ayane	1996	Morocco	Midfielder
Brian Baloyi	1974	South Africa	Goalkeeper
Adel Nefzi	1974	Tunisia	Goalkeeper
Abdelmajid Bourebbou	1951	Algeria	Centre-forward
Issam Merdassi	1981	Tunisia	Defender
Alhassan Kamara	1993	Sierra Leone	Forward
Laurent Agouazi	1984	Algeria	Midfielder
Farid Ghazi	1974	Algeria	Forward
Samir Qotb	1938	Egypt	Midfielder
Sacha Banse	2001	Burkina Faso
Hilaire Momi	1990	Central African Republic	Forward
Sofian El Moudane	1994	Morocco	Midfielder
Djuma Shabani	1993	DR Congo	Defender
Cofie Bekoe	1988	Ghana	Midfielder
Jonas Salley	1982	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Destin Onka Malonga	1988	Congo	Goalkeeper
Boureima Zongo	1972	Burkina Faso	Midfielder
Benjamin Fadi	1995	Ghana	Forward
David Nascimento	1966	Cape Verde	Defender
Abdelmalek Amara	2000	Algeria	Wing half
Steven Godfroid	1990	Rwanda	Midfielder
Joe Kadenge	1935	Kenya
Eloy Edu	1985	Equatorial Guinea	Centre-back
Mohamed Islam Belkhir	2001	Algeria	Forward
Prince Nana	1983	Ghana	Forward
Marc van Heerden	1988	South Africa	Defender
Terrence Tisdell	1998	Liberia	Wing half
Zeyneb Kandouci	1994	Algeria	Defender
Clement Ikenna	2003	Nigeria
Abdelhamid Maali	2006	Morocco
John Trye	1985	Sierra Leone	Goalkeeper
Anthony Tieku	1974	Ghana
Sekou Ouattara	1986	Ivory Coast
Olivier Lusamba	1993	DR Congo	Forward
Walid Ben Hassine	1982	Tunisia	Goalkeeper
Hamza Messaadi	1989	Tunisia	Midfielder
Mohammed Abbas	1981	Egypt	Goalkeeper
Rashid Abubakar	2000	Ghana
Ebrima Jarju	1998	Gambia
Madyen El Jaouhari	1999	Morocco
Mohamed Camara	2000	Guinea
Mickäella Cardia	2000	Comoros	Forward
Mamadou Ba Camara	1984	Guinea	Forward
Chioma Olise	2005	Nigeria	Defensive midfielder
Marta Lacho	1999	Angola
Armel Dagrou	1992	Burundi
Saad Morsli	1998	Morocco	Midfielder
Nico Thabo Babutsi	2002	Botswana	Defender
Shanganani Nganda	1994	Botswana	Defender
Juan Esteban Castillo	2006	Equatorial Guinea	Central midfielder
Nourouzamane Ahmed	2004	Comoros	Defender
Óscar Vizcaíno	2001	Equatorial Guinea	Forward