On this day: December 24

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on December 24.

63 African footballers in our database were born on December 24, including Stephen Appiah, Serge Aurier and Diafra Sakho.

African national teams have played 17 matches on December 24 since 1948.

Footballers born on December 24 (63)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Stephen Appiah	1980	Ghana	Midfielder
Serge Aurier	1992	Ivory Coast	Full-back
Diafra Sakho	1989	Senegal	Forward
Fabrice Ondoa	1995	Cameroon	Goalkeeper
Souleymane Diawara	1978	Senegal	Defender
Michel Babatunde	1992	Nigeria	Midfielder
Justice Christopher	1981	Nigeria	Midfielder
Momodou Ceesay	1988	Gambia	Forward
Amor Jebali	1956	Tunisia	Defender
Fary Faye	1974	Senegal	Forward
Emmanuel Sabbi	1997	Ghana	Forward
Ibra Kébé	1978	Senegal	Defender
Glen Salmon	1977	South Africa	Forward
Simon Zenke	1988	Nigeria	Forward
Mohammed Fatau	1992	Ghana	Midfielder
Tadjou Salou	1974	Togo	Defender
Abdoulaye Cissé	1983	Burkina Faso	Forward
Salim Cissé	1992	Guinea	Forward
Hassan Souari	1984	Morocco	Forward
Anthony Igwe	1945	Nigeria	Defender
Phumlani Ntshangase	1994	South Africa	Midfielder
Njongo Priso	1988	Cameroon	Midfielder
Dele Alampasu	1996	Nigeria	Goalkeeper
Samuel Afum	1990	Ghana	Forward
Noel Kaseke	1980	Zimbabwe	Midfielder
Ismail Sassi	1991	Tunisia	Midfielder
Akande Ajide	1985	Nigeria	Midfielder
Eddy Bembuana-Keve	1972	DR Congo	Forward
Mohamed Fouzair	1991	Morocco	Midfielder
Seidou Idrissa	1985	Niger	Forward
Sitamadji Allarassem	1988	Chad	Midfielder
Idrissa Traoré	1943	Burkina Faso
Mamie Buazo	1988	DR Congo
Doris Boaduwaa	2002	Ghana	Forward
Prince Olomu	1986	Nigeria	Midfielder
Mohamed Belgherbi	1972	Algeria	Midfielder
Peter Anosike	1976	Nigeria	Forward
Mohamed Aidara	1989	Senegal	Midfielder
Amr El-Hadidy	1969	Egypt	Defender
Henrico Botes	1979	Namibia	Forward
Nouh Mohamed El Abd	2000	Mauritania
Ayadi Hamrouni	1971	Tunisia	Forward
Eric Bile	2004	Ivory Coast
Evangelino Valentim	1984	Nigeria	Forward
Manuel António Machado	1985	Angola	Defender
Ghislain Bagnon	1978	Ivory Coast	Defender
Mehdi Bellaroussi	1989	Morocco	Defender
Kenza Hadjar	1992	Algeria
Eyad El Askalany	2004	Egypt
Houari Baouche	1995	Algeria	Defender
Jean Tsaralaza	1985	Madagascar	Midfielder
Issah Moro	1974	Ghana	Forward
Bernard Wanyama	1989	Kenya	Midfielder
Lamine Sadio	2007	Senegal	Midfielder
Allan Enyou	2003	Uganda	Defender
Stephen Onyango	1989	Uganda	Forward
Kévin Oliech	1986	Kenya	Midfielder
Mohamed Katana	1999	Kenya	Midfielder
Yobie Bassoule	1988	Burkina Faso	Defender
Khabo Zondo	1961	South Africa
Emmanuel Mahi Ebem Godfroid	1983	Cameroon	Defender
Abiodun Idowu	1969	Nigeria
Sylvia Echefu	2009	Nigeria	Goalkeeper