On this day: May 19

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on May 19.

45 African footballers in our database were born on May 19, including Moeneeb Josephs, Mehdi Zeffane and Daniel N'Gom Kome.

African national teams have played 13 matches on May 19 since 1968.

Footballers born on May 19 (45)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Moeneeb Josephs	1980	South Africa	Goalkeeper
Mehdi Zeffane	1992	Algeria	Full-back
Daniel N'Gom Kome	1980	Cameroon	Midfielder
Chrisantus Uche	2003	Nigeria	Midfielder
Samuel Okwaraji	1964	Nigeria	Midfielder
Rachid Harkouk	1956	Algeria	Forward
Najat Badri	1988	Morocco	Midfielder
Moussa Coulibaly	1981	Mali	Defender
Julius Wobay	1984	Sierra Leone	Midfielder
Ahmed Gomaa	1988	Egypt	Forward
Hicham Aâboubou	1978	Morocco	Defender
Mohamed Wonkoye	1994	Niger
Ibrahim Madi	1998	Comoros	Midfielder
Rubén Epitié	1983	Equatorial Guinea	Forward
Robert Kakeeto	1995	Uganda	Midfielder
Mamadou Zaré	1964	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Samuel Mensiro	1989	Ghana	Defender
Karim Saoula	1975	Algeria	Goalkeeper
Hussein Fahmi	1981	Egypt	Midfielder
Abdelmalek Merbah	1985	Algeria	Defender
Paulus Shipanga	1980	Namibia	Midfielder
Samuel Gueulette	2000	Rwanda	Midfielder
Keitumetse Paul	1973	Botswana	Midfielder
Abbas Nshimirimana	1998	Burundi	Midfielder
Ilyass Mahsoub	2006	Morocco	Defender
Amadou Matar Coundoul	2002	Senegal	Centre-forward
Santi Borikó	2003	Equatorial Guinea	Centre-back
Solomon Oladele	1990	Nigeria	Forward
Oliver Pikati	1973	Botswana	Forward
Osei Boateng	1981	Ghana	Goalkeeper
Melvin Kicmett	1988	Liberia	Forward
Alvi Fokou Fopa	1990	Cameroon	Midfielder
Jamal Reiners	1998	South Africa	Forward
Henry Chidozie	1989	Nigeria	Forward
George MacDonald Sacko	1936	Liberia	Forward
Ndumiso Mabena	1987	South Africa
Mehdi Marzouki	1987	Tunisia	Midfielder
Danny Venter	1987	South Africa	Midfielder
Sami El Morabet	2009	Morocco
Helton Samo Cunha	1980	Mozambique	Forward
Mahfoud Bouabdallah	1982	Algeria	Defender
Eric Yopa	1989	Cameroon	Forward
Zakaria Benhocine	1986	Algeria	Midfielder
Germain Kapela	2002	DR Congo
Nadhir Sahli	1995	Tunisia	Full-back