On this day: September 25

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on September 25.

46 African footballers in our database were born on September 25, including Siphiwe Tshabalala, Kim Grant and Tijani Babangida.

African national teams have played 39 matches on September 25 since 1948.

Footballers born on September 25 (46)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Siphiwe Tshabalala	1984	South Africa	Full-back
Kim Grant	1972	Ghana	Forward
Tijani Babangida	1973	Nigeria	Wing half
Reuben Gabriel	1990	Nigeria	Midfielder
Jean-Philippe Gbamin	1995	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Amara Traoré	1965	Senegal	Forward
Marvin Matip	1985	Cameroon	Defender
Jean Evrard Kouassi	1994	Ivory Coast	Forward
Roudolphe Douala	1978	Cameroon	Wing half
Abdellah Blinda	1951	Morocco
Elias Charalambous	1980	South Africa	Full-back
Mahieddine Meftah	1968	Algeria	Defender
Zenatha Coleman	1993	Namibia	Midfielder
Rashad Muhammed	1993	Nigeria	Attacker
Serge Djiéhoua	1983	Ivory Coast	Forward
Ednilson	1982	Guinea-Bissau	Midfielder
Durel Avounou	1997	Congo	Midfielder
Kwanda Mngonyama	1993	South Africa	Defender
Ijeoma Queenth Daniels	1992	Nigeria	Midfielder
Fantamady Keita	1949	Mali	Forward
Kwame Bonsu	1994	Ghana	Midfielder
Aïman Maurer	2004	Morocco
Yaya Meledje	1997	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Nabil Neghiz	1967	Algeria
Hamouda Ahmed El Bashir	1982	Sudan	Defender
Kelthoum Arbi Aouda	1987	Algeria
Geovanni Vianney Ndjee	2007	Cameroon
Gomezgani Chirwa	1996	Malawi	Defender
Lionel Abate Etoundi	2000	Cameroon	Forward
Fola Onibuje	1984	Nigeria	Forward
Humphrey Mieno	1989	Kenya	Midfielder
Herman Doumnan	1984	Chad	Midfielder
Raed Bouchniba	2003	Tunisia	Full-back
Sherif El-Khashab	1961	Egypt
Pierre Hervé Ateme Elanga	1986	Cameroon	Forward
Franck Nkela	1984	DR Congo	Goalkeeper
Edouard Ndjodo	1985	Cameroon	Forward
Charles Dzisah	1986	Ghana	Defender
Haytham Mohamed	1982	Egypt	Goalkeeper
Oumarou Nébié	1990	Burkina Faso	Midfielder
Richard Bangwe	1979	Botswana	Midfielder
Merouane Athmani	1974	Algeria	Forward
Emmanuel Annor	1994	Ghana	Full-back
Léopold Nkurikiye	1991	Burundi	Defender
Insa Sylla	1993	Senegal	Midfielder
Ibrahim Hussein	1975	Sudan