On this day: October 23

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on October 23.

42 African footballers in our database were born on October 23, including Rashidi Yekini, Relebohile Mofokeng and Jacques Maghoma.

African national teams have played 13 matches on October 23 since 1958.

Footballers born on October 23 (42)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Rashidi Yekini	1963	Nigeria	Forward
Relebohile Mofokeng	2004	South Africa	Midfielder
Jacques Maghoma	1987	DR Congo	Midfielder
Mohamed Latif	1909	Egypt	Forward
Joseph Kamwendo	1986	Malawi	Midfielder
Mohammed Aliyu Datti	1982	Nigeria	Centre-forward
Oumar Sène	1959	Senegal	Midfielder
Lewis Enoh	1992	Cameroon	Forward
Fawzi Gamal	1966	Egypt	Defender
Derrick Kakooza	2002	Uganda	Forward
Nassim Bounekdja	1976	Algeria	Defender
David Ngodigha	1962	Nigeria	Goalkeeper
Ibrahim Kanaté	2006	Mali
Destin Makita	1984	Congo	Defender
Ikpefua Osas Marvelous	1986	Nigeria	Forward
Isaac Pupo	1985	Liberia	Midfielder
Abdul-Ganiyu Iddi	1987	Ghana	Midfielder
Abdoulaye Khouma Keita	1978	Senegal	Defender
Tumelo Khutlang	1995	Lesotho	Forward
Arafa El-Sayed	1988	Egypt	Forward
Anthony Mathenge	1978	Kenya	Defender
Nana Poku	1992	Ghana	Forward
Mostafa Kamal	1973	Egypt	Goalkeeper
Abdul Rwatubyaye	1996	Rwanda	Defender
Amadou Cissé	1985	Guinea	Midfielder
Albert Jarrett	1984	Sierra Leone	Midfielder
Carlos Feraud	1990	DR Congo	Midfielder
Peter Omoduemuke	1983	Nigeria	Midfielder
Zakaria Alharaish	1998	Libya	Forward
Ahmed Tahlil Ali	1990	Somalia	Midfielder
Ali Amiri	1987	Algeria	Midfielder
Mohamadou Lamine Ba	2001	Mali	Midfielder
Naïma Bouhenni	1985	Algeria	Forward
Akrem Ben Sassi	1983	Tunisia	Defender
Godfrey Mugisha	1978	Uganda
Gobeom Sie Vitalis	1990	Liberia	Forward
Chris Roosevelt Jones	1991	Liberia	Midfielder
Amine Boukamir	2006	Morocco	Defensive midfielder
Robert Ghansah	1994	Ghana	Forward
Latif Ouedraogo	2007	Burkina Faso	Full-back
Kaka Dennis Omony	1999	Uganda	Defender
Kakooza Derick	2002	Uganda