On this day: May 22

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on May 22.

48 African footballers in our database were born on May 22, including Samuel Chukwueze, Joel Obi and Garba Lawal.

African national teams have played 20 matches on May 22 since 1955.

Footballers born on May 22 (48)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Samuel Chukwueze	1999	Nigeria	Wing half
Joel Obi	1991	Nigeria	Midfielder
Garba Lawal	1974	Nigeria	Midfielder
Didier Ya Konan	1984	Ivory Coast	Forward
Thanduyise Khuboni	1986	South Africa	Midfielder
Nkosinathi Sibisi	1995	South Africa
Tabitha Chawinga	1996	Malawi	Forward
Joseph Larweh Attamah	1994	Ghana	Defender
Fred Friday	1995	Nigeria	Forward
Faouzi El Brazi	1977	Morocco	Defender
Mamadou Diakité	1985	Mali	Midfielder
Dramane Salou	1998	Burkina Faso	Midfielder
Pape M'Bow	1988	Senegal	Defender
Ibrahim Sulemana	2003	Ghana	Midfielder
Dylan Bahamboula	1995	Congo	Midfielder
Pollen Ndlanya	1970	South Africa	Forward
Bongeka Gamede	1999	South Africa	Defender
Amr Samaka	1983	Egypt	Midfielder
David Ankeye	2002	Nigeria
Thomas Kojo	1972	Liberia	Defender
Khaled Melliti	1984	Tunisia	Midfielder
Michael Araujo	1968	South Africa	Midfielder
Emmanuel Baba	1985	Nigeria	Midfielder
Idriss Ech-Chergui	1985	Algeria	Forward
Ande Dona Ndoh	1986	Cameroon	Forward
Régis N'Do	2001	Ivory Coast
Mahamadou Doucouré	2000	Mali	Forward
Rodrigue Fassinou	1999	Benin	Defender
Mahmoud Abdel Monsef	1997	Egypt	Goalkeeper
Mohammed Diallo	1983	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Rosere Manguelle	1985	Cameroon	Midfielder
Abdel Aziz Emam	1989	Egypt	Midfielder
Boris Sandjo	1987	Central African Republic	Forward
Billel Abdelkadous	1990	Algeria	Midfielder
Hajar Saïd	2005	Morocco	Midfielder
Verna Rose	1977	Seychelles	Defender
Shepard Mosekgwa	1976	Botswana	Defender
Kouadio Pascal Doubaï	1992	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Clint Sipho Sephadi	1973	South Africa	Midfielder
Adem Garreb	2003	Tunisia	Forward
Mustapha Benyahia	1948	Algeria	Midfielder
Chigbo Okoye	1979	Nigeria	Forward
Nicaise Zimbori-Auzingoni	1989	Central African Republic	Midfielder
Mohamed Bamba	2005	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Salim Zerroug	1951	Algeria	Forward
Thato Sefoli	1995	Lesotho	Full-back
Mohamed Rahali	1994	Morocco
Dickson Matama	1998	Uganda	Forward