On this day: May 21

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on May 21.

56 African footballers in our database were born on May 21, including Quinton Fortune, François Omam-Biyik and Abdoulay Diaby.

African national teams have played 19 matches on May 21 since 1967.

Footballers born on May 21 (56)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Quinton Fortune	1977	South Africa	Full-back
François Omam-Biyik	1966	Cameroon	Forward
Abdoulay Diaby	1991	Mali	Forward
Mamadou Bagayoko	1979	Mali	Forward
Hassan El-Far	1912	Egypt	Midfielder
Merveille Bokadi	1996	DR Congo	Defender
Dickson Nwakaeme	1986	Nigeria	Forward
Idir Ouali	1988	Algeria	Midfielder
Victor Loturi	2001	South Sudan	Midfielder
Mbomboko Fiston Ngoy	1977	DR Congo	Midfielder
Eric Traoré	1996	Burkina Faso	Midfielder
Jaime Miguel Linares	1982	Angola	Midfielder
Mohamed Chakouri	1986	Algeria	Defender
Ahmed Ali Kamel	1986	Egypt	Forward
Philip Azango	1997	Nigeria	Wing half
Beni Mukendi	2002	Angola
Timothy Mwitwa	1968	Zambia	Forward
Fadlu Davids	1981	South Africa	Forward
Taddeo Lwanga	1994	Uganda	Defensive midfielder
Yacine Haddou	1989	Morocco	Defender
Mike Temwanjera	1982	Zimbabwe	Forward
Patrick Villars	1984	Ghana	Defender
Ousmane Doumbia	1992	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Emmanuel Adeyemo	2002	Nigeria	Midfielder
Henry Motego	1964	Kenya	Forward
Serge Mputu Mbungu	1980	DR Congo	Forward
Ricardo Martins Pereira	1986	Equatorial Guinea	Forward
Dorian Bertrand	1993	Madagascar	Forward
Omar Jama	1998	Somalia	Midfielder
Fatima Sekouane	1983	Algeria	Defender
Mohamed Bouchar	1994	Algeria	Centre-back
Koussay Maacha	2007	Tunisia	Forward
Moaiad Abdeen	1996	Sudan
Mbachu Uchenna Emenike	1989	Nigeria	Defender
Kareem Kazeem	1988	Nigeria	Midfielder
Kahina Takenint	1991	Algeria	Goalkeeper
Lebogang Moloto	1990	South Africa	Midfielder
Yassine Bahassa	1992	Morocco
Tashrique Goldman	1983	South Africa	Goalkeeper
Mostafa El Badry	1997	Egypt	Midfielder
Nassa Guy Roland Niangbo	1986	Ivory Coast	Wing half
Mohamed Abou Habaga	1921	Egypt	Midfielder
Hamadi Khouini	1943	Tunisia
Gabriel Oualengbe	2004	Central African Republic
Sabrina Delhoum	1976	Algeria
Achraf Ben Dhiaf	1995	Tunisia	Midfielder
Andargachew Yelak	1997	Ethiopia	Midfielder
Enzo Alfatahi	2003	Morocco
Buti Khoza	1988	South Africa
Emmanuel Gomis	1990	Senegal	Forward
Moaad El Bahraoui	1997	Morocco	Defender
Georges Ravignia	1977	Seychelles	Midfielder
Meziane Zaghzi	1962	Algeria	Forward
Bassam Chaouti	1991	Algeria	Midfielder
Faith Chezhara	2001	Zimbabwe	Midfielder
Manuel Tutu	2003	Equatorial Guinea	Full-back