On this day: October 15

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on October 15.

50 African footballers in our database were born on October 15, including Serge Akakpo, Ola Kamara and Alex Nyarko.

African national teams have played 54 matches on October 15 since 1955.

Footballers born on October 15 (50)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Serge Akakpo	1987	Togo	Defender
Ola Kamara	1989	Sierra Leone	Forward
Alex Nyarko	1973	Ghana	Midfielder
Michél Mazingu-Dinzey	1972	DR Congo	Midfielder
Pa Dibba	1987	Gambia	Forward
Abdoulaye Sané	1992	Senegal	Forward
Hamza Barry	1994	Gambia	Midfielder
Haitham Mrabet	1980	Tunisia	Midfielder
Serge Tabekou	1996	Cameroon	Forward
Anas Al Asbahi	1993	Morocco	Midfielder
John Orlando	1960	Nigeria	Defender
Patrick Sibomana	1996	Rwanda	Midfielder
Jacques-Désiré Périatambée	1975	Mauritius	Midfielder
Udo Nwoko	1984	Nigeria	Midfielder
Ibrahim Rabbaj	2009	Morocco
Ruth Kipoyi	1997	DR Congo
Mohamed Badache	1976	Algeria	Forward
Kelechi Osunwa	1984	Sudan	Forward
Mustapha Kamal N'Daw	1981	Gambia	Forward
Marc Kibong Mbamba	1988	Cameroon	Midfielder
Kalif Alhassan	1990	Ghana	Midfielder
Afouène Gharbi	1980	Tunisia	Midfielder
Akua Anokyewaa	1984	Ghana	Forward
Hassan Hakizimana	1990	Burundi	Defender
Mohamed Kamanor	1992	Sierra Leone	Defender
Dirk Kemp	1913	South Africa
Timothy Danladi	1996	Nigeria	Defender
Andréas Manga	1980	Senegal	Defender
Minka Yady Camara	1989	Guinea	Midfielder
Djamel El Okbi	1939	Algeria	Goalkeeper
Emmanuel Kwesi Nkansah	1941	Ghana
Anthony Walongwa	1993	DR Congo	Defender
Telinho	1988	Mozambique	Midfielder
Zaina Nandede	2003	Uganda
Mohammed Nuru Dini	1987	Ghana	Midfielder
Maher Haddad	1988	Tunisia	Midfielder
Bob Sénoussi	1966	Chad	Defender
Fernando Mendonça	1932	Angola	Forward
Mamadou Camara	2002	Senegal
Thabang Sesinyi	1992	Botswana	Right winger
Marcio Ravelomanantsoa	1996	Madagascar
Aboubakar Karamoko	1999	Ivory Coast
Ikbal Rouatbi	1978	Tunisia	Centre-back
Damien Udeh	1986	Nigeria	Midfielder
Abdelwahab Zenir	1951	Algeria	Full-back
Miguel Coulibaly	1972	Senegal	Forward
Livingstone Mulondo	1996	Uganda	Defender
Ruth Anima	1998	Ghana	Forward
Abdul Majeed Maswud	2004	Ghana	Centre-forward
Joyce Lema	2006	Tanzania	Midfielder