On this day: September 21

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on September 21.

53 African footballers in our database were born on September 21, including Sebastião Gilberto, Ali Fergani and Kabange Mupopo.

African national teams have played 15 matches on September 21 since 1946.

Footballers born on September 21 (53)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Sebastião Gilberto	1982	Angola	Midfielder
Ali Fergani	1952	Algeria	Midfielder
Kabange Mupopo	1992	Zambia	Midfielder
Jorge Intima	1995	Guinea-Bissau	Midfielder
Daniel Sosah	1998	Ghana
Darlin Yongwa	2000	Cameroon	Forward
Lemponye Tshireletso	1984	Botswana	Forward
Souleymane Koanda	1992	Burkina Faso	Defender
Ousmane Kanté	1989	Guinea	Defender
Hassan El Mouataz	1981	Morocco	Full-back
Karamoko Kéïta	1974	Mali	Goalkeeper
Elvis Onyema	1986	Nigeria	Forward
Lerato Kgasago	1991	South Africa	Midfielder
Mohamed Naâmani	1990	Algeria	Defender
Moustapha Djallit	1983	Algeria	Forward
Bil Nsongo	2004	Cameroon	Forward
Cristian Makate	2002	Equatorial Guinea	Forward
Thatayaone Ditlhokwe	1998	Botswana	Defender
Icham Mouissi	1982	Algeria	Defender
Lamine Traoré	1993	Mali	Forward
Gerard Ambassa Guy	1978	Cameroon	Defender
Charles Okonkwo	1965	Nigeria
Abdallah Azhar	1939	Morocco	Forward
Dionísio Fernandes Mendes	1981	Guinea-Bissau	Forward
Mostafa Abdulhafidh	1987	Egypt	Defender
Faouzi Yaya	1989	Algeria	Midfielder
Raphael Manuvire	1988	Zimbabwe	Midfielder
Sabri Boumelaha	1989	Algeria	Full-back
Ridwan Sanusi	2002	Nigeria
Mahamadou Ba	1999	Mali	Midfielder
Luc Bessala	1985	Cameroon
Isaac Boakye	1984	Ghana	Defender
Farid Cheklam	1984	Algeria	Defender
Mohammed Amine Kabli	1980	Morocco	Midfielder
Simphiwe Dludlu	1987	South Africa	Defender
Roger Tchouassi	1986	Rwanda	Forward
Landing Badji	2003	Senegal
Sandile Sibande	1987	South Africa	Midfielder
Marouane Imaghri	1988	Morocco	Forward
Frank Andoh	1986	Ghana	Goalkeeper
Mustapha Douglas	1984	Ghana	Forward
Bheki Shabangu	1985	South Africa	Forward
Sebastian Mwansa	1988	Zambia	Midfielder
Schillo Tshuma	1992	Zimbabwe	Forward
Thierry Ratsimbazafy	1986	Madagascar
Anaïs M’Bassidje	1993	Ivory Coast	Defender
Eric Litchfield	1920	South Africa
Cheikh Lô Ndoye	1992	Senegal
Celestine Wasserfall	1984	Namibia
Mohlomi Makhetha	2000	Lesotho	Right winger
Manu Bielo	2005	Equatorial Guinea	Centre-forward
Farouk Yawe	1999	Uganda	Goalkeeper
Stanislas Lebongo	1997	Cameroon	Goalkeeper