On this day: December 21

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on December 21.

45 African footballers in our database were born on December 21, including Cheikhou Kouyaté, Daniel Amartey and Ousmane Viera.

African national teams have played 13 matches on December 21 since 1973.

Footballers born on December 21 (45)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Cheikhou Kouyaté	1989	Senegal	Midfielder
Daniel Amartey	1994	Ghana	Midfielder
Ousmane Viera	1986	Ivory Coast	Centre-back
Sébastien Siani	1986	Cameroon	Forward
Osinachi Ohale	1991	Nigeria	Defender
Ahmed Khalil	1994	Tunisia	Midfielder
Ahmed Bahja	1970	Morocco	Forward
Tallo Gadji	1992	Ivory Coast	Forward
Matthew Mbuta	1985	Cameroon	Midfielder
Ahmad Ngouyamsa	2000	Cameroon	Defender
Mavis Dgajmah	1973	Ghana	Forward
Trova Boni	1999	Burkina Faso	Midfielder
David Gomis	1992	Guinea-Bissau	Forward
Ahmed Gaafar	1985	Egypt	Forward
Femi Joseph	1990	Nigeria	Midfielder
Kennedy Eriba	1990	Nigeria	Midfielder
Erwin Isaacs	1986	South Africa	Midfielder
Diangi Matusiwa	1985	Angola	Forward
Christian Koffi	1990	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Issa Kassim	1975	Kenya	Defender
Ryan Ogam	2004	Kenya	Centre-forward
Denver Mukamba	1992	Zimbabwe	Midfielder
Mame Saher Thioune	1989	Senegal	Full-back
Ahmed Gagaâ	1994	Algeria	Midfielder
Abderrahmane Bacha	1999	Algeria
Erick Kabu	1989	Ghana	Forward
Arthur Kocou	1983	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Zaharaddeen Bello	1997	Nigeria	Defender
Noël Soumah	1994	Senegal
Pius Kisambale	1987	Tanzania	Forward
KK Opara	1981	Nigeria	Forward
Allan Tchaptchet	2001	Cameroon	Defender
Pelayo Eribo	1975	Equatorial Guinea	Forward
Pierre Djidjia Douhou	1987	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
David Mwantika	1988	Tanzania	Defender
Siriki Sanogo	2001	Ivory Coast	Forward
Hassoma Bino Bamba	1990	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Mouad Hassan	1999	Djibouti
Morrison Agyemang	2004	Ghana	Defender
Henry Moyo	1946	Malawi
Boubou Ndiaye	1985	Mauritania	Forward
Goore Landry Romeo	1985	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Mohamed Iyadh Riahi	2005	Tunisia	Full-back
Brandon Dean	1994	South Africa	Defender
Nordine Mimoun	1961	Algeria	Left winger