Birthday celebrants in the period of AFCON 2017

368 players were selected to represent their nations in the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon, but 30 of them will celebrate their birthdays during the period of the AFCON.

Surprising none of Ghana's final 23-man squad was born in the perios from 4th January to 5th February.

The opening game of the 2017 AFCON is between hosts Gabon and debutants, Equatorial Guinea on Saturday.

Mokhtar Belkhiter (Algeria) - 25 years

Willard Katsande (Zimbabwe) - 31 years

16 January 2017

Chamseddine Dhaouadi (Tunisia) - 27 years

Taha Khnissi (Tunisia) - 25 years

18 January 2017

Francisco Santos (Guinea Bissau) - 25 years

Alaixyis Romao (Togo) - 33 years

19 January 2017

Moussa Sow (Senegal) - 31 years

Marvellous Nakamba (Zimbabwe) - 23 years

21 January 2017

Mulopo Kudimbana (DR Congo) - 30 years

Akoete Eninful (Togo) - 25 years

22 January 2017

Vincent Aboubakar (Cameroon) - 25 years

23 January 2017

Ramadan Sobhi (Egypt) - 20 years

Didier Ovono (Gabon) - 34 years

25 January 2017

Ahmed Hegazi (Egypt) - 26 years

Nabil Dirar (Morocco) - 31 years

Yusuf Mulumbu (DR Congo) - 30 years

26 January 2017

Mustapha Yatabare (Mali) - 29 years

27 January 2017

Agostinho Soares (Guinea Bissau) - 27 years

Hamari Traore (Mali) - 25 years

Karim El Ahmadi (Morocco) - 32 years

Laba Foh-Do (Togo) - 25 years

30 January 2017

Omar Gaber (Egypt) - 25 years

31 January

Aldair Balde (Guinea Bissau) - 25 years

1 February 2017

Faouzi Ghoulam (Algeria) - 26 years

Lamine Kone (Côte d’Ivoire) - 28 years

2 February 2017

Geoffrey Kizito (Uganda) - 24 years

Takabva Mawaya (Zimbabwe) - 24 years

3 February 2017

Adama Traore (Côte d’Ivoire) - 27 years

Youssef El Arabi (Morocco) - 30 years

Jordan Ikoko (DR Congo) - 23 years