On this day: December 18

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

46 African footballers in our database were born on December 18, including Mohamed El-Shenawy, Rashid Sumaila and Modou Sougou.

African national teams have played 25 matches on December 18 since 1983.

Footballers born on December 18 (46)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Mohamed El-Shenawy	1988	Egypt	Goalkeeper
Rashid Sumaila	1992	Ghana	Centre-back
Modou Sougou	1984	Senegal	Wing half
John Moshoeu	1965	South Africa	Midfielder
Mamady Sidibé	1979	Mali	Forward
Stephan Ambrosius	1998	Ghana	Defender
Radhouane Salhi	1967	Tunisia	Goalkeeper
Thulani Hlatshwayo	1989	South Africa	Defender
Karim Benyamina	1981	Algeria	Forward
Ricardo Jorge Pires Gomes	1991	Cape Verde	Forward
Silas Gnaka	1998	Ivory Coast	Defender
Lamin Jallow	1995	Gambia	Attacker
Senin Sebai	1993	Ivory Coast	Forward
Leocísio Sami	1988	Guinea-Bissau	Forward
Brahim Arafat Mezouar	1973	Algeria	Midfielder
Hamed Modibo Diallo	1976	Ivory Coast	Centre-forward
Patricia George	1996	Nigeria	Midfielder
Wissem Bouzid	2002	Algeria	Midfielder
Aboubaker Rebih	1983	Algeria	Forward
José Veiga	1976	Cape Verde	Goalkeeper
Antar Boucherit	1983	Algeria	Midfielder
Fatoumata Diarra	1989	Mali	Midfielder
Jônatas Obina	1985	Equatorial Guinea	Forward
Jabulani Ncubeni	1992	South Africa	Midfielder
Hamza Ounnas	1988	Algeria	Midfielder
Mayoro N'doye	1991	Senegal	Midfielder
Kodjo Amétépé	1986	Togo	Midfielder
Radia Fertoul	1974	Algeria
Michael Akuffu	1985	Ghana	Full-back
Cecil Oerson	1978	South Africa	Midfielder
Abdul Rashid Obuobi	1994	Ghana	Midfielder
Udoka Unachukwu	2005	Nigeria	Goalkeeper
Noé Sow	1998	Senegal
Steve Glodjinon	1993	Benin	Goalkeeper
William Cassandra Rosamonte Barbosa	1983	São Tomé and Príncipe	Centre-back
Samuel Stevens Sampene	1942	Ghana
Najib Yiga	2002	Uganda	Forward
Mokhtar Baghdous	1955	Algeria	Midfielder
Chenjerai Dube	1976	Zimbabwe	Goalkeeper
December Ngobeni	1975	South Africa	Midfielder
William Huni	1996	Zimbabwe	Goalkeeper
Roy Amissi	2007	Burundi	Forward
Amina Omowunmi Bello	2005	Nigeria	Forward
Assia Hassan Abdallah	2002	Djibouti	Midfielder
Eslam Mohsen Saeed	1996	Egypt	Forward
Anibal Koné	1989	Guinea	Forward