On this day: December 11

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on December 11.

53 African footballers in our database were born on December 11, including Mohamed Zidan, Armel Bella-Kotchap and Kennedy Mweene.

African national teams have played 32 matches on December 11 since 1960.

Footballers born on December 11 (53)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Mohamed Zidan	1981	Egypt	Forward
Armel Bella-Kotchap	2001	Cameroon	Centre-back
Kennedy Mweene	1984	Zambia	Goalkeeper
Aly Abeid	1997	Mauritania	Defender
Adel Abdelrahman	1967	Egypt	Forward
Iban Salvador	1995	Equatorial Guinea	Forward
Yero Bello	1987	Nigeria	Wing half
Zakaria Sanogo	1996	Burkina Faso	Forward
Simon Addo	1974	Ghana	Coach
Pascal Ojigwe	1976	Nigeria	Midfielder
Rassoul Ndiaye	2001	Senegal	Midfielder
Saihou Gassama	1993	Gambia	Midfielder
Talent Mandaza	1985	Zimbabwe	Midfielder
Jimmy Gatete	1982	Rwanda	Forward
Njabulo Blom	1999	South Africa	Defender
Billal Zouani	1969	Algeria	Forward
Papa Massé Fall	1985	Senegal	Goalkeeper
Hussein El-Sayed	1964	Egypt	Goalkeeper
Kyrian Nwabueze	1992	Nigeria	Forward
Moudachirou Amadou	1971	Benin	Centre-back
Tovohery Rabenandrasana	1987	Madagascar	Full-back
Daddy Bazuaye	1988	Nigeria	Midfielder
Bernard Okorowanta	1986	Nigeria	Midfielder
Bachir Douadi	1953	Algeria	Forward
Brighton Munthali	1997	Malawi	Goalkeeper
Marco Gbarssin	1984	Central African Republic	Midfielder
Eddy Doué	2005	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Ellen Coleman	1995	Ghana	Defender
Patrick Matasi	1987	Kenya	Goalkeeper
Carlin Itonga	1982	DR Congo	Forward
Tarek Hadj Adlane	1965	Algeria	Forward
Nabila Imloul	1982	Algeria
Flavine Mawete	2000	DR Congo
Irene Gonçalves	1984	Angola
Rafik Boulaïnceur	1991	Algeria	Forward
Alex Glen	1878	South Africa	Inside forward
Whiteson Simwanza	1984	Zambia	Midfielder
Nizar Touil	1989	Tunisia	Midfielder
Astou Sy	1986	Senegal
Phathutshedzo Nange	1991	South Africa	Midfielder
Germain Ndzabana	1944	Congo
Chedly Zouiten	1901	Tunisia
Nina Ngueleu	2004	Cameroon	Forward
Umar Mohammed	2002	Ghana
Mlondi Mdluli	1984	Eswatini	Goalkeeper
Salifu Jatta	1995	Gambia
Victoria Aidelomon	1995	Nigeria	Defender
Khalil Guenichi	2002	Tunisia	Midfielder
Odinaka Okoro	2006	Nigeria	Full-back
Samia Kassam Hussein	1995	Sudan	Defender
Gaddafi Wahab	1995	Uganda	Captain
Adilson Mfulu Bruno	1994	Angola	Defender
Germana Lurena Lopes Fernandes	1999	Angola	Forward