On this day: August 12

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

55 African footballers in our database were born on August 12, including Mario Balotelli, Djibril Cissé and Taiwo Awoniyi.

African national teams have played 29 matches on August 12 since 1973.

Footballers born on August 12 (55)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Mario Balotelli	1990	Ghana	Forward
Djibril Cissé	1981	Ivory Coast	Forward
Taiwo Awoniyi	1997	Nigeria	Forward
Samuel Moutoussamy	1996	DR Congo	Midfielder
Zé Kalanga	1983	Angola	Wing half
Rachid Mekhloufi	1936	Algeria	Midfielder
Marwan Attia	1998	Egypt
Nabil Baha	1981	Morocco	Forward
Kwesi Appiah	1990	Ghana	Forward
El Arbi Hababi	1967	Morocco	Midfielder
Geoffrey Mujangi Bia	1989	DR Congo	Midfielder
Lazarus Kaimbi	1988	Namibia	Forward
Mohamed Fadl	1980	Egypt	Forward
Yves Diba Ilunga	1987	DR Congo	Forward
Mercy Achieng	1992	Kenya	Midfielder
Ibrahim Diallo	1996	Mali	Defender
Ndukaku Alison	1991	Nigeria	Defender
Neji Jouini	1949	Tunisia
Azzeddine Ourahou	1984	Morocco	Midfielder
Romanus Orjinta	1981	Nigeria	Defender
Sackie Teah Doe	1988	Liberia	Midfielder
Adel Lakhdari	1989	Algeria	Defender
Djamel Belalem	1993	Algeria	Midfielder
Princeton Owusu-Ansah	1976	Ghana	Midfielder
James Nanor	1976	Ghana	Goalkeeper
Lucky Agbonsevbafe	1969	Nigeria
Abdessamad Ouhakki	1988	Morocco	Midfielder
Samuel Sarfo	1990	Ghana	Defender
Hesham Hanafy	1973	Egypt	Midfielder
Issiaka Eliassou	1985	Mali	Full-back
Lawson Bekui	1994	Ghana	Forward
Nassim Dehouche	1982	Algeria	Midfielder
Floribert Ndayisaba	1989	Burundi	Defender
Faris Khenniche	1981	Algeria	Forward
Kheiredine Merzougi	1992	Algeria	Forward
Thamsanqa Teyise	1986	South Africa	Defender
Jean-Aniel Assi	2004	Ivory Coast
Richard Stephenson	1949	Zambia	Midfielder
Jérémy Mawatu	1997	DR Congo	Midfielder
Suleimane Baio	1983	Guinea-Bissau	Wing half
Divaldo Alves	1968	Angola
Bacari Djaló	1983	Guinea-Bissau	Forward
Annouscka Kordom	1997	Namibia	Midfielder
Fayrouz Benyoub	1995	Algeria
Neo Rapoo	2005	South Africa	Midfielder
Emmanuel Ekpenyong	2004	Nigeria
Yonathan Kebede	1991	Ethiopia	Forward
Chris Mbaï-Assem	2005	Central African Republic
Saidi Mayanja	2003	Uganda	Defender
Georgino M'Vondo	1997	Central African Republic	Midfielder
Ayo Hassan Raimi	1984	Nigeria	Defender
Josephat Lopago	2002	Kenya
Yao Assamoi Kouassi	2002	Ivory Coast
Nasrati Saïd Ali	2006	Comoros	Forward
Isa Matos	2002	Nigeria	Centre-back