On this day: October 24

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on October 24.

56 African footballers in our database were born on October 24, including Bruma, Matthew Amoah and Tarek Hamed.

African national teams have played 15 matches on October 24 since 1957.

Footballers born on October 24 (56)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Bruma	1994	Guinea-Bissau	Winger
Matthew Amoah	1980	Ghana	Forward
Tarek Hamed	1988	Egypt	Midfielder
Imoh Ezekiel	1993	Nigeria	Forward
Omar Colley	1992	Gambia	Defender
Hussein Ammouta	1969	Morocco	Midfielder
Mounir Boukadida	1967	Tunisia	Defender
Jack Lahne	2001	Zambia	Midfielder
Abdelmajid Bouyboud	1966	Morocco	Forward
Abdel Halim Ali	1973	Egypt	Forward
Shiva N'Zigou	1983	Gabon	Forward
Germain Berthé	1993	Mali	Goalkeeper
Nader al-Tarhouni	1979	Libya	Midfielder
Agent Sawu	1971	Zimbabwe	Forward
Frank Seator	1975	Liberia	Forward
Nour El-Dali	1928	Egypt	Defender
Omar Najdi	1986	Morocco	Forward
Mohamed Achraf Khalfaoui	1980	Tunisia	Midfielder
Emeka Umeh	1997	Nigeria	Forward
Moustapha Bangura	1989	Sierra Leone	Forward
Abdoulaye Ouzérou	1985	Benin	Forward
Joel Bwalya	1972	Zambia	Midfielder
Esther Mukwasa	1996	Zambia	Midfielder
Franck Patrick Njambe	1987	Cameroon	Midfielder
Karim Sadat	1991	Ghana	Forward
Al-Jezoli Nouh	2002	Sudan
Osama Hassan	1979	Egypt	Wing half
Hichem Mokhtar	1991	Algeria	Forward
Derek Smethurst	1947	South Africa	Forward
Mustafa Elfadni	1999	Sudan
Wafe Messaoud	1994	Tunisia	Centre-back
Ather El Tahir	1996	Sudan
O. J. Obatola	1987	Nigeria	Forward
Tamarakuro Jesse Sekidika	1990	Nigeria	Midfielder
Gibby Mbasela	1962	Zambia	Forward
Amissi Tambwe	1988	Burundi
Balep Ba Ndoumbouk	1987	Cameroon	Midfielder
Andre Boe	1962	Cameroon	Goalkeeper
Ontse Ntesa	1989	Botswana	Defender
Philippe Nsiah	1994	Ghana	Forward
Adam Boujamaa	1998	Morocco	Midfielder
Fouad Sedki	1925	Egypt
Anthony Jomah Ballah	1979	Liberia	Midfielder
Jeff Nzokira	1987	Burundi	Goalkeeper
Maryame Atiq	1998	Morocco
Hassen Nouisseri	1898	Tunisia
Emiliana Nchama	1986	Equatorial Guinea	Goalkeeper
Laryea Adjetey	1973	Ghana	Midfielder
Daniel Msendami	2000	Zimbabwe	Right winger
Sidique Mussagi	1993	Mozambique
Salimata Diarra	1994	Mali	Midfielder
Joe Bwalya	1972	Zambia	Forward
Larbi Boussa	1936	Algeria	Defender
Mohamed Kamal	1995	Morocco	Midfielder
Dolores Hernández Masongo	2001	Equatorial Guinea	Goalkeeper
Letsweletse Zaniel Gaboitsiwe	2006	Botswana	Midfielder