On this day: December 19

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on December 19.

59 African footballers in our database were born on December 19, including Franck Kessié, Mbaye Niang and Mouctar Diakhaby.

African national teams have played 23 matches on December 19 since 1969.

Footballers born on December 19 (59)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Franck Kessié	1996	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Mbaye Niang	1994	Senegal	Forward
Mouctar Diakhaby	1996	Guinea	Defender
Iqraam Rayners	1995	South Africa	Forward
Ibrahim Sekagya	1980	Uganda	Centre-back
Idrissa Coulibaly	1987	Mali	Defender
Jhon Baggio Rakotonomenjanahary	1991	Madagascar	Midfielder
Hady Khashaba	1972	Egypt	Midfielder
Jocelyn Ahouéya	1985	Benin	Midfielder
Bright Addae	1992	Ghana	Defender
Olivier Tébily	1975	Ivory Coast	Defender
Kévin Lucien Zohi	1996	Ivory Coast	Wing half
Shuaibu Ibrahim	1996	Nigeria	Forward
Victor Agbo	1980	Nigeria	Forward
Nacim Abdelali	1981	Algeria	Midfielder
Alain Bono	1983	Cameroon	Defender
Ishmael Wadi	1992	Zimbabwe	Centre-forward
Morlaye Cissé	1983	Guinea	Defender
Fanuel Massingue	1982	Mozambique	Defender
Emmanuel Lomotey	1997	Ghana	Midfielder
Bradley Pritchard	1985	Zimbabwe	Midfielder
Maureen Eke	1986	Nigeria	Midfielder
Lamine Ndao	1994	Senegal	Forward
Marry Ntsweng	1989	South Africa	Midfielder
Hoda Khalaf	1997	Morocco	Forward
Vivian Nasaka	1999	Kenya	Defender
Kais Zouaghi	1977	Tunisia	Centre-back
Mohammed Anas	1994	Ghana	Forward
Marius Obekop	1994	Cameroon	Midfielder
Robert Eshun	1974	Ghana	Forward
Karim Naït Yahia	1980	Algeria	Midfielder
Chiheb Zoghlami	1991	Tunisia	Forward
M'Backé N'Diaye	1994	Mauritania
Christopher Allen	1989	Gambia	Goalkeeper
Valéry Sanou	1989	Mali	Midfielder
Roger Batoum	1978	Cameroon	Forward
Joe Tabiri	1988	Ghana	Midfielder
Farid Shawky	1989	Egypt	Midfielder
Andrés Malango	1974	Equatorial Guinea	Forward
Tafadzwa Dube	1984	Zimbabwe	Goalkeeper
Austine Igbinosa	1980	Togo
Fabrice Seidou	1986	Ivory Coast	Forward
Abdoulaye Kaloga	1959	Mali
Stephen Mukatuka	1998	Zimbabwe	Defender
Ben Ofosu Piasare	1976	Ghana	Midfielder
Asani Matora	1976	Zimbabwe
Walid Belguerfi	1986	Algeria	Forward
Patrick Hokonya	1972	Zimbabwe
Khaled Makhloufi	1983	Algeria
Frank Owusu	2004	Ghana
Christ Kasela Mbona	1991	DR Congo	Defender
Kwame Adom Frimpong	1996	Ghana
Noureddine Hamiti	1942	Algeria	Midfielder
David Gbemie	1989	Liberia	Centre-back
Viviane Mefire	2001	Cameroon	Forward
Moussa Coulibaly	1992	Mali	Defender
Rayen Derbeli	2002	Tunisia	Defender
Ernest Ngwaga	2000	Botswana
Moussa Dabo	1981	Senegal	Central midfielder