On this day: March 31

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on March 31.

45 African footballers in our database were born on March 31, including Nordin Amrabat, Syam Ben Youssef and Giovanni Sio.

African national teams have played 51 matches on March 31 since 1965.

Footballers born on March 31 (45)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Nordin Amrabat	1987	Morocco	Defensive midfielder
Syam Ben Youssef	1989	Tunisia	Defender
Giovanni Sio	1989	Ivory Coast	Forward
Stephen Tataw	1963	Cameroon	Full-back
Ballou Tabla	1999	Ivory Coast	Wing half
Julian Jeanvier	1992	Guinea	Centre-back
Cheick Traoré	1995	Mali	Defender
Odaïr Fortes	1987	Cape Verde	Wing half
Thierry Issiémou	1983	Gabon	Midfielder
Ernest Sowah	1988	Ghana	Goalkeeper
Mame Niang	1984	Senegal	Forward
Pa Dembo Touray	1980	Gambia	Goalkeeper
Kevin Tshiembe	1997	DR Congo	Defender
Peter Kaumba	1958	Zambia	Forward
Jamal Thiaré	1993	Senegal	Forward
Elias Abouchabaka	2000	Morocco	Midfielder
Azzedine Rahim	1972	Algeria	Forward
Ofosu Appiah	1983	Ghana	Defender
Christopher Bazerque	1987	Mauritius	Defender
Ali Moumen	1977	Algeria	Midfielder
William Gros	1992	Madagascar	Forward
Massiré Kanté	1989	Senegal	Midfielder
Abu Kanu	1972	Sierra Leone	Forward
Judith Soko	2004	Zambia	Defender
Fideline Ngoy	1991	DR Congo
Muhammed Conteh	1996	Gambia	Midfielder
Nassim Zitouni	1994	Algeria	Midfielder
Fred Sekyere	1986	Ghana	Midfielder
Ronnel Donnelly	2004	South Africa	Forward
Dame Diouf	1978	Senegal	Defender
Issiaka Bamba	1990	Ivory Coast	Forward
Siadabida Manda	1970	DR Congo	Midfielder
Charvely Mabiala	1996	Congo	Midfielder
Lucien Delaigle	2004	Burundi	Defender
Bilel Chabbar	2000	Tunisia	Defender
Khaled Ben Sassi	1962	Tunisia
Nacer Adjissa	1957	Algeria	Midfielder
Mohamed Ayachi	1934	Tunisia	Forward
Emmanuel Agbettor	1991	Nigeria	Midfielder
David Benjamin	2008	Nigeria	Forward
Kheireddine Rechrouche	1990	Algeria	Midfielder
Nassim Zazoua Khames	1986	Algeria	Midfielder
Sherif Fayed	1992	Egypt	Midfielder
Ronnel Donnely	2004	South Africa
White Petrus Junior Mzingwani	2005	Botswana