On this day: December 17

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on December 17.

52 African footballers in our database were born on December 17, including André Ayew, Abde Ezzalzouli and Abderrazak Hamdallah.

African national teams have played 28 matches on December 17 since 1961.

Footballers born on December 17 (52)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
André Ayew	1989	Ghana	Wing half
Abde Ezzalzouli	2001	Morocco	Wing half
Abderrazak Hamdallah	1990	Morocco	Forward
Chidi Odiah	1983	Nigeria	Full-back
Noah Sadiki	2004	DR Congo
Boubacar Sanogo	1982	Ivory Coast	Forward
Desire Oparanozie	1993	Nigeria	Forward
Ibrahima Touré	1985	Senegal	Forward
Mwanza Mukombo	1945	DR Congo	Defender
Emmanuel Daniel	1993	Nigeria	Goalkeeper
Rominigue Kouamé	1996	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Guessouma Fofana	1992	Mauritania	Midfielder
Edmond Enoka	1955	Cameroon	Defender
Ryan Alebiosu	2001	Nigeria
Chico Banza	1998	Angola	Forward
Dany Imbert	1952	Mauritius	Forward
Mohamed Benhamou	1979	Algeria	Goalkeeper
Wassiou Oladipupo	1983	Benin	Midfielder
David Moyo	1994	Zimbabwe	Forward
Juan Cuyami	1972	Equatorial Guinea	Forward
Christopher Perle	1974	Mauritius	Forward
Felix Adjei	1990	Ghana	Midfielder
Bertin Ze Ndille	1988	Cameroon	Defender
Comfort Yeboah	2006	Ghana	Forward
Mansour Ouro-Tagba	2004	Togo
Moses Atede	1997	Nigeria
Abdourahim Moina	2000	Comoros	Midfielder
Issah Yakubu	1992	Ghana	Midfielder
Jassem Hamdouni	1996	Tunisia	Wing half
Bruno Casimir	1981	Cameroon	Defender
Armand Dubois Yankep	1985	Cameroon	Midfielder
Salif Dianda	1987	Burkina Faso	Midfielder
Valdo Alhinho	1988	Angola	Midfielder
Hussein Abd El-Latif	1965	Egypt	Defender
Mfundo Shumana	1985	South Africa	Midfielder
Mbala Henri Balenga	1966	DR Congo	Forward
Jerry Santos	1988	Kenya	Midfielder
Anselmo Ribeiro	1974	Cape Verde	Midfielder
Ezzeddine Hadj Sassi	1962	Tunisia	Forward
Marius Tresor Doh	2003	Ivory Coast
Amélia Zemma	2005	Algeria
Edward Kizza	1998	Uganda
Moussa Diakité	1998	Mali	Midfielder
Emmanuel Okine	1991	Ghana	Centre-back
Omar Bassam	1993	Egypt	Forward
Richard Basangwa	2001	Uganda
Keasse Bah	2004	Ivory Coast	Winger
Bolton Omwenga	1996	Kenya
Daoud Miktadi	1985	Comoros	Forward
Joachim Massamba	2006	Gabon	Left midfielder
Aitor Lorá	1996	Equatorial Guinea	Centre-forward
Arnaud Dje Bi Mani	2001	Ivory Coast