On this day: April 12

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on April 12.

56 African footballers in our database were born on April 12, including Eric Bailly, Lucas Radebe and Jonathan Pitroipa.

African national teams have played 21 matches on April 12 since 1963.

Footballers born on April 12 (56)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Eric Bailly	1994	Ivory Coast	Centre-back
Lucas Radebe	1969	South Africa	Centre-back
Jonathan Pitroipa	1986	Burkina Faso	Wing half
Simon Ngapandouetnbu	2003	Cameroon	Goalkeeper
Yannick Sagbo	1988	Ivory Coast	Forward
Charles Abi	2000	Togo	Forward
Noureddine Kourichi	1954	Algeria	Defender
Arouna Sangante	2002	Senegal	Defender
Anthony Oyono	2001	Gabon	Defender
Ebrima Ebou Sillah	1980	Gambia	Midfielder
Sadat Bukari	1989	Ghana	Forward
Abdesalam Kames	1974	Libya	Midfielder
Moamen Zakaria	1988	Egypt	Midfielder
Norman Mapeza	1972	Zimbabwe	Defender
Kassoum Ouédraogo	1966	Burkina Faso	Forward
Prince Efe Ehiorobo	1984	Nigeria	Midfielder
Ayoub Sørensen	1988	Morocco	Midfielder
Ben Bamfuchile	1960	Zambia	Defender
David Mawutor	1992	Ghana	Midfielder
Mosaab Mahmoud Al Hassan	1983	Sudan	Defender
Tidiane Dia	1985	Senegal	Forward
Ahmed Temsah	1986	Egypt	Midfielder
Ahmed Abdel-Raouf	1986	Egypt	Midfielder
Yannick Bangala Litombo	1994	DR Congo	Defender
Ammar Taifour	1997	Sudan
Negash Teklit	1966	Eritrea
Ismail Kouha	1983	Morocco	Goalkeeper
Jérémy Oyono	2001	Gabon
Oladipupo Martins	1983	Nigeria	Forward
Okoroji Henry	1984	Nigeria	Defender
Ivo Mapunda	1984	Tanzania	Goalkeeper
Junior Gourrier	1992	Central African Republic	Midfielder
Jonti Richter	1983	South Africa	Midfielder
Jean Dénis Wanga	1975	Cameroon	Midfielder
Tarik Ajouadi	1988	Morocco	Defender
Mohamed Hikem	1992	Algeria	Centre-back
Issouf Campaoré	1988	Burkina Faso	Defender
Khaled Galal	1967	Egypt	Defender
Ahmad Hassan Stakoza	1979	Egypt	Centre-back
Cheik Diallo	1951	Mali	Forward
Livingstone Adjin	1989	Ghana	Midfielder
Marc Gouiffe à Goufan	1984	Cameroon	Midfielder
Romaric Kablan	1988	Ivory Coast	Defender
Franck Bezi	1983	Ivory Coast	Defender
Khadim Ndiaye	2000	Senegal
Pius Kolagano	1979	Botswana	Defender
Banks Setlhodi	1947	South Africa	Goalkeeper
Jérémie Gnali	2002	Congo	Defender
Sofiane Ammour	1986	Algeria	Midfielder
Achraf Zitouni	1988	Tunisia	Midfielder
Lyes Hoël	2007	Algeria
Elvis Rupia	1995	Kenya
Anna Nyassi	1996	Gambia	Defender
Faycal Zahouani	2006	Morocco	Full-back
Raesetja Mogale	1990	South Africa
Pascal Ngobi	1994	Uganda	Midfielder