On this day: March 26

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on March 26.

55 African footballers in our database were born on March 26, including Romain Saïss, Taribo West and Michael Olunga.

African national teams have played 91 matches on March 26 since 1970.

Footballers born on March 26 (55)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Romain Saïss	1990	Morocco	Defender
Taribo West	1974	Nigeria	Defender
Michael Olunga	1994	Kenya	Forward
Jonathan Bamba	1996	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Pierre Womé	1979	Cameroon	Full-back
Salis Abdul Samed	2000	Ghana	Midfielder
Patrick Ekeng	1990	Cameroon	Midfielder
Mohamed Touré	2004	Guinea	Forward
Jaouen Hadjam	2003	Algeria	Defender
Bilal Başacıkoğlu	1995	Morocco	Wing half
Willem Jackson	1972	South Africa	Defender
Mohamed Youssouf	1988	Comoros	Midfielder
Brahim El Bahri	1986	Morocco	Midfielder
Bright Arrey-Mbi	2003	Cameroon	Defender
Faouzi Rouissi	1971	Tunisia	Forward
Abraham Alechenwu	1985	Nigeria	Defender
Ali Rial	1980	Algeria	Defender
Justice Majabvi	1984	Zimbabwe	Midfielder
Kevin Osei	1991	Ghana	Midfielder
Brice Samba	1971	Congo	Goalkeeper
Eunice Chibanda	1996	Zimbabwe	Defender
Paulin Tokala Kombe	1977	DR Congo	Goalkeeper
Anas Haj Mohamed	2005	Tunisia	Forward
Didier Otokoré	1969	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Davide Somma	1985	South Africa	Forward
Abderraouf Zarabi	1979	Algeria	Full-back
Ibrahim Cissoko	2003	Guinea
Ladule Lako LoSarah	1987	South Sudan	Forward
Hocine Gacemi	1974	Algeria	Forward
Aldaír Ferreira	1998	Angola	Midfielder
Barry Kader	1986	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Krahire Zakri	1991	Ivory Coast	Forward
Riyaad Norodien	1995	South Africa	Midfielder
Nabil El Basri	2004	Morocco	Central midfielder
Kelvin Ajuluchukwu Igwe	1987	Nigeria	Defender
Alvin Obinna Okoro	2005	Nigeria
Sebastian Osigwe	1994	Nigeria
Sarafa Usman	1985	Nigeria	Midfielder
Kwame Obeng Darko	1986	Ghana	Forward
Lucrecia Bobuiche	1995	Equatorial Guinea	Goalkeeper
Arthur Bartman	1972	South Africa	Goalkeeper
Abdoulaye Boureima Katkoré	1993	Niger
Jermain Nischalke	2003	Angola
Romess Essogo	2001	Gabon
Georges-Andre Machia	1988	Cameroon	Forward
Joseph Niouky	1986	Senegal	Midfielder
Darren Smith	1996	South Africa
Slim Zakar	1991	Tunisia	Centre-forward
Ehinabo Omoighe	1994	Nigeria	Defender
عباس آدم	1988	Sudan	Defender
Farid Hamlil	1984	Algeria
Arnold Vula	1999	DR Congo	Forward
Mathilde Kack	2000	Cameroon	Centre-back
Joseph Ofori	2007	Ghana
Joel Madondo	1998	Uganda	Forward