On this day: December 20

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on December 20.

80+ African footballers in our database were born on December 20, including Geremi, Mohammed Muntari and Oumar Diakité.

African national teams have played 27 matches on December 20 since 1959.

Footballers born on December 20 (80+)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Geremi	1978	Cameroon	Defender
Mohammed Muntari	1993	Ghana	Forward
Oumar Diakité	2003	Ivory Coast
Ali Abdi	1993	Tunisia	Full-back
Omar Rekik	2001	Tunisia	Centre-back
Emmanuel Ekpo	1987	Nigeria	Midfielder
Lamine Diarra	1983	Senegal	Forward
Paul Akouokou	1997	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Léandre Tawamba	1989	Cameroon	Forward
Abdelhamid Abdou	1905	Egypt	Defender
Youssouph Mamadou Badji	2001	Senegal	Forward
James Adeniyi	1992	Nigeria	Midfielder
Alassane Ndao	1996	Senegal	Winger
Nzuzi Toko	1990	DR Congo	Midfielder
Luwagga Kizito	1993	Uganda	Forward
Babacar Niasse	1996	Senegal	Goalkeeper
Abdallah N'dour	1993	Senegal	Defender
Lawrence Mhlanga	1993	Zimbabwe	Defender
Ali Kandil	1921	Egypt
Amodou Abdullei	1987	Nigeria	Forward
Junior Pius	1995	Nigeria	Defender
Issa Adekunle	1997	Nigeria	Forward
Abdulaziz Laval	1992	Nigeria	Midfielder
Jean-Santos Muntubila	1958	DR Congo	Midfielder
Sid Ahmed Belkedrouci	1950	Algeria	Midfielder
Dino Djiba	1985	Senegal	Midfielder
Emmanuel Gómez	1990	Gambia	Defender
Saliou Diallo	1976	Guinea	Goalkeeper
Christian Muomaife	1987	Nigeria	Forward
Mamadou Diarra	1997	Senegal
Razaq Adegbite	1992	Nigeria	Forward
Jean-Michel Tchouga	1978	Cameroon	Forward
Moïse Kaboré	2006	Ivory Coast
Patrice Zéré	1970	Ivory Coast	Centre-back
Caleb Zady Sery	1999	Ivory Coast	Forward
Ujunwa Eucharia Okafor	1992	Nigeria	Defender
Maarouf Youssef	1992	Nigeria	Midfielder
Taïna Adama Soro	1981	Ivory Coast	Defender
Lamouri Djediat	1982	Algeria	Midfielder
Gorka Luariz	1992	Equatorial Guinea	Centre-forward
Gabisile Hlumbane	1986	South Africa	Midfielder
Al Dokali Al Seyed	1993	Libya	Midfielder
Aldom Deuro	2000	Mali	Midfielder
Jericho Shinde	1959	Zambia	Midfielder
Christian Inyam	1991	Nigeria	Forward
Alain Ndizeye	1986	Burundi	Defender
Sunday Ibrahim	1980	Nigeria	Midfielder
Lassina Dao	1996	Ivory Coast	Forward
Ramzi Bourakba	1984	Algeria	Forward
Emmanuel Akwuegbu	1978	Nigeria	Forward
Tuisila Kisinda	1999	DR Congo	Forward
Salifou Diarrassouba	2001	Burkina Faso
Sylvester Musonda	1973	Zambia	Forward
Dumisani Mpofu	1973	Zimbabwe	Defender
Tounde Adekounle	1988	Togo	Forward
Oumou Koné	1999	Mali	Forward
Ikechukwu Ezeh	1987	Nigeria	Forward
Abdoulaye Paye Camara	1995	Guinea	Defender
Andrew Esealuka	1985	Nigeria	Midfielder
Adama Fofana	1989	Ivory Coast	Forward
Mohamed Karkouri	1975	Morocco	Defender
Halilu Obadaki	1993	Nigeria	Defender
Dieudonné Gbakle	1995	Mali	Wing half
Duach Jock	1986	South Sudan	Defender
Anesthesia Achiaa	2003	Ghana
Lamin Sarjo Samateh	1993	Gambia	Midfielder
Maxime Nagoli	2000	Ivory Coast
Elliot Simões	1999	Angola	Wing half
Rabah Ziad	1987	Algeria	Defender
Givemore Khupe	1999	South Africa	Defender
Mohamed Nagy	1996	Egypt	Forward
Fabrice Mvemba	1980	DR Congo	Defender
Bakari Fofana	1962	Mali	Forward
Guillaume Nicaise Daho	1994	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Binke Diabaté	1995	Mali	Forward
Olga Niyomwungere	2005	Burundi	Midfielder
Ally Msengi	2001	Tanzania	Midfielder
Franck Bahi	1999	Guinea	Defender
El Yacine Derradj	1980	Algeria	Forward
Arsène Oka	1983	Ivory Coast	Midfielder