On this day: March 21

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on March 21.

45 African footballers in our database were born on March 21, including Abdeljalil Hadda, Philippe Troussier and Antar Yahia.

African national teams have played 30 matches on March 21 since 1976.

On March 21 1986, Egypt won the Africa Cup of Nations, beating Cameroon in the final.

Footballers born on March 21 (45)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Abdeljalil Hadda	1972	Morocco	Forward
Philippe Troussier	1955	Ivory Coast	Defender
Antar Yahia	1982	Algeria	Centre-back
Karim Konaté	2004	Ivory Coast	Forward
Hany Mukhtar	1995	Sudan	Midfielder
Aymen Barkok	1998	Morocco	Midfielder
Djaniny Tavares	1991	Cape Verde	Forward
Anthony Nwakaeme	1989	Nigeria	Forward
José Clayton	1974	Tunisia	Full-back
Mohamed Samadi	1970	Morocco	Midfielder
Peter Ofori-Quaye	1980	Ghana	Forward
Réda Johnson	1988	Benin	Defender
Ousmane N'Doye	1978	Senegal	Midfielder
Yousef Aymen	1999	Egypt	Defender
Mumamba Numba	1978	Zambia	Midfielder
Alex Nimo	1990	Liberia	Midfielder
Adama Cissé	1967	Senegal	Midfielder
Cheikh Sidy Ba	1972	Senegal	Defender
Raphael Edereho	1983	Nigeria	Forward
Carlos Pedro Silva Morais	1976	Cape Verde	Wing half
Harman van den Berg	1918	South Africa	Midfielder
Ahmet Atef	1998	Egypt
Bamuza Sono	1980	South Africa	Midfielder
Theddy Ongoly	1981	Congo	Defender
Hamza Agrebi	1991	Tunisia	Defender
Attia Al Nashwy	1988	Egypt	Forward
Rosario Latouchent	1996	Mauritius	Full-back
Oratile Mokwena	2001	South Africa	Midfielder
Sthembiso Ntombela	1982	South Africa	Defender
John Obuh	1960	Nigeria
Jean Ondoa	1983	Cameroon	Midfielder
Ben Motshwari	1991	South Africa	Midfielder
Bhongolwethu Jayiya	1990	South Africa	Forward
Clémentine Touré	1977	Ivory Coast
Moamen Soliman	1974	Egypt	Full-back
Mohamed Adel Gomaa	1993	Egypt	Full-back
Yacine Babouche	1978	Algeria	Goalkeeper
Haythem Gloulou	1984	Tunisia	Midfielder
Henrick Do Marcolino	2006	Gabon
Fahad Mohamed	2000	Somalia
Ibrahima Fofana Sory	2000	Guinea
Bright John Essien	2002	Nigeria
Pape Mamadou Faye	1991	Senegal
Leslie Dunkwu	2000	Nigeria	Centre-back
Nancy Baeletsi	1996	Botswana	Defender