On this day: November 23

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on November 23.

52 African footballers in our database were born on November 23, including Boubacar Kamara, Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui and Bartolomeu Jacinto Quissanga.

African national teams have played 22 matches on November 23 since 1961.

Footballers born on November 23 (52)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Boubacar Kamara	1999	Senegal	Defender
Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui	1990	Cameroon	Defender
Bartolomeu Jacinto Quissanga	1991	Angola	Defender
Jamiro Monteiro	1993	Cape Verde	Midfielder
Tolu Arokodare	2000	Nigeria	Forward
Boubacar Dialiba	1988	Senegal	Forward
Enzo Tchato	2002	Cameroon	Defender
Samuel Ajayi	1984	Nigeria	Forward
Lawrence Agyekum	2003	Ghana
Sameh Derbali	1986	Tunisia	Centre-back
Cheikhou Dieng	1993	Senegal	Midfielder
Adokiye Amiesimaka	1956	Nigeria	Midfielder
Rida Zouhir	2003	Morocco	Midfielder
Johnson Monteiro Pinto Macaba	1978	Angola	Forward
Hermenegildo da Costa Paulo Bartolomeu	1991	Angola	Forward
Moryké Fofana	1991	Ivory Coast	Forward
Afo Dodoo	1973	Ghana	Defender
Daniel Ola	1982	Ghana	Defender
Ibrahima Ba	1984	Senegal	Midfielder
Morgane Belkhiter	1995	Algeria	Defender
Khalefa Ahmed Mohamed	1983	Sudan	Defender
Shane Booysen	1988	South Africa	Forward
Adams Friday	2002	Nigeria	Full-back
Brahima Ouattara	2002	Ivory Coast	Centre-forward
Costa Khaiseb	1980	Namibia	Forward
Gael Joel Akogo	2003	Equatorial Guinea
José Nabil Ondo	2005	Equatorial Guinea
Manuel Alexandre Jamuana	1984	Angola	Full-back
Akram Ayyad	1981	Libya	Midfielder
Jerry Sitoe	1990	Mozambique	Forward
Guy-Roland Kpene	1983	Ivory Coast	Forward
Sunday Manara	1952	Tanzania
Richard Choruma	1978	Zimbabwe
Yassine Sahli	1987	Tunisia	Defender
Randy Dwumfour	2000	Ghana	Midfielder
Nabil Naïli	1983	Algeria	Goalkeeper
Francis Boadi	1991	Ghana	Midfielder
Ali Hijazi	1976	Sierra Leone
Gabe Gissie	1996	Liberia	Forward
Hemiliano Gomes Lopes	1993	Guinea-Bissau	Forward
Ivan Ahimbisibwe	1995	Uganda	Forward
Mélo Ndiaye	1994	Senegal
Clément Pitroipa	1998	Burkina Faso
Djamal Fassassi	1988	Benin	Midfielder
Youssifou Atte	2003	Togo
Kotei Blankson	1984	Ghana	Goalkeeper
Mohamed Bekhtaoui	1984	Algeria	Defender
Mohamed Slama	1984	Tunisia	Midfielder
والي الدين	1974	Sudan	Forward
Kojo Brown	1993	Ghana
Lazola Jokojwana	1991	South Africa	Right winger
Olushola Shobowale	2004	Nigeria	Central midfielder