On this day: October 28

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on October 28.

42 African footballers in our database were born on October 28, including Obafemi Martins, Youssef Msakni and Francis Uzoho.

African national teams have played 14 matches on October 28 since 1950.

Footballers born on October 28 (42)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Obafemi Martins	1984	Nigeria	Forward
Youssef Msakni	1990	Tunisia	Wing half
Francis Uzoho	1998	Nigeria	Goalkeeper
Hamdi Nagguez	1992	Tunisia	Centre-back
Anas Zniti	1988	Morocco	Goalkeeper
Mbaye Diagne	1991	Senegal	Centre-forward
Nothando Vilakazi	1988	South Africa	Defender
Soufian El Hassnaoui	1989	Morocco	Forward
Abel Tador	1984	Nigeria	Midfielder
Kingsley Umunegbu	1989	Nigeria	Forward
Moses Opondo	1997	Uganda	Midfielder
Abdelkader Fréha	1942	Algeria	Forward
Rolf-Christel Guié-Mien	1977	Congo	Midfielder
Rodrigue Dikaba	1985	DR Congo	Defender
Yanis Issoufou	2006	Niger	Forward
Justice Tweneboaa	2001	Ghana	Defender
Tenywa Bonseu	1976	Uganda	Defender
Solomon Owusu	1995	Ghana
Mohamed Sedki Debchi	1999	Tunisia	Goalkeeper
Omar Sowe	2000	Gambia	Forward
Dumisani Ngwenya	1984	South Africa	Forward
Solomon Andargachew	1981	Ethiopia	Defender
Richmond Nketiah	1994	Ghana	Defender
Thabiso Nkoana	1992	South Africa	Forward
Brian Peterson	1936	South Africa	Forward
Yao Simon Koffi	1982	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Oskar Gasecki	1990	South Africa	Defender
Rafik Kabou	1992	Tunisia	Wing half
Amadou Keita	2001	Guinea	Midfielder
Nadjet Fedoul	1981	Algeria	Goalkeeper
Mariatu Candé	1991	Guinea-Bissau	Full-back
Mohamed Aouichi	1991	Tunisia	Midfielder
Amir Fanan	1980	Egypt
Bashir Kekli	1940	Tunisia
Jacky Ntazambi	1969	DR Congo	Defender
Ayanda Lubelo	1992	South Africa	Midfielder
Souleymane Alio	2006	Burkina Faso
Emmanuel Zoya	1990	Malawi	Defender
Motete Mohai	1995	Lesotho
Soumeya Yacin Moussa	2005	Djibouti	Defender
Rania Babker Babo Amer	1996	Sudan	Defender
Faith Ongachi Marende	1995	Kenya	Midfielder