On this day: October 21

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

53 African footballers in our database were born on October 21, including Anele Ngcongca, Hamza Mendyl and Mouncif El Haddaoui.

African national teams have played 14 matches on October 21 since 1965.

Footballers born on October 21 (53)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Anele Ngcongca	1987	South Africa	Full-back
Hamza Mendyl	1997	Morocco	Full-back
Mouncif El Haddaoui	1964	Morocco	Midfielder
Ousman Jallow	1988	Gambia	Forward
Bingourou Kamara	1996	Senegal	Goalkeeper
Mahi Khennane	1936	Algeria	Forward
Bengali-Fodé Koita	1990	Guinea	Forward
Féthi Harek	1982	Algeria	Defender
Swadic Sanudi	1983	Malawi	Goalkeeper
Patrick Umomo Agboh	1981	Nigeria	Forward
Mohammed Dramani Kalilu	1972	Ghana	Defender
Emeka Mamale	1977	DR Congo	Forward
Hassan Hanini	1958	Morocco	Forward
Ahmed Mostafa	1997	Egypt	Midfielder
Amara Ahmed Ouattara	1983	Burkina Faso	Midfielder
Kasali Yinka Casal	1987	Nigeria	Defender
José Elo	2000	Equatorial Guinea	Centre-back
Babacar Diop	1993	Senegal	Forward
Alioune Ndour	1997	Senegal	Forward
Jacob Aikhionbare	1984	Nigeria	Forward
Mohamed Fofana	1985	Guinea	Midfielder
Rabah Gamouh	1952	Algeria	Midfielder
Paul Adado	1983	Togo	Defender
Mohamed Camara	1980	Guinea	Midfielder
Daouda Ly	1972	Senegal	Goalkeeper
Donald Thobega	1974	Botswana	Midfielder
Ebenezer Harcourt	2009	Nigeria	Goalkeeper
Omar Slimi	1987	Algeria	Defender
Mohamed Bentiba	1989	Algeria	Midfielder
Louis Berty Ayock	1981	Cameroon	Midfielder
Abdoulaye Diallo	1992	Senegal	Defender
Alain Koudou	1984	Ivory Coast	Forward
Mehdi Naghmi	1988	Morocco	Forward
Ahmed Shroyda	1990	Egypt	Forward
Clinton Jephta	2006	Nigeria	Winger
Zinedine Boutmène	2000	Algeria	Forward
Sadio Kanouté	1996	Mali	Central midfielder
Kikas	1981	Angola	Defender
Jimmy Joubert	1952	South Africa	Forward
Adnane Bensaad	2005	Morocco
Joel N’Gako	1985	Cameroon	Defender
Nagi El-Tomi	1977	Libya
Chibuzor Chilaka	1986	Nigeria	Midfielder
Mohamed Houssem Slimene	1988	Tunisia	Defender
Theodore Sunday Wrobeh	1981	Liberia	Forward
Malek Mehri	2003	Tunisia	Midfielder
Nassim Zeggour	1966	Algeria	Forward
Oneyama Eke	1983	Nigeria	Forward
Abdalla Haji Shaibu	1998	Tanzania	Defender
Habibou Traoré	1983	Senegal	Midfielder
Moustapha Sakanoko	1990	Ivory Coast	Forward
Abdallah Shaibu	1998	Tanzania	Defender
Mpho Rammala	1999	South Africa	Forward