On this day: November 29

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

55 African footballers in our database were born on November 29, including Dominic Adiyiah, John Mensah and Katlego Mphela.

African national teams have played 38 matches on November 29 since 1969.

Footballers born on November 29 (55)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Dominic Adiyiah	1989	Ghana	Forward
John Mensah	1982	Ghana	Centre-back
Katlego Mphela	1984	South Africa	Forward
Lawrence Ati-Zigi	1996	Ghana	Goalkeeper
Yacouba Sylla	1990	Mali	Midfielder
Souleymane Youla	1981	Guinea	Forward
Bechir Ben Saïd	1992	Tunisia	Goalkeeper
Ibrahim Osman	2004	Ghana
Ibrahim Sissoko	1991	Ivory Coast	Wing half
Michael Lamey	1979	Nigeria	Defender
Abdoulaye Soulama	1979	Burkina Faso	Goalkeeper
Shady Mohamed	1979	Egypt	Defender
Abdelali Mhamdi	1991	Morocco	Goalkeeper
Mana Dembélé	1988	Mali	Forward
Obinna Nwobodo	1996	Nigeria	Midfielder
Cynthia Konlan	2002	Ghana	Goalkeeper
Kennedy Boateng	1996	Ghana	Defender
Ali Abo Greisha	1947	Egypt	Forward
Bongani Ndulula	1989	South Africa	Forward
Alfred Effiong	1984	Nigeria	Forward
Meshack Ubochioma	2001	Nigeria	Winger
Vítor Moreno	1980	Cape Verde	Defender
Sunday Faleye	1998	Nigeria	Forward
Clement Matawu	1982	Zimbabwe	Midfielder
Frédéric Mendy	1973	Senegal	Defender
Okacha Hamzaoui	1990	Algeria	Forward
Joseph Kalulu	2004	DR Congo
Mohamed Jabrane	1979	Morocco
Shagari Mohammed	1990	Nigeria	Defender
Mario Manuel de Oliveira	1994	Angola	Defender
Henri Jöel	1986	Ivory Coast	Centre-back
Abdoulaye Traoré	1974	Mali	Midfielder
Thokozani Mshengu	1985	South Africa	Midfielder
Nathan Garrow	2004	South Africa	Goalkeeper
Júlio Franque	1996	Mozambique
Patrick Katalay	1977	DR Congo	Forward
Michael Manzini	1972	South Africa	Defender
Jide Olugbodi	1977	Nigeria	Forward
Aboubakar Mahadi	1993	Ghana	Forward
Mfundo Nsele	1985	South Africa	Midfielder
Dani Lual	2002	South Sudan
Younes Mazhoud	1991	Tunisia	Midfielder
Parfait Medou-Otye	1976	Cameroon	Defender
Salvador Eworo	1998	Equatorial Guinea	Midfielder
Ayoub Tlili	1994	Tunisia	Defender
Alsény Camara	1987	Guinea	Forward
Hamdi Ouerhani	1981	Tunisia	Defensive midfielder
Abraham Kabana Sita	1986	DR Congo
Hamdi Werhani	1981	Tunisia	Defender
Bilal Moussa	1996	Togo
Eluemunor Ijeh	1997	Nigeria	Midfielder
Fatou Darboe	1997	Gambia	Midfielder
Nduwumwe Mossi	2003	Burundi
Marlene Essimi	2005	Cameroon	Defender
Adel Belaroussi	1994	Algeria	Forward