On this day: October 29

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on October 29.

43 African footballers in our database were born on October 29, including Sylvain Gbohouo, Deon Kavendji and Saladin Said.

African national teams have played 12 matches on October 29 since 1960.

Footballers born on October 29 (43)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Sylvain Gbohouo	1988	Ivory Coast	Goalkeeper
Deon Kavendji	1991	Namibia	Midfielder
Saladin Said	1988	Ethiopia	Forward
Ahmed Duiedar	1987	Egypt	Defender
Raissa Feudjio	1995	Cameroon	Midfielder
Quincy Amarikwa	1987	Nigeria	Forward
Tony Tsabedze	1984	Eswatini	Midfielder
George Mbwando	1975	Zimbabwe	Defender
Godfried Aduobe	1975	Ghana	Midfielder
Farouk Gaafar	1952	Egypt	Midfielder
Egas Cacintura	1997	Angola	Midfielder
Tony Coyle	1976	South Africa	Defender
Yanis Merdji	1993	Algeria	Forward
Abdoul Karim Dante	1998	Mali	Defender
Abderrazak Belgherbi	1961	Algeria	Defender
Reuben Yem	1997	Nigeria	Defender
George Ikenne	1991	Nigeria	Midfielder
Pineas Jacob	1985	Namibia	Forward
Gerald Takwara	1994	Zimbabwe
Ahmed Kamal	1981	Egypt	Full-back
Alie Conteh	2004	Sierra Leone
Melvyn Doremus	1996	Benin
Mohamed Helmy	1962	Egypt	Forward
Alaa Meskini	1982	Morocco	Goalkeeper
Hassan Ndam	1998	Cameroon	Defender
Adilson Vaz	1988	Cape Verde	Defender
Nthokozo Tshuma	1985	Zimbabwe
Mohamed Yahi	1985	Algeria	Defender
Michaela Koutouan	1990	Ivory Coast	Defender
Ishmail Kamara	1987	Sierra Leone	Forward
Gildas Kiwoko Mouyabi	1986	Congo	Goalkeeper
Rudolph Seale	1966	South Africa	Defender
Emmanuel Gono	2005	Liberia
Fouad Aghnima	1997	Morocco	Midfielder
Joseph Quiah	2004	Liberia
Brahim Beddar	1974	Algeria	Defender
Edmílson Viegas	1996	São Tomé and Príncipe
Athumani Miraji	1993	Tanzania
Ridha Ben Mustapha	1950	Tunisia	Midfielder
Jean Jospin Engola	1997	Cameroon	Defender
Chacoum Koutouan	1990	Ivory Coast	Defender
Michael Ajayi	1992	Nigeria	Midfielder
Nthabeleng Potsane	1998	Lesotho