On this day: September 26

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on September 26.

36 African footballers in our database were born on September 26, including Idrissa Gueye, Alaeddine Yahia and Erick Otieno.

African national teams have played 25 matches on September 26 since 1951.

Footballers born on September 26 (36)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Idrissa Gueye	1989	Senegal	Midfielder
Alaeddine Yahia	1981	Tunisia	Centre-back
Erick Otieno	1996	Kenya	Full-back
Hans Agbo	1967	Cameroon	Defender
Félix Dja Ettien	1979	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Yankuba Ceesay	1984	Gambia	Midfielder
Amadou Jawo	1984	Gambia	Forward
Issah Abass	1998	Ghana	Forward
Ibrahima Diallo	1985	Guinea	Defender
Idris El Mizouni	2000	Tunisia	Midfielder
Blessing Igbojionu	1982	Nigeria	Forward
Roger Boli	1965	Ivory Coast	Forward
Emeka Friday Eze	1996	Nigeria	Forward
Misdongarde Betolngar	1985	Chad	Forward
Hussein Shabani	1990	Burundi	Midfielder
Sékou Fofana	1980	Mali	Defender
Ali Ben Neji	1961	Tunisia	Defensive midfielder
El Almi Daoudi	1985	Algeria	Midfielder
Amir Aguid	1992	Algeria	Defender
Francis Ikechukwu	1989	Nigeria	Defender
Sofiane Attaf	1983	Algeria	Forward
Nassim Boukmacha	1987	Algeria	Midfielder
Ousmaïla Baba	1986	Cameroon	Midfielder
Dio	1986	Equatorial Guinea	Midfielder
Prince Nnake	1989	Nigeria	Forward
Hacène Hamoutène	1913	Algeria
Emmanuel Appiah	1993	Ghana	Forward
Yvan Ikia Dimi	2004	Congo
Sameh Sherif	1986	Egypt	Defender
George Gorleku	1955	Ghana	Defender
Alimamy Jalloh	1987	Sierra Leone	Midfielder
Wafat Mari	1994	Comoros	Defender
Patricia Seteco	1992	Angola
Nansy Ahmed	1993	Egypt	Forward
Kimuli Robert	1986	Uganda	Midfielder
Cedric Bolima	1979	DR Congo	Forward