On this day: May 26

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on May 26.

40 African footballers in our database were born on May 26, including Montassar Talbi, Ramiz Zerrouki and Chris Mavinga.

African national teams have played 34 matches on May 26 since 1990.

Footballers born on May 26 (40)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Montassar Talbi	1998	Tunisia	Defender
Ramiz Zerrouki	1998	Algeria	Midfielder
Chris Mavinga	1991	DR Congo	Defender
João Paulo Fernandes	1998	Cape Verde	Winger
MacDonald Mukansi	1975	South Africa	Forward
Germain Sanou	1992	Burkina Faso	Goalkeeper
Joseph Okumu	1997	Kenya	Defender
Emmanuel Boateng	1996	Ghana	Forward
Ronald Kampamba	1994	Zambia	Forward
Thamsanqa Sangweni	1989	South Africa	Midfielder
Woyo Coulibaly	1999	Mali	Full-back
Ousmane N'Gom Camara	1975	Guinea	Midfielder
Nabil Taïder	1983	Tunisia	Midfielder
Alphonse Kodjo Kassé	1993	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Ogechi Onyinanya	1985	Nigeria	Goalkeeper
Agathe Ngani	1992	Cameroon	Midfielder
Tarik Kada	1996	Morocco	Wing half
Youssef Obama	1995	Egypt	Midfielder
Jean Randrianasolo	1989	Madagascar	Goalkeeper
Ibrahima Ba	2005	Senegal
Sabri Gharbi	1987	Algeria	Defender
Noureddine Maamria	1971	Tunisia	Forward
Paulinho	1966	Angola	Defender
Yves Angani	1991	DR Congo	Forward
Esau Tjiuoro	1982	Namibia	Goalkeeper
Makan Traoré	1992	Mali	Full-back
Innocent Melkam	1981	Nigeria	Midfielder
Sherif Alaa	1992	Egypt	Defender
Duncan Crowie	1963	South Africa	Forward
Mamadou Coulibaly	1980	Ivory Coast	Defender
Aden Charmakeh	1984	Djibouti	Defender
Siaka Bakayoko	2005	Ivory Coast
Beverly Uueziua	1999	Namibia
Jason Kabia	1969	Sierra Leone	Forward
Chiheb Jebali	1996	Tunisia	Wing half
Isaac Ntow	1994	Ghana	Wing half
James Ssemambo	1997	Uganda
João Paulino	1998	Cape Verde	Forward
Abdul Aziz Batibie	2007	Togo	Forward
Tlotliso Phatsisi	1998	Lesotho	Central midfielder