On this day: May 29

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on May 29.

38 African footballers in our database were born on May 29, including Jean Makoun, Oussama El Azzouzi and Luís Leal.

African national teams have played 32 matches on May 29 since 1924.

On May 29 1959, Egypt won the Africa Cup of Nations, beating Sudan in the final.

Footballers born on May 29 (38)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Jean Makoun	1983	Cameroon	Midfielder
Oussama El Azzouzi	2001	Morocco
Luís Leal	1987	São Tomé and Príncipe	Forward
António Lebo Lebo	1977	Angola	Defender
Jerome Ramatlhakwane	1985	Botswana	Forward
Pierre Aubameyang	1965	Gabon	Centre-back
Mailson Lima Duarte Lopes	1994	Cape Verde	Wing half
Dennis Masina	1982	Eswatini	Midfielder
Josée Nahi	1989	Ivory Coast	Forward
Sam Sodje	1979	Nigeria	Defender
Ismaïl Aaneba	1999	Morocco	Centre-back
Aurélien Ngeyitala	1994	DR Congo	Midfielder
Salou Ibrahim	1979	Ghana	Forward
Ghoutia Karchouni	1995	Algeria	Midfielder
Momed Hagy	1985	Mozambique	Midfielder
Lydia Koyonda	1974	Nigeria	Goalkeeper
Austin Makacha	1984	Kenya	Midfielder
Ahmed Tangeaoui	1982	Morocco	Forward
Francisco Chissumba	2005	Mozambique
Reda Al Tawrghe	1979	Libya	Defender
Julien Dacosta	1996	Senegal	Defender
Freddy Mveng	1992	Cameroon	Midfielder
Allan Zebie	1993	Ivory Coast	Defender
Ngemba Evans Obi	1985	Nigeria	Goalkeeper
Moussa Ouwo	1976	Niger	Defender
Jeannot Bouyain	1985	Burkina Faso	Forward
Francis Kimanzi	1976	Kenya
Anthony Ouasfane	1989	Algeria	Defender
Enes Fermino	1987	DR Congo	Defender
Fumnaya Shomotun	1997	Nigeria	Midfielder
Diakite Lamine	1983	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Mohamed Benaissa	1983	Algeria	Defender
Souleymane Camara	1944	Senegal	Forward
Thato Kebue	1997	Botswana	Defender
Lazarus Laku	2008	South Sudan
Abdelmadjid Krokro	1951	Algeria	Forward
Paul Alain Bingan	1987	Cameroon	Midfielder
Almamy Kabele Camara	1952	Guinea