On this day: March 19

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on March 19.

43 African footballers in our database were born on March 19, including Hakim Ziyech, Kolo Touré and Derick Ogbu.

African national teams have played 24 matches on March 19 since 1943.

On March 19 1982, Ghana won the Africa Cup of Nations, beating Libya in the final.

Footballers born on March 19 (43)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Hakim Ziyech	1993	Morocco	Attacking midfielder
Kolo Touré	1981	Ivory Coast	Centre-back
Derick Ogbu	1990	Nigeria	Forward
Papakouli Diop	1986	Senegal	Midfielder
Mokhtar Hasni	1952	Tunisia	Forward
Roy Wegerle	1964	South Africa	Forward
Obinna Nwaneri	1982	Nigeria	Centre-back
Ahmed Oudjani	1937	Algeria	Forward
Abdelkader Salhi	1993	Algeria	Goalkeeper
Dickson Choto	1981	Zimbabwe	Defender
Christopher Maboulou	1990	Congo	Defender
Vata Matanu Garcia	1961	Angola	Forward
Josephine Chukwunonye	1992	Nigeria	Defender
José Luis Rondo	1976	Equatorial Guinea	Defender
Alan Do Marcolino	2002	Gabon	Forward
Ahmed Arab	1933	Algeria	Midfielder
Reine Sosso	1993	Cameroon	Goalkeeper
Ted Lavie	1986	Congo	Midfielder
Mohammed Sheikh Eldin	1985	Sudan	Midfielder
David Opango	1978	Burundi	Midfielder
Zakhele Lepasa	1997	South Africa	Forward
Hosny Fathy	1989	Egypt	Full-back
Mondli Cele	1989	South Africa	Midfielder
Fredrick Ogechi Okwara	1989	Nigeria	Midfielder
Hussein Ali	1982	Egypt	Midfielder
Carlinhos	1995	Angola	Midfielder
Danny Quendambú	1983	Equatorial Guinea	Forward
Zakaria Lahlali	1991	Morocco
Claude Bakadal	1976	Cameroon
Aymen Ayari	1981	Tunisia	Midfielder
Boubacari Doucouré	1999	Mali
Kwaku Duah Ahinful	1985	Ghana	Midfielder
Larbi Hazam	1952	Morocco	Wing half
Laré Mohamed Diarra	1990	Burkina Faso	Goalkeeper
Vusi Lamola	1950	South Africa	Midfielder
Vlad	2009	Guinea-Bissau	Winger
Muridi Abanur	1960	Somalia	Midfielder
Rachid Troudi	1943	Tunisia
Ahmed Kerboua	1969	Algeria	Defender
Soufiane Saadane	1994	Morocco	Midfielder
Yandisa Mfolozi	2003	South Africa	Full-back
Ezekiel Morgan	2002	Ghana	Midfielder
Myline Awuor	1995	Kenya	Midfielder