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On this day: October 16

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

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40 African footballers in our database were born on October 16, including Frank Acheampong, Ikechukwu Ezenwa and Kouakou Hervé Koffi.

African national teams have played 46 matches on October 16 since 1950.

Footballers born on October 16 (40)

PlayerBornNationPosition
Frank Acheampong1993 GhanaWing half
Ikechukwu Ezenwa1988 NigeriaGoalkeeper
Kouakou Hervé Koffi1996 Burkina FasoGoalkeeper
Ike Shorunmu1967 NigeriaGoalkeeper
Fouad Chafik1986 MoroccoFull-back
Rivaldo Coetzee1996 South AfricaDefender
Aliou Dieng1997 MaliMidfielder
Madeleine Ngono Mani1983 CameroonForward
Ibrahim Said1979 EgyptDefender
Dominique Badji1992 SenegalForward
Issouf Paro1994 Burkina FasoDefender
Souleymane Oularé1972 GuineaForward
Michael Chidi Alozie1986 NigeriaForward
Sadam Sulley1996 GhanaForward
Rajab Hamza1986 TanzaniaGoalkeeper
Hichem Mezaïr1976 AlgeriaGoalkeeper
Aloys Nong1983 CameroonForward
Walid Hamidi1996 AlgeriaForward
Kossi Noutsoudje1977 TogoForward
Julius Akosah1982 CameroonForward
Yohannes Tilahun1993 EritreaMidfielder
Willy Kumado2002 GhanaDefender
Melvin King1985 LiberiaGoalkeeper
Abderaouf Natèche1982 AlgeriaGoalkeeper
Tarek Ben Chrouda1973 TunisiaDefender
James Koko Lomell1985 LiberiaMidfielder
Fabrice Ngah1997 CameroonDefender
Charles Vardis1985 GhanaMidfielder
Tamer Abdul Hamid1971 EgyptDefender
Ghazi Abderrazzak1986 TunisiaDefender
Nabil Koalasse1986 MoroccoForward
John Tarkpor Sonkaley1986 LiberiaMidfielder
Vitapi Ngaruka1995 NamibiaDefender
Robert Foley1943 Ghana
Houssem Tabboubi1991 TunisiaMidfielder
Steven Goaxab1983 NamibiaDefender
Oumarou Kaina1996 Cameroon
Léopold Bernard Foundoux Mulélé1943 CongoForward
Onyekachukwu Aloso1986 NigeriaDefender
Mphale Mphalaole2003 LesothoCentre-back

Matches played on October 16

  • Argentina 4–0 Ivory Coast1992 · FIFA Confederations Cup 1992
  • Libya 2–3 Nigeria2018 · AFCON Qualification
  • Sierra Leone 3–2 Congo1994 · AFCON Qualification
  • Guinea 3–2 Tunisia1977 · AFCON Qualification
  • Comoros 2–2 Morocco2018 · AFCON Qualification
  • Mozambique 3–1 Botswana1994 · AFCON Qualification
  • Guinea 3–1 Angola1994 · AFCON Qualification
  • Niger 1–2 Tunisia2018 · AFCON Qualification
  • Liberia 2–1 Congo2018 · AFCON Qualification
  • Mali 3–0 Liberia1988 · AFCON Qualification
  • Lesotho 0–2 Uganda2018 · AFCON Qualification
  • Zimbabwe 1–1 DR Congo2018 · AFCON Qualification
  • Rwanda 1–1 Guinea2018 · AFCON Qualification
  • Tanzania 2–0 Cape Verde2018 · AFCON Qualification
  • Eswatini 0–2 Egypt2018 · AFCON Qualification
  • Burundi 1–1 Mali2018 · AFCON Qualification
  • Togo 2–0 Senegal1994 · AFCON Qualification
  • Eswatini 1–1 Tanzania1988 · AFCON Qualification
  • Namibia 1–0 Mozambique2018 · AFCON Qualification
  • Gambia 0–1 Togo2018 · AFCON Qualification
  • South Sudan 0–1 Gabon2018 · AFCON Qualification
  • Sudan 0–1 Senegal2018 · AFCON Qualification
  • Mauritania 1–0 Angola2018 · AFCON Qualification
  • Benin 1–0 Algeria2018 · AFCON Qualification
  • Madagascar 1–0 Equatorial Guinea2018 · AFCON Qualification
  • Cameroon 1–0 DR Congo1994 · AFCON Qualification
  • Seychelles 1–0 Mauritius1988 · AFCON Qualification
  • Botswana 0–0 Burkina Faso2018 · AFCON Qualification
  • Central African Republic 0–0 Ivory Coast2018 · AFCON Qualification
  • Seychelles 0–0 South Africa2018 · AFCON Qualification
  • Malawi 0–0 Cameroon2018 · AFCON Qualification
  • Equatorial Guinea 0–0 Angola1988 · AFCON Qualification
  • Sierra Leone 0–0 Nigeria1976 · World Cup Qualification
  • Mozambique 2–3 Nigeria2023 · International Friendly
  • Kenya 2–2 Russia2023 · International Friendly
  • Botswana 2–1 Eswatini2023 · International Friendly
  • Kenya 1–2 South Africa2012 · International Friendly
  • Colombia 3–0 Cameroon2012 · International Friendly
  • Kenya 1–2 Tanzania1950 · International Friendly
  • Algeria 1–1 Egypt2023 · International Friendly

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