On this day: March 17

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on March 17.

53 African footballers in our database were born on March 17, including Steven Pienaar, Jacques Songo'o and Khouma Babacar.

African national teams have played 13 matches on March 17 since 1962.

Footballers born on March 17 (53)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Steven Pienaar	1982	South Africa	Midfielder
Jacques Songo'o	1964	Cameroon	Goalkeeper
Khouma Babacar	1993	Senegal	Forward
Abdelhamid El Kaoutari	1990	Morocco	Defender
Brendan Galloway	1996	Zimbabwe	Defender
Assan Ceesay	1994	Gambia	Midfielder
Federico Bikoro	1996	Equatorial Guinea	Defender
Jodel Dossou	1992	Benin	Midfielder
Mohamed Salah Jedidi	1938	Tunisia	Forward
Maher Kanzari	1973	Tunisia	Midfielder
Warsama Hassan	1999	Djibouti	Defender
Tshepo Motlhabankwe	1980	Botswana	Defender
Dimitri Magnoleke Bissiki	1991	Congo	Defender
Amadaiya Rennie	1990	Liberia	Forward
Shafik Batambuze	1994	Uganda	Midfielder
Mostafa Afroto	1989	Egypt	Forward
Uche Akubuike	1980	Nigeria	Goalkeeper
Kemokai Kallon	1972	Sierra Leone	Centre-back
Modou Jadama	1994	Gambia	Defender
Adham El Idrissi	1997	Morocco	Forward
Belhassen Aloui	1973	Tunisia	Forward
Olivier N'Siabamfumu	1986	DR Congo	Midfielder
Neo Makama	1981	Lesotho	Forward
Ali Fawzi	1992	Egypt	Defender
Levy Nene	2006	Mali
Warren Bishop	1983	South Africa	Defender
Christian Bodiong Ebala	1988	Cameroon	Midfielder
Saber Chebana	1983	Algeria	Defender
Etienne Eto'o	1990	Cameroon	Forward
Lucky Msiska	1960	Zambia	Midfielder
Srafel Tesfamichael	1989	Eritrea	Defender
Manu Sunu	1966	Togo	Midfielder
Jabulani Maluleke	1982	South Africa	Midfielder
Dahir Mohammed	1973	Ethiopia	Defender
Busang Rasefako	1972	Botswana	Midfielder
Valentine Nwabili	1987	Nigeria	Full-back
Dany	1983	Cape Verde	Forward
Angula da Costa	1987	Namibia	Defender
Sam okafor	1982	Nigeria	Midfielder
Nkosinathi Ogle	1985	South Africa	Forward
Hamado Ouedraogo	1983	Burkina Faso	Midfielder
Thomas Hlongwane	1962	South Africa	Forward
Ibrahima Diaby	2007	Guinea	Midfielder
Ali Loune	2002	Morocco	Midfielder
Mike Baraza	1979	Kenya	Forward
Nour El Islam Salah	1993	Algeria	Defender
Kazeem Ahmed	1989	Nigeria	Forward
Kassi Ouédraogo	1983	Burkina Faso	Forward
Gerson Duarte de Sousa Lobo	1975	Cape Verde	Defender
Omar Oucief	1940	Algeria	Defensive midfielder
Mohamed Medjdoub Salguia	1950	Algeria	Goalkeeper
Tendamudzimu Matodzi	2001	South Africa	Right winger
Tshepo Mokoane	2002	South Africa	Forward