On this day: May 16

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on May 16.

36 African footballers in our database were born on May 16, including Halimatu Ayinde, Amido Baldé and Gueïda Fofana.

African national teams have played 11 matches on May 16 since 1989.

Footballers born on May 16 (36)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Halimatu Ayinde	1995	Nigeria	Midfielder
Amido Baldé	1991	Guinea-Bissau	Forward
Gueïda Fofana	1991	Mali	Midfielder
Mohammed Fuseini	2002	Ghana
Yazid Kaïssi	1981	Morocco	Midfielder
Abisai Shiningayamwe	1985	Namibia	Goalkeeper
Alain Gaspoz	1970	Benin	Defender
Sadik Fofana	2003	Togo
Naçer Bouiche	1963	Algeria	Forward
Uche Kalu	1986	Nigeria	Forward
Mounir Diane	1982	Morocco	Midfielder
Ali Rahuma	1982	Libya	Midfielder
Kadidia Diawara	1986	Mali	Defender
Mamadou Barry	1982	Guinea	Forward
Bevan Fransch	1986	South Africa	Defender
Claude Maka Kum	1985	Cameroon	Wing half
Mongezi Bobe	1981	South Africa	Midfielder
Mohamed Billal Rait	1986	Algeria	Midfielder
Kabelo Dlamini	1996	South Africa
Moustapha Diallo	1992	Guinea	Forward
Meisuna Alhassan	1990	Ghana	Midfielder
Mamadou Djikiné	1987	Mali	Midfielder
Shaka Mawuli	1998	Ghana	Midfielder
Frank adu kwame	1985	Ghana	Defender
Oluwaunmi Somide	1991	Nigeria	Forward
Franck Koré	1995	Ivory Coast
Tatolo Mphuthing	1979	Lesotho	Midfielder
Patrice Djokoué	1990	Benin	Midfielder
Peter Samuel Onyekachi	1992	Nigeria
Mahmoud El Maghriby	1987	Egypt	Midfielder
Ibrahima Ba Eusebio	1951	Senegal
Rage Bashir	1991	Somalia	Midfielder
Kaporal	1994	Angola	Forward
Mehrez Hosni	1981	Tunisia	Goalkeeper
Athmane Nourine	1965	Algeria	Midfielder
Philip Sørensen	2003	Gambia	Defender