On this day: May 24

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on May 24.

46 African footballers in our database were born on May 24, including Yannick Bolasie, Adel Taarabt and Anderson Esiti.

African national teams have played 19 matches on May 24 since 1947.

Footballers born on May 24 (46)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Yannick Bolasie	1989	DR Congo	Wing half
Adel Taarabt	1989	Morocco	Wing half
Anderson Esiti	1994	Nigeria	Midfielder
Cyrille Bayala	1996	Burkina Faso	Wing half
Issah Gabriel Ahmed	1982	Ghana	Defender
Lucien Aubey	1984	Congo	Defender
Ibrahim Diaky	1982	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Abdelaziz Tawfik	1986	Egypt	Midfielder
Ladislas Douniama	1986	Congo	Forward
Mohamed Badawi Abdel Fattah	1935	Egypt	Midfielder
Zakaria Zerouali	1978	Morocco	Defender
Izu Azuka	1989	Nigeria	Forward
Mwape Miti	1973	Zambia	Forward
Damien Chrysostome	1982	Benin	Defender
Jonah Ayunga	1997	Kenya	Forward
Hervaine Moukam	1994	Cameroon	Midfielder
Mohamed Salem	1940	Algeria	Forward
Ahmed Garba	1980	Nigeria	Forward
Ahmed Magdy	1986	Egypt	Midfielder
Patrick Bantamoi	1986	Sierra Leone	Goalkeeper
Ibrahim Somé Salombo	1988	DR Congo	Forward
Steve Komphela	1967	South Africa	Defender
Habib Sissoko	1971	Mali	Forward
Gift Showemimo	1974	Nigeria	Forward
Chahreddine Boukholda	1996	Algeria	Midfielder
Ahmed El Merghany	1988	Egypt	Midfielder
Kennedy Nagoli	1973	Zimbabwe	Midfielder
Ulrich Meleke	1999	Ivory Coast	Defender
Ahmed Afifi	1993	Egypt	Winger
Galabgwe Moyana	1990	Botswana	Midfielder
Aliassou Sanou	1988	Burkina Faso	Midfielder
Vuyisile Wana	1987	South Africa	Forward
Saidi Ndikumana	1986	Burundi	Defender
Promise Mkhuma	2000	South Africa	Forward
Mohamed Abdelsalam	1987	Egypt	Midfielder
Mour Paye	1994	Senegal	Forward
Biadgelegn Elias	1988	Ethiopia	Defender
Mohamed Mamdouh	1993	Egypt	Defender
Junaid Sait	1993	South Africa	Defender
Ayao Sossou	1990	Togo	Defender
Biyadiglign Elyas	1988	Ethiopia	Defender
Louis Gomis	1945	Senegal	Midfielder
Ibrahim Buwembo	1967	Uganda	Midfielder
Mohamed Achref Aib	1990	Algeria	Midfielder
Teberius Lombard	1989	Namibia	Defender
Gabriel Obekpa	2004	Nigeria	Midfielder