On this day: May 28

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on May 28.

42 African footballers in our database were born on May 28, including Paul Onuachu, Sami Allagui and Stéphane Bahoken.

African national teams have played 35 matches on May 28 since 1928.

Footballers born on May 28 (42)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Paul Onuachu	1994	Nigeria	Forward
Sami Allagui	1986	Tunisia	Forward
Stéphane Bahoken	1992	Cameroon	Forward
Jonathan Ligali	1991	Benin	Goalkeeper
Rui da Gracia Gomes	1985	Equatorial Guinea	Centre-back
Hamza Lahmar	1990	Tunisia	Midfielder
Divine Lunga	1995	Zimbabwe	Defender
Mons Bassouamina	1998	Congo	Forward
Adama Bojang	2004	Gambia
Mamadou Kaly Sène	2001	Senegal	Forward
Christian Irobiso	1993	Nigeria	Forward
Benjamin Fredrick	2005	Nigeria
Zé Luís	1989	Mozambique	Midfielder
Mamadou N'Diaye	1995	Senegal	Defender
Derrick Ediyya Mensah	1995	Ghana	Forward
Francis Chandida	1979	Zimbabwe	Midfielder
Emeka Jude Ugali	1982	Nigeria	Forward
Tamika Mkandawire	1983	Malawi	Defender
Ortega Deniran	1986	Nigeria	Forward
Ahmed Rahmani	1985	Morocco	Defender
Ned Charles	1957	Mauritius	Forward
Kelechi Okoye	1984	Nigeria	Midfielder
Kamel Aouis	1952	Algeria	Forward
Mentsenot Adane	1993	Ethiopia	Midfielder
Sima Suso	2005	Gambia
Youssouf Koné	1983	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Prince Hlela	1984	South Africa	Defender
Adimar Neves	1990	São Tomé and Príncipe	Centre-back
Stane Essono	1998	Gabon
Kangnivi Ama Tchoutchoui	1994	Togo
Wajdi Mejri	1989	Tunisia	Forward
Robin Rakotonirina	1985	Madagascar
François Tahi	1950	Ivory Coast
Naïme Saïd Mchindra	2005	Comoros
Fredrick Asare	1995	Ghana	Goalkeeper
Ndabayithethwa Ndlondlo	1995	South Africa	Attacking midfielder
Tidiane Diallo	2006	Algeria	Forward
Seifeddine Chettih	1991	Algeria	Defender
Zoheir Sedrati	1978	Algeria	Defender
Quentin Lalsing	2007	Mauritius	Forward
Axel García	2005	Equatorial Guinea
José Bunga Marcos	1997	Angola	Goalkeeper