On this day: November 21

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on November 21.

48 African footballers in our database were born on November 21, including Emmanuel Mayuka, Éric Junior Dina Ebimbe and Emmanuel Okoduwa.

African national teams have played 44 matches on November 21 since 1959.

On November 21 1965, Ghana won the Africa Cup of Nations, beating Tunisia in the final.

Footballers born on November 21 (48)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Emmanuel Mayuka	1990	Zambia	Forward
Éric Junior Dina Ebimbe	2000	Cameroon	Midfielder
Emmanuel Okoduwa	1983	Nigeria	Forward
Roger Fernandes	2005	Guinea-Bissau	Forward
Mamadou Mbacke	2002	Senegal	Defender
Chucks Nwoko	1978	Nigeria	Midfielder
Rachid Soulaimani	1982	Morocco	Full-back
Gaoussou Diarra	2002	Mali	Forward
Moustapha Zeghba	1990	Algeria	Goalkeeper
Gege Soriola	1988	Nigeria	Defender
Kodjo Afanou	1977	Togo	Defender
Amenze Aighewi	1991	Nigeria	Forward
Jonathan Rasheed	1991	Nigeria	Goalkeeper
Bilal Mazhar	2003	Egypt
Makhosonke Bhengu	1983	South Africa	Forward
Emil Noll	1978	DR Congo	Defender
Esther Banda	2004	Zambia	Defender
Hanna Boubezari	1998	Algeria	Midfielder
Mohamed Lotfi Manaâ	1964	Algeria	Forward
Bubacarr Jobe	1994	Gambia	Midfielder
Rija Rakotomandimby	1982	Madagascar	Midfielder
Andrew Rabutla	1971	South Africa	Defender
Bonfils-Caleb Bimenyimana	1997	Burundi
Nicolas Dikoumé	1973	Cameroon	Forward
Martin Carelse	1980	South Africa	Defender
Willie Evans	1939	Ghana	Defender
Will Hondermarck	2000	Congo	Midfielder
Jimmy Dzingai	1990	Zimbabwe	Defender
Darren Christie	1984	Eswatini	Midfielder
Franck Mawuena	1992	Togo	Midfielder
Josué Tiendrébéogo	2002	Burkina Faso
Kamel Ramdani	1980	Algeria	Midfielder
Kassi Akesse Mathias	1985	Ivory Coast	Defender
Lantshene Phalane	1989	South Africa	Midfielder
Jimmy Ekua	1999	Equatorial Guinea
Rashid Nortey	1995	Ghana
Sammy Seabi	1994	South Africa	Central midfielder
Epalla Jordan	1981	Cameroon	Forward
Aristide Bahin	1987	Ivory Coast	Forward
Mor Pouye	1994	Senegal	Midfielder
Junior Etémé Mbatama	1992	Cameroon	Midfielder
Catherine Jatta	2001	Gambia	Forward
Sidwell Mothea	1977	Lesotho	Midfielder
Mohamed Sobhi	1992	Egypt	Midfielder
Mbaye Lamine Niang	1977	Mauritania
Eric Kwakwa	1994	Ghana
Adamu Maigari	2005	Nigeria	Right-back
Bonfils Caleb Bimenyimana	1997	Burundi	Forward