On this day: December 16

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on December 16.

46 African footballers in our database were born on December 16, including Mame Biram Diouf, Wilfred Ndidi and Tyronne Ebuehi.

African national teams have played 21 matches on December 16 since 1956.

Footballers born on December 16 (46)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Mame Biram Diouf	1987	Senegal	Forward
Wilfred Ndidi	1996	Nigeria	Defensive midfielder
Tyronne Ebuehi	1995	Nigeria	Full-back
Steeve Yago	1992	Burkina Faso	Defender
Themba Mnguni	1973	South Africa	Defender
Khaled Korbi	1985	Tunisia	Midfielder
Kaba Diawara	1975	Guinea	Forward
Chibuzor Okonkwo	1988	Nigeria	Defender
Salim Aribi	1974	Algeria	Defender
Mohamed Ali Zoma	2003	Ivory Coast
Adilson da Cruz	1993	Angola	Goalkeeper
Hildah Magaia	1994	South Africa	Forward
Yacouba Bamba	1975	Ivory Coast	Forward
Bright Igbinadolor	1980	Nigeria	Midfielder
Oussama Methazem	1993	Algeria	Goalkeeper
Eugene Ansah	1994	Ghana	Midfielder
Joy Jegede	1991	Nigeria	Defender
Junior Kadile	2002	DR Congo	Forward
Thankgod Amaefule	1984	Nigeria	Midfielder
Rodrigue Akpakoun	1974	Benin	Forward
Jimmy Bermúdez	1987	Equatorial Guinea	Centre-back
Cédric Baseya	1987	DR Congo	Forward
Johnny Hubbard	1930	South Africa	Wing half
Kennedy Ihenacho	1990	Nigeria	Defender
Nhlanhla Shabalala	1985	South Africa	Defender
Usman Amodu	1990	Nigeria	Defender
Alaa Babiker	1984	Sudan	Forward
Hussein Javu	1988	Tanzania	Forward
Flávio dos Santos Dias	1995	Cape Verde	Forward
Iddrisu Abdulai	1995	Ghana
Justin Miller	1980	South Africa	Defender
Fernando Pereira	1973	Angola	Goalkeeper
Musa Yahaya	1997	Nigeria	Attacker
Never Tigere	1990	Zimbabwe
Makan Kéita	1972	Mali
Alaeddine Gmach	1995	Tunisia	Inside forward
Achref Jabri	2001	Tunisia	Centre-forward
Daniel Afadzwu	1995	Ghana
Alpha Turay	1979	Sierra Leone	Forward
Freddy Mbemba	2002	DR Congo
Yuri Coulibali	1998	Ivory Coast
Oluwakemi Famuditi	1998	Nigeria	Defender
Djenaba Baradji	1995	Mali	Defender
Naude Zeguei	1996	Ivory Coast	Defender
Yahaya Nazifi	2000	Nigeria	Forward
Cheick Touré	1992	Ivory Coast	Defender