On this day: October 27

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on October 27.

60 African footballers in our database were born on October 27, including Stephan El Shaarawy, Maria Mutola and Badou Ndiaye.

African national teams have played 16 matches on October 27 since 1956.

Footballers born on October 27 (60)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Stephan El Shaarawy	1992	Egypt	Winger
Maria Mutola	1972	Mozambique	Forward
Badou Ndiaye	1990	Senegal	Midfielder
Simon Deli	1991	Ivory Coast	Defender
Youssouf Ndayishimiye	1998	Burundi	Midfielder
Matty Pattison	1986	South Africa	Midfielder
Sayed Abdel Hafeez	1977	Egypt	Midfielder
Haruna Ilerika	1949	Nigeria	Midfielder
Naoufel Khacef	1997	Algeria	Full-back
Modou Jobe	1988	Gambia	Goalkeeper
Ammar Belhani	1971	Algeria	Goalkeeper
Abubakr al Abaidy	1981	Libya	Midfielder
Tamer Abdel Hamid	1975	Egypt	Midfielder
Walid Salah El-Din	1971	Egypt	Midfielder
Amine Aboulfath	1997	Morocco	Defender
Abdulrazak Ekpoki	1982	Nigeria	Forward
Patrick Doeplah	1990	Liberia	Forward
Simon Gbegnon	1992	Togo	Defender
Émile Mbamba	1982	Cameroon	Forward
Basem Ali	1989	Egypt	Midfielder
Hervé Lomboto	1989	DR Congo	Goalkeeper
Jean-Paul Ndeki	1982	Cameroon	Centre-back
Konan N'Dri	2000	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Abdou Karim Camara	1992	Senegal	Midfielder
Redouane Bachiri	1982	Algeria	Defender
Noureddine Drioueche	1973	Algeria	Defender
Sunday Akinbule	1996	Nigeria	Forward
Soufiane Touzani	1986	Morocco
Joffrey Bazié	2003	Burkina Faso	Forward
Mohamed Kaba	2001	Guinea	Midfielder
Abderrafie Gassi	1972	Morocco	Goalkeeper
Noureddine Ziyati	1974	Morocco	Midfielder
Issoumaila Dao	1983	Ivory Coast	Defender
Khalid Jolit	1981	Sudan	Defender
Ilyes Yaiche	1997	Algeria	Midfielder
Rayan Touzghar	2003	Morocco
Lofti Ben Sassi	1965	Tunisia	Midfielder
Kingston Nkhatha	1985	Zimbabwe	Forward
Atto Mensah	1964	Sierra Leone	Forward
Marcus Macauley	1991	Liberia	Midfielder
Ebi Sukore	1983	Nigeria	Midfielder
Abdul Rahman Kamara	1989	Sierra Leone	Midfielder
Abdoulaye Doumbia	2007	Ivory Coast
Joel Imasuen	2004	Nigeria
Hany Mostafa	1947	Egypt
Thabiso Khumalo	1980	South Africa	Midfielder
بوشعيب السفياني	1994	Morocco	Forward
Chakib Lachkham	1985	Tunisia	Forward
Alison Brito	1984	Cape Verde	Goalkeeper
Ninika	1998	Mozambique
Enock Asubonteng	2000	Ghana
Dorette Elangue Etémé	1976	Cameroon	Defender
Wale Kwik-Ajet	1977	Nigeria	Forward
Sid-Ali Abbou	1973	Algeria	Midfielder
Hammadi Henia	1933	Tunisia	Midfielder
Aïssa Fouka	1967	Algeria	Defender
Hamza Chtobri	1989	Tunisia	Midfielder
Souhail Yechou	1992	Morocco	Midfielder
Mamadou Diako	2003	Mali	Midfielder
Dani Manzanares	2003	Equatorial Guinea	Right winger