On this day: November 16

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on November 16.

58 African footballers in our database were born on November 16, including André-Frank Zambo Anguissa, Mustapha Hadji and Boulaye Dia.

African national teams have played 86 matches on November 16 since 1956.

Footballers born on November 16 (58)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
André-Frank Zambo Anguissa	1995	Cameroon	Midfielder
Mustapha Hadji	1971	Morocco	Midfielder
Boulaye Dia	1996	Senegal	Forward
Yehvann Diouf	1999	Senegal	Goalkeeper
Peter Olayinka	1995	Nigeria	Forward
Adel Sellimi	1972	Tunisia	Forward
Abiodun Baruwa	1974	Nigeria	Goalkeeper
Mohamed Kamara	1987	Sierra Leone	Midfielder
Mike Origi	1967	Kenya	Forward
Ibrahim Amada	1990	Madagascar	Forward
Amine Linganzi	1989	Congo	Midfielder
Ousseynou Thioune	1993	Senegal	Defender
Marcel Domergue	1901	Egypt	Midfielder
George Davies	1996	Sierra Leone	Wing half
Oscar Olou	1987	Benin	Midfielder
George Akpabio	1992	Nigeria	Forward
Toni Gomes	1998	Guinea-Bissau	Left winger
Mohamed Bradja	1969	Algeria	Centre-back
Jatto Ceesay	1974	Gambia	Forward
Armindo Rodrigues Mendes Furtado	1987	Cape Verde	Forward
Faysal El Idrissi	1977	Morocco	Midfielder
Pedro Bondo Francisco	2004	Angola
Francis Onyiso	1972	Kenya	Goalkeeper
Nkosingiphile Ngcobo	1999	South Africa	Midfielder
Boubaker Ezzitouni	1965	Tunisia	Goalkeeper
Mariano Ahouangbo	2002	Benin	Midfielder
Ahmed Belhadji	1997	Morocco
Mohamed Sadik Coubageat	1982	Togo	Forward
Aka Serge Arnaud	1994	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Islam El-Shater	1976	Egypt	Defender
Cedric Evina	1991	Cameroon	Centre-back
Gaston Diamé	1971	Mauritania	Forward
Isaac Donkor	1991	Ghana	Forward
Simo Bouzaidi	1999	Morocco	Left winger
Gedeon Takougnadi	1992	Togo	Full-back
Chukwuma Eze	2003	Nigeria	Defender
Mokrane Bentoumi	2005	Algeria	Midfielder
Sofiane Bayazid	1996	Algeria
Austin Thabani Dube	1992	South Africa
Richard Towa	1969	Cameroon
Mohamed Khalifa	1986	Egypt	Forward
Chedly Laaouini	1939	Tunisia
Christopher Nwaeze	2002	Nigeria	Defender
Eugene Dennis	1996	Liberia	Defender
Ian Gorowa	1971	Zimbabwe	Midfielder
Wesley Onguso	1994	Kenya	Defender
Brampoque Serra Silva Sá	1996	Guinea-Bissau	Midfielder
Moncef El Gaïed	1940	Tunisia	Forward
Ashraf Mugume	1998	Uganda	Midfielder
Habib Fofana	1998	Ivory Coast
Amâncio Canhembe	1997	Mozambique
Khaled Tamoura	1976	Algeria	Midfielder
Ibrahim Mchinda Madîhali	1988	Comoros	Midfielder
Rachide Gnanou	2004	Burkina Faso
Basilio Rieno	2004	Equatorial Guinea	Attacking midfielder
Djamila Benaissa	1991	Algeria	Defender
Bernadette Ngaseh Mbele	2005	Cameroon
Rogers Atube	1994	Uganda	Defender