On this day: September 24

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on September 24.

57 African footballers in our database were born on September 24, including Michael Obiku, Senzo Meyiwa and Mickaël Poté.

African national teams have played 34 matches on September 24 since 1924.

Footballers born on September 24 (57)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Michael Obiku	1968	Nigeria	Forward
Senzo Meyiwa	1987	South Africa	Goalkeeper
Mickaël Poté	1984	Benin	Forward
Achraf Bencharki	1994	Morocco	Forward
Yacine Bentalaa	1955	Algeria	Goalkeeper
Zakaria Hadraf	1990	Morocco	Forward
Saidat Adegoke	1985	Nigeria	Forward
Souleyman Doumbia	1996	Ivory Coast	Defender
Pape Abdou Camara	1991	Senegal	Midfielder
Budge Manzia	1994	DR Congo	Defender
Yeo Martial	1954	Ivory Coast
Bradley August	1978	South Africa	Forward
Bashiru Gambo	1978	Ghana	Midfielder
Lydia Miraoui	1991	Algeria	Midfielder
Emmanuel Oti	1996	Ghana	Wing half
Abdelkader Ben Hassen	1969	Tunisia	Forward
Noam Emeran	2002	Rwanda	Left winger
Nsumbu Mazuwa	1982	DR Congo	Midfielder
Nasiru Moro	1996	Ghana	Defender
Patrick Zabi	2006	Ivory Coast
Koffi Mechac	1988	Ivory Coast	Forward
Vitalis Takawira	1972	Zimbabwe	Forward
Abdullah Quaye	1980	Ghana	Midfielder
El Hadi Fayçal Ouadah	1983	Algeria	Goalkeeper
Sofiane Azzedine	1980	Algeria	Goalkeeper
Carlitos	1988	Angola	Wing half
Sthembiso Ngcobo	1983	South Africa	Forward
Severin Brice Bikoko	1988	Cameroon	Forward
Abdelhamid Hassan	1972	Egypt	Forward
Rock Embingou	1968	Congo	Forward
Peter Ogaba	1974	Nigeria	Defender
Naïm Laïdouni	2002	Algeria	Centre-back
Lassana Doucoure	1988	Mali	Midfielder
Thècle Mbororo	1989	Cameroon	Goalkeeper
Alfred Jaryan	1988	Liberia	Forward
Abeiku Ainooson	1990	Ghana	Centre-back
Joel Anasmo	2004	Egypt
Kwame Pele Frimpong	1983	Ghana	Forward
Duncan Kgopolelo	1974	Botswana	Forward
Ahmed Sassi	1993	Tunisia	Midfielder
Bayu Mulu	1978	Ethiopia	Midfielder
Chipyoka Songa	2004	Zambia	Winger
Fatah Masoud	1989	Libya	Goalkeeper
Clive Moyo-Modise	1984	South Africa	Midfielder
Manaye Fantu	1990	Ethiopia	Forward
Abduallah Mohamed	2003	Egypt
Zakaria Ouazane	2006	Morocco
Chico	1991	Angola	Forward
Bassem Saibi	1984	Tunisia	Defender
Nadir Lamyarghri	1990	Morocco
M'saddek Senoussi	1977	Tunisia	Midfielder
Cédric Coréa	1990	Benin	Midfielder
Ariel Mbumba	2001	DR Congo
Innocenzo Centonze	1909	Tunisia	Forward
Matthew Tayo Odongo	1996	Uganda	Centre-back
Wagarre Dikago	1994	Botswana	Goalkeeper
Ireka Chigozie Bethel	1991	Nigeria	Forward