On this day: October 26

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on October 26.

39 African footballers in our database were born on October 26, including Henri Saivet, Illiasu Shilla and Brendan Augustine.

African national teams have played 13 matches on October 26 since 1963.

Footballers born on October 26 (39)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Henri Saivet	1990	Senegal	Forward
Illiasu Shilla	1982	Ghana	Defender
Brendan Augustine	1971	South Africa	Wing half
Kafoumba Coulibaly	1985	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Louis Crayton	1977	Liberia	Goalkeeper
Lynel Kitambala	1988	DR Congo	Forward
Ulysse Diallo	1992	Mali	Forward
Sari Abacha	1978	Nigeria	Defender
Macauley Bonne	1995	Zimbabwe	Defender
Kabba Samura	1981	Sierra Leone	Wing half
Fallah Johnson	1976	Liberia	Defender
Cecilia Nku	1992	Nigeria	Midfielder
Nathaniel Amos	1989	Nigeria	Forward
Ibor Bakar	1986	Comoros	Midfielder
Sulaimon Adekunle	1990	Nigeria	Defender
Abdullah El-Sawy	1971	Egypt	Forward
Almike N'Diaye	1996	Mauritania	Midfielder
Rooi Mahamutsa	1981	South Africa	Defender
Abudramae Bamba	1986	Ivory Coast	Forward
Pape N'Daw	1993	Senegal	Forward
Stephen Owusu	1982	Ghana	Forward
Hamza Ali	1923	Egypt
Takudzwa Chimwemwe	1992	Zimbabwe
Harouna Diarra	1978	Mali	Midfielder
Mohamed Riad Ibrahim	1955	Egypt
Edwin Moalosi	1988	Botswana	Midfielder
Collen Makgopela	1985	South Africa	Midfielder
Abdallah Ragab	1977	Egypt	Midfielder
Michael Rabeson	1987	Madagascar	Midfielder
Abdelrahman Kuku	1998	Sudan
Younes Hammal	1982	Morocco	Defender
Abdelkader Benzaoui	1911	Algeria	Defender
Maxwell Nyamupanedengu	1984	Zimbabwe	Goalkeeper
Mourad Zahou	1989	Tunisia	Defender
Fortuné Oré	1997	Benin
Abdelkader Boutiche	1996	Algeria	Midfielder
Over Mandanda	1998	DR Congo	Goalkeeper
Ousmane Diaby	1988	Senegal	Defender
Souleymane Koné	1999	Ivory Coast