On this day: August 18

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

43 African footballers in our database were born on August 18, including Ismaël Traoré, Mbala Nzola and Sofiane Melliti.

African national teams have played 22 matches on August 18 since 1954.

Footballers born on August 18 (43)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Ismaël Traoré	1986	Ivory Coast	Defender
Mbala Nzola	1996	Angola	Midfielder
Sofiane Melliti	1978	Tunisia	Midfielder
Augustine Simo	1978	Cameroon	Midfielder
Mohammed Djetei	1994	Cameroon	Defender
Bobsam Elejiko	1981	Nigeria	Defender
Abdel-Hakim Abdallah	1997	Comoros	Defender
Owen Da Gama	1961	South Africa	Forward
Dani Ndi	1995	Cameroon	Midfielder
Wilfried Domoraud	1988	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Ibrahim El-Masry	1971	Egypt	Midfielder
Eric Johanna Omondi	1994	Kenya	Midfielder
Henry Uche	1990	Nigeria	Midfielder
Jean Armel Drolé	1997	Ivory Coast	Wing half
Ahmed Suleiman	1992	Nigeria	Forward
Thamsanqa Mkhize	1988	South Africa	Midfielder
Mohamed Nasraoui	2002	Tunisia	Defender
Ramy Adel	1979	Egypt	Defender
Thabang Stemmer	1979	South Africa	Goalkeeper
Abdennour Belhocini	1996	Algeria	Midfielder
Omar Rabie Yassin	1988	Egypt	Defender
Sekou Soumah	1974	Guinea
Peter Byaruhanga	1979	Uganda	Forward
Mohamed Miladi	1981	Tunisia	Defender
Mounir Madoui	1979	Algeria	Defender
Ahmed Talbi	1981	Morocco	Midfielder
Chris N'Goyos	1992	Central African Republic	Forward
Imran Nshimiyimana	1994	Rwanda	Midfielder
Alfred Nelson	1992	Ghana	Full-back
Yousri Bouzok	1996	Algeria	Forward
Issac Osae	1993	Ghana	Midfielder
Chidi Edeh	1987	Nigeria	Forward
Dany Maury	1994	Cameroon	Defender
Chris Akena	2002	Uganda	Midfielder
Rodirlei José Ascensão Duarte	1991	Cape Verde	Forward
Jorge Correia Reixa	1993	Nigeria	Forward
Abakar Adoum	1984	Chad	Midfielder
Boubacar Coulibaly	1978	Mali	Midfielder
Mario Mandrault	1998	Gabon	Attacker
Moses Abbey	2002	Ghana	Midfielder
Emily Jossam	1998	Malawi
Onekalit Francis	1996	Uganda	Centre-forward
Nasrin Hadharay	2003	Comoros	Defender