On this day: December 26

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on December 26.

61 African footballers in our database were born on December 26, including Sofiane Feghouli, Shu-Aib Walters and Aziz Bouderbala.

African national teams have played 15 matches on December 26 since 1961.

Footballers born on December 26 (61)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Sofiane Feghouli	1989	Algeria	Wing half
Shu-Aib Walters	1981	South Africa	Goalkeeper
Aziz Bouderbala	1960	Morocco	Midfielder
Amine Chermiti	1987	Tunisia	Forward
Emmanuel Babayaro	1976	Nigeria	Goalkeeper
Musa Juwara	2001	Gambia	Forward
Souleymane Coulibaly	1994	Ivory Coast	Forward
Pa Modou Jagne	1989	Gambia	Forward
Ahmed Barusso	1984	Ghana	Midfielder
Simon Gopane	1970	South Africa	Goalkeeper
Chidiebere Nwakali	1996	Nigeria	Defender
Abou Ouattara	1999	Burkina Faso	Wing half
Emmanuel Sarki	1987	Nigeria	Midfielder
Jasin-Amin Assehnoun	1998	Morocco	Midfielder
Baher El Mohamady	1996	Egypt	Defender
Nilson Corrêa Júnior	1975	Burkina Faso	Goalkeeper
Sam Dominique Abouo	1973	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Karim Dermane	2003	Togo	Defensive midfielder
Mourtada Fall	1987	Senegal	Centre-back
Kamil Conteh	2002	Sierra Leone	Midfielder
Henry Onwuzuruike	1979	Nigeria	Midfielder
Farid Ouédraogo	1996	Burkina Faso
Omar Abdul Aziz	1985	Nigeria	Forward
Alex Nibourette	1983	Seychelles	Forward
Zamandosi Cele	1990	South Africa	Defender
Jean-Emmanuel Effa Owona	1983	Cameroon	Forward
José Filipe Correia Semedo	1979	Cape Verde	Forward
Henry Offia	1999	Nigeria	Midfielder
Arthur Riley	1903	South Africa	Goalkeeper
Pascal Kondaponi	1980	Nigeria	Forward
Pa Ousman Sonko	1984	Gambia	Defender
Rodolfo Aloko	2006	Benin	Right winger
Pa Omar Jobe	1998	Gambia
Rosemonde Kouassi	2001	Ivory Coast
Boston Mwanza	1977	Zambia	Midfielder
Ebitimi Agogu	1987	Nigeria	Forward
Aymen Madi	1988	Algeria	Midfielder
Samuel Edimo	1934	Cameroon	Forward
Akram Abd Rabo	1992	Egypt	Defender
Koné Seydou	1987	Ivory Coast	Centre-back
Khuda Muyaba	1993	Malawi	Forward
Félix Oukiné	1998	Cameroon
Zé Piguita	1973	Cape Verde	Defender
Guylain Ndumbu-Nsungu	1982	DR Congo	Forward
Felix Baffoe	1986	Ghana	Forward
Claude Koutob	1995	Togo	Wing half
Rabii Hamri	1995	Tunisia	Winger
Daúto Faquirá	1965	Mozambique	Defender
Josias Roulez	1996	DR Congo	Left winger
Mydo Yallet	1997	DR Congo
Souleymane Coulibaly	2001	Mali	Centre-back
Yetunde Aluko	1995	Nigeria	Forward
Lounes Laouzai	1989	Algeria
Karim Lamouri	1975	Tunisia	Goalkeeper
Tsepo Mathetha	1982	Lesotho	Goalkeeper
Stanley Aniagyei	2002	Ghana
Isaac Hemans	1996	Ghana	Midfielder
Pape Doudou Diallo	2002	Senegal
Chinedu Udeagha	1992	Nigeria	Midfielder
Anayor Ogbonna	1992	Nigeria	Forward
Nelson Okwa	1993	Nigeria	Midfielder