On this day: May 27

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on May 27.

45 African footballers in our database were born on May 27, including Gervinho, Denis Odoi and Antoine Mendy.

African national teams have played 47 matches on May 27 since 1924.

Footballers born on May 27 (45)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Gervinho	1987	Ivory Coast	Wing half
Denis Odoi	1988	Ghana	Defender
Antoine Mendy	2004	Senegal
Mikel Agu	1993	Nigeria	Midfielder
Innocent Emeghara	1989	Nigeria	Forward
Miloy	1981	Angola	Midfielder
Thuso Phala	1986	South Africa	Midfielder
Larbi El Hadi	1961	Algeria	Goalkeeper
Jamal Salim	1995	Uganda	Goalkeeper
Teddy Mézague	1990	Cameroon	Defender
Firas Ben Larbi	1996	Tunisia	Wing half
Abdelmalek Ali Messaoud	1955	Algeria	Defender
Stanley Ohawuchi	1990	Nigeria	Forward
Ann Mukoro	1975	Nigeria	Midfielder
Chinonso Offor	2000	Nigeria	Forward
Morad Daoudi El Ghezouani	1998	Morocco	Forward
Karim Hendou	1986	Algeria	Midfielder
Victor Deniran	1990	Nigeria	Defender
Mohamed Bouhizeb	1942	Algeria	Forward
Ugochi Opara	1976	Nigeria	Goalkeeper
Olivier Boumelaha	1981	Algeria	Forward
Jean-Claude Mpassy	1986	Congo	Defender
Mulumba Mukendi	1985	DR Congo	Forward
Chukwudi Chukwuma	1994	Nigeria	Forward
Aymane Jelbat	2000	Morocco	Centre-back
Njabulo Ngcobo	1994	South Africa	Defender
Jimmy Haarhoff	1981	Zambia	Midfielder
Christian Egba	1986	Ghana	Wing half
Michael Adedokun	2001	Nigeria
Keenan Abrahams	1999	South Africa	Defender
Napo Matsoso	1994	Lesotho	Midfielder
Albert Batsa	1983	Togo	Midfielder
Abdoul-Fatah Mustafa	1984	Cameroon	Defender
Nkosilathi Khumalo	1979	Zimbabwe	Midfielder
Raymond Asante	2004	Ghana
Moaaz Alaaeldin	2003	Egypt
Nicky Gyimah	2003	Ghana
Patrick Mampuya Lema	1985	DR Congo
Mahamadou Mariko	1987	Mali
Sharly Mabussi	1997	DR Congo	Midfielder
Idrissa Sangare	1996	Ivory Coast	Defender
Jean-Guy Akpa Akpro	2005	Ivory Coast	Forward
Mohamed Abou-Naga	1994	Egypt	Goalkeeper
Kealeboga Buzwani Molebatsi	1991	Botswana	Defender
Oladayo Thomas	1999	Nigeria	Forward