On this day: September 16

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on September 16.

42 African footballers in our database were born on September 16, including Godfrey Oboabona, Adel Chedli and Thabet El-Batal.

African national teams have played 9 matches on September 16 since 1962.

Footballers born on September 16 (42)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Godfrey Oboabona	1990	Nigeria	Defender
Adel Chedli	1976	Tunisia	Midfielder
Thabet El-Batal	1953	Egypt	Goalkeeper
Armando Sá	1975	Mozambique	Defender
Salah Larbès	1952	Algeria	Full-back
Emmanuel Imorou	1988	Benin	Defender
Mbulelo Mabizela	1980	South Africa	Midfielder
Khadija Er-Rmichi	1989	Morocco	Goalkeeper
Omar Gamal	1982	Egypt	Forward
Iliass Bel Hassani	1992	Morocco	Midfielder
Dominique Kivuvu	1987	Angola	Midfielder
Ernest Akouassaga	1985	Gabon	Defender
Ibrahim Traoré	1988	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Ronald Mukiibi	1991	Uganda	Defender
Louis Ngwat-Mahop	1987	Cameroon	Forward
Lassina Diabaté	1974	Ivory Coast	Defender
Salah Mohamed Samadi	1976	Algeria	Goalkeeper
Paul Quaye	1995	Ghana	Midfielder
Thabang Monare	1989	South Africa
Muhammed Abdulrahman	1989	Nigeria	Forward
Ali Mohsen	1940	Egypt	Forward
Erina Jeke	1990	Zimbabwe	Forward
Olivier Nzuzi	1980	DR Congo	Wing half
Idrissa Gueye	2006	Senegal
Aubrey Ngoma	1989	South Africa	Midfielder
Zé Rui	1982	Cape Verde	Wing half
José Luis Senobua García	1978	Equatorial Guinea	Midfielder
Jimmy Kauleza	1977	South Africa	Forward
Hani Amamou	1997	Tunisia	Defender
Alexis Meva	1997	Cameroon	Wing half
Oussema Amdouni	1991	Tunisia	Midfielder
Samuel Ocran	1986	Ghana	Midfielder
Richard Danso	2000	Ghana	Forward
Clement Mazibuko	1977	South Africa	Midfielder
Amine Kamoun	1982	Tunisia	Defender
Hocine Dehiri	2000	Algeria
Wenceslao Afugu	1992	Equatorial Guinea	Forward
Omar Saad	1988	Egypt	Defender
Sadok Touj	1996	Tunisia	Centre-back
Keoagetse Radipotsane	1982	Botswana	Midfielder
Ayanda Jiyane	2002	South Africa	Centre-back
Alfred Leku Freedom	1997	Uganda