On this day: May 15

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on May 15.

73 African footballers in our database were born on May 15, including Patrice Evra, Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa and Carl Medjani.

African national teams have played 4 matches on May 15 since 1929.

Footballers born on May 15 (73)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Patrice Evra	1981	Senegal	Full-back
Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa	1989	Central African Republic	Centre-back
Carl Medjani	1985	Algeria	Defender
Tani Oluwaseyi	2000	Nigeria	Forward
Charles Pickel	1997	DR Congo	Defender
Mostafa Shobeir	2000	Egypt	Goalkeeper
Chrislain Matsima	2002	Congo	Centre-back
Zoubeir Baya	1971	Tunisia	Midfielder
Denis Onyango	1985	Uganda	Goalkeeper
Tendai Ndoro	1985	Zimbabwe	Forward
Gibril Sankoh	1983	Sierra Leone	Defender
Paul Obiefule	1986	Nigeria	Midfielder
Ernest Ebongué	1962	Cameroon	Forward
Ablaye Mbengue	1992	Senegal	Forward
Ahmed Eid Abdel Malek	1980	Egypt	Midfielder
Joseph Nonge Boende	2005	DR Congo	Central midfielder
Mohamed Gouaida	1993	Tunisia	Midfielder
Coli Saco	2002	Mali	Midfielder
Patrick Mayo	1973	South Africa	Midfielder
Ini-Abasi Umotong	1994	Nigeria	Forward
Kevin Mensah	1991	Ghana	Midfielder
Anthony Mossi	1994	DR Congo	Goalkeeper
Elias Uzamukunda	1991	Rwanda	Forward
Mouhamadou Drammeh	1999	Gambia
Jean Paul Yontcha	1983	Cameroon	Forward
Ella Kaabachi	1992	Tunisia	Midfielder
Samuel Obeng	1997	Ghana	Forward
Barnabas Imenger Shikaan	1971	Nigeria	Midfielder
Tshamalenga Kabundi	1980	DR Congo	Defender
Fatima Gharbi	2001	Morocco	Defender
John Tlale	1967	South Africa	Goalkeeper
Steve Wegerle	1953	South Africa	Wing half
Omar Wade	1990	Senegal	Forward
Ismail Watenga	1995	Uganda	Goalkeeper
Salas Okechukwu	1989	Nigeria	Midfielder
Bruce Bvuma	1995	South Africa	Goalkeeper
Noah Babadi Kasule	1985	Uganda	Midfielder
Houari Djemili	1987	Algeria	Goalkeeper
Oumar Diouf	2003	Senegal
Teddy Okou	1998	Ivory Coast
Collins Mbulo	1971	Zambia	Goalkeeper
Victoria Agyei	1996	Ghana	Goalkeeper
Pascal Ochieng	1986	Kenya	Centre-back
Salwa Elmitwalli	1990	Egypt
Frimpong Manso	1959	Ghana	Defender
Eric Gasana	1986	Rwanda	Defender
Abel Mabaso	1991	South Africa	Defender
Tshutshu Tshakasua	1997	DR Congo	Forward
Wilfried Nathan Doualla	2006	Cameroon
Seidu Bancey	1990	Ghana	Forward
Steeve Curpanen	1972	Mauritius
Souleymane Diallo	1990	Mauritania	Goalkeeper
Dorian Ngoma	1988	Congo	Forward
Billal Ouali	1987	Algeria	Forward
Alphonse Soppo	1985	Cameroon	Midfielder
Messan Toudji	1997	Togo	Centre-back
Gavin Nebbeling	1963	South Africa	Centre-back
Abderraouf Ratouli	1981	Tunisia	Goalkeeper
Samir Djilani	1971	Algeria	Defender
Denis Kiggundu	2000	Uganda	Goalkeeper
Baraka Majogoro	1996	Tanzania
Khaled El Ghandour	1991	Egypt
Franck Cédric	1995	Cameroon	Midfielder
Elizabeth Oppong	2003	Ghana	Defender
Dominique Teinkor	1984	Chad	Goalkeeper
Zakaria El Allali	1988	Morocco
Alli Abdullahi	1991	Nigeria	Midfielder
Moussa Haddad	1998	Algeria	Midfielder
Joao Johanning	1990	Guinea-Bissau
Natangwe Petrus	2001	Namibia	Midfielder
Mahmoud El Wakil	2002	Egypt
Siviwe Nkwali	2005	South Africa	Centre-back
Benjamin Nyakoojo	1995	Uganda	Defender