On this day: October 22

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on October 22.

65 African footballers in our database were born on October 22, including Aïssa Mandi, Godfrey Chitalu and Gaël Bigirimana.

African national teams have played 14 matches on October 22 since 1968.

Footballers born on October 22 (65)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Aïssa Mandi	1991	Algeria	Defender
Godfrey Chitalu	1947	Zambia	Forward
Gaël Bigirimana	1993	Burundi	Midfielder
Saidy Janko	1995	Gambia	Full-back
Jonathan Kodjia	1989	Ivory Coast	Forward
Chaswe Nsofwa	1978	Zambia	Forward
Moses Oloya	1992	Uganda	Midfielder
Adilson Tavares Varela	1988	Cape Verde	Midfielder
Abdelfettah Boukhriss	1986	Morocco	Defender
Zé Turbo	1996	Guinea-Bissau	Forward
Khassa Camara	1992	Mauritania	Midfielder
Paulo António Alves	1969	Angola	Midfielder
Shamo Quaye	1971	Ghana	Midfielder
Mohamed Nahiri	1991	Morocco	Defender
Ibrahima Faye	1979	Senegal	Defender
Thabo Mooki	1974	South Africa	Midfielder
Jimmy Bulus	1986	Niger	Midfielder
Alfred Sankoh	1988	Sierra Leone	Midfielder
Charles Ondo	2003	Equatorial Guinea	Centre-back
Hassan Mila Sesay	1987	Sierra Leone	Midfielder
Bechir Sahbani	1972	Tunisia	Defender
Reuben Ayarna	1985	Ghana	Midfielder
Emmanuel Ezukam	1984	Nigeria	Midfielder
Régis Manon	1965	Gabon	Forward
Claudio Ramiadamanana	1988	Madagascar	Forward
Rached Meddeb	1940	Tunisia	Midfielder
Hamid Rahmouni	1967	Algeria	Forward
Farès Brahimi	1988	Algeria	Midfielder
Omar Koroma	1989	Gambia	Forward
Aladje	1993	Guinea-Bissau	Forward
Mamour Ndiaye	2005	Senegal
Timo Uster	1974	Gambia	Defender
Ihab El-Masry	1985	Egypt	Forward
Kerrie McCarthy	2000	Ghana	Goalkeeper
Antonio Correia	1983	Angola	Forward
Zoumana Koné	1991	Ivory Coast	Forward
Merwan Ifnaoui	1998	Morocco	Attacking midfielder
Aimé Omgba	2002	Cameroon
Redouane El Haimeur	1973	Morocco	Defender
Alex Matshameko	1979	Botswana	Defender
Manqoba Kunene	1982	Eswatini	Midfielder
Bambo	1974	Guinea-Bissau	Forward
Geraldo Matsimbe	1992	Mozambique	Midfielder
Hamed Adesope	1985	Nigeria	Defender
Samawal Merghani	1991	Sudan
Bernard Whyte	1969	Ghana	Midfielder
Marley Marshall-Miranda	2002	Angola
Thierry Zahui	1987	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Tiemoko Fofana	1999	Ivory Coast	Forward
Esperanza Mbang	1989	Equatorial Guinea	Centre-back
Emmanuel Ansong	1989	Ghana	Defender
Noureddine Ben Arfa	1953	Tunisia	Midfielder
Aymen Ben Ayoub	1984	Tunisia	Goalkeeper
Abdoulaye Yansanné	1937	Guinea	Midfielder
Jude Agada	1965	Nigeria	Defender
Julien Nsengiyumva	1978	Rwanda	Forward
Fodil Dob	1975	Algeria	Defense
Salah Bouchama	2001	Algeria	Playmaker
Mondher Chicha	1953	Tunisia	Midfielder
Ndamulelo Maphangule	1999	South Africa
Jennifer Aboudi	2002	Cameroon	Defender
Anzlom Ndlovu	1979	Zimbabwe	Defender
Blessing Ilivieda	2002	Nigeria	Full-back
Alvine Esse Dah-zossu	2005	Nigeria	Forward
Tlhalefo Molebatsi	1994	Botswana	Forward