On this day: March 27

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on March 27.

47 African footballers in our database were born on March 27, including Nicolas Nkoulou, Pedro Obiang and Djamel Belmadi.

African national teams have played 92 matches on March 27 since 1965.

On March 27 1988, Cameroon won the Africa Cup of Nations, beating Nigeria in the final.

Footballers born on March 27 (47)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Nicolas Nkoulou	1990	Cameroon	Full-back
Pedro Obiang	1992	Equatorial Guinea	Midfielder
Djamel Belmadi	1976	Algeria	Midfielder
Georgios Koumantarakis	1974	South Africa	Forward
Ismael Tajouri-Shradi	1994	Libya	Midfielder
Fredy	1990	Angola	Forward
Esther Okoronkwo	1997	Nigeria	Forward
Emmanuel Ebiede	1976	Nigeria	Midfielder
Birama Ndoye	1994	Senegal	Midfielder
Kheirredine Madoui	1977	Algeria	Midfielder
Merouane Abdouni	1981	Algeria	Goalkeeper
Maka Mary	1989	Mali	Defender
Renato Nhaga	2007	Guinea-Bissau
Ernest Sugira	1991	Rwanda	Forward
Jean-Marc Makusu	1992	DR Congo	Forward
Webster Chikabala	1965	Zambia	Midfielder
Sammy Troughton	1964	South Africa	Midfielder
Ibezito Ogbonna	1983	Nigeria	Forward
Driss Trichard	1995	Morocco	Midfielder
Marc Giger	2004	Cameroon	Forward
Alias Lembakoali	1971	Central African Republic	Forward
Nassim Yettou	1992	Algeria	Midfielder
Lehlogonolo Masalesa	1994	South Africa	Midfielder
Wilfred Bamnjo	1980	Cameroon	Midfielder
Saad Ichalalène	1987	Algeria	Defender
Pepe N'Diaye	1975	Senegal	Forward
Pascal Anicet	1983	Niger	Midfielder
Lionnel Franck Djimgou	1989	Cameroon	Forward
Abdoulaye Djibril Diallo	1983	Guinea	Midfielder
Fatoumata Ndiaye	1989	Mali	Forward
Esaiah Pello Benson	1982	Liberia	Defender
Bradley Ritson	1982	South Africa	Forward
Bong Bertrand	1987	Cameroon	Forward
Pamphil Rabefitia	1986	Madagascar	Forward
Abdelwahab Lahmar	1944	Tunisia	Forward
Mehdi Moufeddal	1994	Morocco	Midfielder
Asem Salah	1990	Egypt	Defender
Bruno Bunyaga	2004	Uganda	Forward
Nnaji Agbo	2006	Nigeria	Forward
Fayçal Boulemdaïs	1981	Algeria	Defender
Saïd Anfane Ahmed Boura	1987	Comoros	Midfielder
Deogracias Biribé	1997	Equatorial Guinea	Midfielder
Glen Baadjies	2000	South Africa	Goalkeeper
Okello Richard	2008	Uganda	Forward
Bruno Bunyanga	2004	Uganda	Forward
Christian Ndubuisi Nnaji	2002	Nigeria	Forward
Sada N'Diaye	1975	Senegal	Midfielder