On this day: May 20

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on May 20.

52 African footballers in our database were born on May 20, including Roger Milla, Stéphane Mbia and Lacina Traoré.

African national teams have played 16 matches on May 20 since 1973.

Footballers born on May 20 (52)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Roger Milla	1952	Cameroon	Forward
Stéphane Mbia	1986	Cameroon	Defender
Lacina Traoré	1990	Ivory Coast	Forward
Ramy Rabia	1993	Egypt	Defender
Stopira	1988	Cape Verde	Defender
Oussama Targhalline	2002	Morocco
Aguibou Camara	2001	Guinea	Midfielder
Mehdi Taouil	1983	Morocco	Midfielder
Mohamed Chaïb	1958	Algeria	Defender
Najeh Braham	1977	Tunisia	Forward
Koffi Kouao	1998	Ivory Coast	Defender
Khaled Souissi	1985	Tunisia	Centre-back
Ahmed Samir Farag	1986	Egypt	Midfielder
Lassina Abdoul Karim	1987	Niger	Full-back
Judith Chime	1978	Nigeria	Goalkeeper
Amaechi Igwe	1988	Nigeria	Defender
Seth Paintsil	1996	Ghana	Forward
Ibrahim Atiku	1983	Ghana	Midfielder
Gora Tall	1985	Senegal	Defender
Edorisi Master Ekhosuehi	1984	Nigeria	Forward
Boubacar Keita	1984	Guinea	Defender
Driss Joumad	1927	Morocco	Forward
Shefiu Mohammed	1956	Nigeria	Midfielder
Walid Jarmouni	2000	Morocco
Fitina Omborenga	1996	Rwanda	Full-back
Bernard Morrison	1993	Ghana	Forward
Moudja Sié Ouattara	2002	Ivory Coast
Raed Fedaa	1997	Tunisia	Wing half
Hassan Hissein	1992	Chad	Forward
Antonio Diogo	1969	Angola	Defender
Dominique Thiamale	1982	Ivory Coast	Goalkeeper
Thierry Modo Abouna	1981	Cameroon	Forward
Jean Paul Boumsong	1985	Cameroon	Forward
Eshele Botende	1970	DR Congo	Goalkeeper
Elhadjy Madior N'Diaye	1983	Senegal	Defender
Yoruba Pinto	1985	São Tomé and Príncipe	Forward
Oussama Hsini	1993	Tunisia	Midfielder
Rudolf Mensah	2001	Ghana	Forward
Mpho Moloi	1983	South Africa	Midfielder
Miphy Lupini	1982	DR Congo	Goalkeeper
Mbassey Darboe	1998	Gambia
Ghaith Yeferni	1998	Tunisia	Goalkeeper
Mostafa Essam	2003	Egypt	Midfielder
Mpoeleng Mpoeleng	1980	Botswana	Midfielder
Abdelghani Boudehouche	1979	Algeria	Midfielder
Celestino Marques Silva Ilnhasse	1988	Guinea-Bissau	Midfielder
Shorla Aboghe	2005	Gabon	Midfielder
Mohamed Raouf Khenab	1984	Algeria	Midfielder
Mahdi Droueche	1995	Algeria	Forward
Vado Kitenga	1993	Angola
Wandile Mthombeni	2000	South Africa	Goalkeeper
David Irishura	2004	Burundi	Forward