On this day: September 17

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on September 17.

49 African footballers in our database were born on September 17, including Sofiane Boufal, Olivier Boumal and Bakari Koné.

African national teams have played 11 matches on September 17 since 1947.

Footballers born on September 17 (49)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Sofiane Boufal	1993	Morocco	Midfielder
Olivier Boumal	1989	Cameroon	Wing half
Bakari Koné	1981	Ivory Coast	Forward
Amr Warda	1993	Egypt	Midfielder
Uche Nwofor	1991	Nigeria	Forward
Stephen Sunday	1988	Nigeria	Midfielder
Landry Mulemo	1986	DR Congo	Defender
Teslim Fatusi	1977	Nigeria	Wing half
Rayan Elloumi	2007	Tunisia	Centre-forward
Oliver Risser	1980	Namibia	Midfielder
Edward Chilufya	1999	Zambia	Midfielder
Teenage Hadebe	1995	Zimbabwe	Defender
Didier Lamkel Zé	1996	Cameroon	Midfielder
William Agada	1999	Nigeria	Forward
Ismaël Baouf	2006	Morocco
Serge Nyuiadzi	1991	Togo	Forward
Richie Ennin	1998	Ghana	Centre-forward
Koffi Dan Kowa	1989	Niger	Midfielder
Harmony Ikande	1990	Nigeria	Midfielder
Amani Yao	1963	Ivory Coast	Attacker
Miguel Quiame	1991	Angola	Midfielder
Jacob Ngwira	1985	Malawi	Midfielder
Mihayo Kazembe	1976	DR Congo	Midfielder
Nani Soares	1991	Guinea-Bissau	Midfielder
Clive Hachilensa	1979	Zambia	Defender
Osama Galal	1997	Egypt
Seydou Traoré	1970	Burkina Faso	Forward
Lebohang Maboe	1994	South Africa	Midfielder
Hamza Koutoune	2006	Morocco
Linos Chalwe	1980	Zambia	Forward
Edwin Phiri	1983	Zambia	Full-back
Babacar Diop	1995	Mauritania
Grâce Mfwamba	1998	DR Congo
Ahmed Abdelkader	1986	Libya	Forward
Eric Omondi Ongao	1977	Kenya	Midfielder
Ahmed Magrouh	1953	Morocco
Faye Balla	1994	Senegal	Defender
Steevan dos Santos	1989	Cape Verde	Forward
Nathan Gertse	1991	South Africa	Defender
Abdoulaye Diop	1999	Senegal	Midfielder
Anis Ben Chouikha	1975	Tunisia	Midfielder
Monique Ngock	2004	Cameroon	Central midfielder
Blondy Nna Noukeu	2001	Cameroon	Goalkeeper
Enoch Adu	1998	Ghana	Midfielder
Theophilus Annorbaah	1987	Ghana	Forward
Benito Zadi Zokou	2000	Ivory Coast
Samuel Abifade	1999	Nigeria	Midfielder
Mohamed Alassani	1988	Togo	Midfielder
Tshepo Makgoga	1990	South Africa	Defender