On this day: September 22

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on September 22.

47 African footballers in our database were born on September 22, including Henok Goitom, Pyry Soiri and Yassine Chikhaoui.

African national teams have played 16 matches on September 22 since 1948.

Footballers born on September 22 (47)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Henok Goitom	1984	Eritrea	Forward
Pyry Soiri	1994	Namibia	Attacker
Yassine Chikhaoui	1986	Tunisia	Forward
Adamo Nagalo	2002	Burkina Faso	Defender
Joël Tshibamba	1988	DR Congo	Forward
Saïd Bakari	1994	Comoros	Midfielder
Carlos Fumo Gonçalves	1979	Mozambique	Wing half
Quinton Jacobs	1979	Namibia	Midfielder
Muller Dinda	1995	Gabon	Defender
Estrela	1995	Angola	Midfielder
Abdoulaye Faye	2004	Senegal
Mary Wilombe	1997	Zambia	Defender
Khalid Raghib	1969	Morocco	Forward
Hameur Hizem	1937	Tunisia
Edward Junior Wilson	1984	Liberia	Forward
Kelly Youga	1985	Central African Republic	Defender
Jacques Tuyisenge	1991	Rwanda	Forward
Peter Banda	2000	Malawi	Midfielder
Bernard Dong Bortey	1982	Ghana	Forward
Sherif El Baily	1979	Egypt	Midfielder
Malick Touré	1995	Mali	Forward
Brandon Peterson	1994	South Africa	Goalkeeper
Shukurat Oladipo	2004	Nigeria	Defender
Akeem Abioye	1998	Nigeria
Van-Dave Harmon	1995	Liberia
Kouame Autonne	2000	Ivory Coast
Idrus Abdulahi	2003	Ethiopia	Defender
Hamza Dahmane	1990	Algeria	Goalkeeper
Lydia Akoth	1994	Kenya	Defender
Lawrence Adjah-Tetteh	1979	Ghana	Defender
Jonas	1972	Angola	Midfielder
Brightwell Banda	1946	Zambia
Bilel Khefifi	1992	Tunisia	Forward
Daisy Nakaziro	1997	Uganda
Tebogo Monyai	1979	South Africa	Defender
Petar Stanev	1975	Nigeria	Forward
Gerald Arkson	1997	Ghana	Midfielder
Haithem Abid	1965	Tunisia	Midfielder
Naoufel Youssefi	1987	Tunisia	Forward
Fidy Rasoanaivo	1968	Madagascar	Midfielder
Joseph Eyimofe	1984	Nigeria	Defender
Vincent Harper	2000	Kenya
Thierry Etoungou	1999	Cameroon
Neo Mokhachane	1996	Lesotho	Left winger
Cheikh Touré	1996	Senegal	Forward
Yahaya Mainassara Babari	1993	Niger	Goalkeeper
Eli Wissa	2002	DR Congo	Forward