On this day: December 22

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on December 22.

61 African footballers in our database were born on December 22, including Éder, Teko Modise and Mutiu Adepoju.

African national teams have played 26 matches on December 22 since 1968.

Footballers born on December 22 (61)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Éder	1987	Guinea-Bissau	Forward
Teko Modise	1982	South Africa	Midfielder
Mutiu Adepoju	1970	Nigeria	Midfielder
Emmanuel Olisadebe	1978	Nigeria	Forward
David Datro Fofana	2002	Ivory Coast	Forward
Souleymane Camara	1982	Senegal	Forward
Jérôme Onguéné	1997	Cameroon	Defender
Issa Laye	1997	Senegal	Defender
Haykel Guemamdia	1981	Tunisia	Forward
Kilasu Massamba	1950	DR Congo	Midfielder
Lebohang Morula	1968	South Africa	Midfielder
Patrick Friday Eze	1992	Nigeria	Forward
King Gyan	1988	Ghana	Midfielder
Emeka Eze	1992	Nigeria	Midfielder
Junior Tchamadeu	2003	Cameroon	Defender
Victor Mendy	1981	Senegal	Forward
Jean-Marc Adjovi-Bocco	1963	Benin	Defender
Jorge Braíma Nogueira	1995	Guinea-Bissau	Midfielder
Sam Garba	1947	Nigeria	Forward
José da Silva	1991	São Tomé and Príncipe	Forward
Olivier Tia	1982	Ivory Coast	Forward
Wonlo Coulibaly	1991	Ivory Coast	Defender
Mohamed Bachar	1992	Niger	Defender
Abdul Carrupt	1985	Guinea-Bissau	Midfielder
Abdou Darboe	1990	Gambia	Forward
Louisa Akpagu	1974	Nigeria	Goalkeeper
Wassim Bouziane	2006	Morocco
Papé Diakite	1992	Senegal	Defender
Precious Monye Onyabor	1974	Nigeria	Midfielder
Lilian Mutuuzo	2002	Uganda
Leroy Maluka	1985	South Africa	Midfielder
Manasse Kusu	2001	DR Congo	Midfielder
Cosme Mavoungou	1996	Congo	Defender
Iván Cédric	2001	Cameroon
Tonton Zola Moukoko	1983	DR Congo	Midfielder
Simon Martey	1990	Ghana	Wing half
Menzy Coco	1989	Mauritius	Midfielder
Chinedu Udoji	1989	Nigeria	Midfielder
Arnaldo Ouana	1969	Mozambique	Forward
Djaledjete Bedalbe	1988	Togo	Defender
Lydie Saki	1984	Ivory Coast	Goalkeeper
Ange Ahoussou	2003	Ivory Coast
Abla Bensenouci	2000	Algeria	Midfielder
Lawrence Nduga	1995	South Sudan	Midfielder
Daouda Gueye	1995	Senegal
Armel Tchakounte	1978	Cameroon	Midfielder
Laurent Kissiedou	1998	Ivory Coast	Forward
Tostao Kwashi	1979	Zimbabwe	Wing half
Adade Foli	1992	Ghana	Goalkeeper
Lúcia Leila José	1993	Mozambique
Daniel Goitom	1979	Eritrea
Ganiyu Shittu	1979	Nigeria
Toheeb Emmanuel Lawal	2005	Nigeria	Forward
Mehdi Dghoughi	1995	Morocco
Landing Sagna	1999	Senegal
Fasilat Adeyemo	1994	Nigeria	Defender
Monaheng Ramalefane	1998	Lesotho	Goalkeeper
Noel Etim	2011	Nigeria	Centre-back
Mary Lucky Nkpa	2007	Nigeria	Forward
Gorata Morekolodi	1997	Botswana	Defender
Fortune Omoniwari	1992	Nigeria	Forward