On this day: March 23

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on March 23.

70 African footballers in our database were born on March 23, including Éric Maxim Choupo-Moting, Bamba Dieng and Eyong Enoh.

African national teams have played 71 matches on March 23 since 1971.

Footballers born on March 23 (70)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Éric Maxim Choupo-Moting	1989	Cameroon	Forward
Bamba Dieng	2000	Senegal	Forward
Eyong Enoh	1986	Cameroon	Midfielder
Ejike Uzoenyi	1988	Nigeria	Wing half
Oussama Tannane	1994	Morocco	Forward
Larry Azouni	1994	Tunisia	Midfielder
Peter Shalulile	1993	Namibia	Midfielder
Isaac Chansa	1984	Zambia	Midfielder
Afimico Pululu	1999	Angola	Forward
Mokhtar Dhouieb	1952	Tunisia	Defender
Igor Vetokele	1992	Angola	Forward
Caleb Ekuban	1994	Ghana	Midfielder
Abdou Kader Mangane	1983	Senegal	Centre-back
Morgan Gould	1983	South Africa	Defender
Steve Mokone	1932	South Africa	Forward
Ali Maamar	2005	Morocco
Kévin Koubemba	1993	Congo	Forward
Lazhar Hadj Aïssa	1984	Algeria	Midfielder
Edrissa Sonko	1980	Gambia	Midfielder
Nduka Usim	1985	Nigeria	Defender
Mahmoud Benhalib	1996	Morocco	Forward
Lawrence Adjei	1979	Ghana	Midfielder
Adel Hekal	1934	Egypt	Goalkeeper
Djibril Sidibé	1982	Mali	Midfielder
Ahmed Ramadan	1997	Egypt	Wing half
Formose Mendy	1989	Guinea-Bissau	Wing half
Samuel Asamoah	1994	Ghana	Midfielder
Isâad Bourahli	1974	Algeria	Forward
Thabo Moloi	1994	South Africa	Defender
Houssem Eddine Mrezigue	2000	Algeria	Midfielder
Maxwell Kalu	1976	Nigeria	Forward
José Leal	1965	Angola	Defender
Baron Kibamba	1998	Congo	Defender
Souleymane Diabate	1991	Mali	Forward
Joseph Mpande	1994	Uganda	Midfielder
Kassim Hadji	2000	Comoros	Winger
Sikiru Alimi	1996	Nigeria	Forward
Manqoba Ngwenya	1981	South Africa	Midfielder
Simeon Masaba	1983	Uganda	Defender
Mike Mutyaba	1991	Uganda	Forward
Ibourahima Baldé	1999	Senegal	Forward
Abram Raselemane	1978	South Africa	Forward
Lawrence Lartey	1994	Ghana	Defender
Ahmed Khalifa	1985	Egypt	Midfielder
Francis Ouma	1988	Kenya	Forward
Fernando Alves dos Santos	1979	Equatorial Guinea	Centre-back
Alain Liri	1979	Ivory Coast	Forward
Wuilito Fernandes	1990	Cape Verde	Defender
Chandrayah Veeranah	1985	Mauritius	Defender
Prince Amanda	2001	Tanzania	Forward
Josiah Seton	1979	Liberia	Forward
Sayed Mohamed	1920	Egypt
Akrem El-Twati	1985	Libya
Tagro Baléguhé	1978	Ivory Coast	Forward
Moumine Kassouré Ekiang	1989	Chad	Goalkeeper
Pascal Manhanga	1991	Zimbabwe	Midfielder
Eric Danso Boateng	2004	Ghana
Nassor Hamoud	2001	Tanzania
Luce Ndolo Ewelé	1992	Cameroon	Forward
Hassan Tarek	1995	Egypt	Forward
Tahar Benferhat	1944	Algeria	Defender
Amar Bourouba	1941	Algeria	Forward
Raymond Ndong Ndong	1988	Cameroon	Midfielder
Diamond Thopola	1990	South Africa	Defender
Abderrahmane Khayati	1989	Tunisia	Goalkeeper
Samuel Amofa	1999	Ghana
Madjid Guerrah	1980	Algeria	Forward
Sabri Cheraitia	1996	Algeria	Defender
Shadia Nabirye	2009	Uganda	Forward
Cleophus Fiat	1994	Uganda	Midfielder