On this day: April 18

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on April 18.

57 African footballers in our database were born on April 18, including Rabiu Afolabi, Oumar Niasse and Maurice Edu.

African national teams have played 16 matches on April 18 since 1960.

Footballers born on April 18 (57)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Rabiu Afolabi	1980	Nigeria	Defender
Oumar Niasse	1990	Senegal	Wing half
Maurice Edu	1986	Nigeria	Midfielder
Sofian Chahed	1983	Tunisia	Defender
Hassan El Fakiri	1977	Morocco	Midfielder
Karim Abdul Razak	1956	Ghana	Midfielder
Felix Katongo	1984	Zambia	Midfielder
Franklin April	1984	Namibia	Defender
Shaibu Amodu	1958	Nigeria	Forward
Francis Narh	1994	Ghana	Forward
Youssef Tourabi	1989	Morocco	Defender
Ley Matampi	1984	DR Congo	Goalkeeper
Ikechukwu Kalu	1984	Nigeria	Forward
Kassim Ahamada	1992	Comoros	Defender
Adailton dos Santos	1973	Tunisia	Midfielder
Fodil Hadjadj	1983	Algeria	Midfielder
Baye Ibrahima Niasse	1988	Senegal	Midfielder
Christian Traoré	1982	Guinea	Defender
Ibrahim Abdul Razak	1983	Ghana	Midfielder
Boubacar Diarra	1994	Mali	Midfielder
Junior Torunarigha	1990	Nigeria	Forward
Moussa Kyabou	1998	Mali	Midfielder
Karl Max Barthelemy	1988	Chad	Forward
Doris Fuakumputu	1984	DR Congo	Wing half
Dias Caires	1978	Angola	Defender
Fouad Zahouani	2006	Morocco
Oriola Sunday	2003	Nigeria
Ben Traoré	1986	Mali	Midfielder
Koffi Olympio	1975	Togo	Defender
José Augusto Dlofo	1968	Mozambique	Defender
Aurélio de Sousa Soares	1974	Angola	Defender
John Chiedozie	1960	Nigeria	Midfielder
Gilberto Reis	1986	Cape Verde	Defender
Idrissa Sangaré	1987	Mali	Defender
Amâncio Fortes	1990	Angola	Forward
Sainey Sanyang	2003	Gambia
Yohana Mkomola	2000	Tanzania
Pedro Justiniano	2000	Guinea-Bissau	Defender
Abderrezak Bitam	1989	Algeria	Defender
Thapelo Mokhele	1986	Lesotho	Defender
Mustapha Seridi	1941	Algeria
Senai Berhane	1989	Eritrea	Forward
David Moreira	2004	Cape Verde
Nathan Monzango	2001	DR Congo
Rabah Yassa	1991	Algeria	Midfielder
Fidelis Saviour	1988	Nigeria	Forward
Benjamin Sesay	1981	Sierra Leone	Forward
Hamza Hadda	1991	Tunisia	Defensive midfielder
Walid Athmani	1992	Algeria	Forward
Raphael Ntimane	1984	Eswatini
Tsiba Moukassa	1992	Congo	Midfielder
Menzi Mazwi	2006	Zimbabwe
Philip Ejike	2002	Nigeria
Mariam Sanogo	1990	Ivory Coast	Defender
Parfait Mendy	1981	Senegal	Midfielder
Moussa Dabo	1943	Senegal	Centre-forward
Arnold Lemb	1989	Cameroon	Forward