Person in history
Japhet Tanganga
Japhet Tanganga, English footballer
Life at a glance
- Born
- 1999 · March 31
- Age this year
- 27No death recorded in our data
- Born
- 27th anniversary of their birth this year
Their story
Who they were
Japhet Manzambi Tanganga is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for and captains EFL Championship club Sheffield United.
Early life
Early life Tanganga was born in Hackney , Greater London , [ 1 ] to a Congolese family. [ 2 ] He attended Greig City Academy and joined the Tottenham Hotspur youth academy at the age of 10. [ 3 ] ^ "Japhet Tanganga" . 11v11.com . AFS Enterprises . Retrieved 26 September 2019 . ^ Eccleshare, Charlie (11 January 2020). "Mourinho's new boy Tanganga: an old-fashioned, pacy defender..." The Athletic . ^ "Japhet Tanganga profile" . Tottenham Hotspur F.C . Retrieved 4 June 2018 .
Why this date
Japhet Tanganga appears on our March 31 calendar for 1999 as a birth entry.
The world when they were born
Other entries we record for 1999.
- September 9Singapore Portrait Series currency notes
- December 3Worcester, Massachusetts
- January 17Little Saigon, Orange County
- October 22Maurice Papon
- July 91999 Iranian student protests
Born the same day
Contemporaries — born the same year
- 1999Lloyd PopeDecember 1
- 1999Jaycee HornNovember 26
- 1999Rocky (singer)February 25
- 1999Gabi GonçalvesNovember 17
- 1999YoungBoy Never Broke AgainOctober 20
- 1999ChuuOctober 20
- 1999Tom Hartley (cricketer)May 3
- 1999Jerome FordSeptember 12
Sources
Cite this page
“Japhet Tanganga”, What's On This Date, https://whatsonthisdate.com/app/people/japhet-tanganga, accessed October 25, 2026.
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Questions about Japhet Tanganga
When was Japhet Tanganga born?
March 31 1999.
How old would Japhet Tanganga be today?
27 this year, based on the birth year we hold. We have no death record for them in our data, which is not proof either way.
Who else was born on March 31?
Denys Strekalin, Nuno Pina, Jonas Røndbjerg and others — the list is on this page and on the date page.
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