On this day: December 27

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on December 27.

60 African footballers in our database were born on December 27, including Adil Rami, Ghislain Konan and Marco Zoro.

African national teams have played 29 matches on December 27 since 1961.

Footballers born on December 27 (60)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Adil Rami	1985	Morocco	Centre-back
Ghislain Konan	1995	Ivory Coast	Defender
Marco Zoro	1983	Ivory Coast	Defender
Elias Saad	1999	Tunisia	Left winger
Kembo Uba Kembo	1947	DR Congo	Midfielder
Muhammed Badamosi	1998	Gambia	Forward
Teteh Bangura	1989	Sierra Leone	Forward
Juvhel Tsoumou	1990	Congo	Forward
Abdou Rahman Dampha	1991	Gambia	Midfielder
Thomas Touré	1993	Ivory Coast	Wing half
Princella Adubea	1998	Ghana	Forward
Tchiressoua Guel	1975	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Mahamane Cissé	1993	Niger	Midfielder
Jacob Mendy	1996	Gambia
Ben Konaté	1986	Equatorial Guinea	Midfielder
Femi Balogun	1992	Nigeria	Midfielder
Wiseman Meyiwa	1999	South Africa	Midfielder
Khalid Lebhij	1985	Morocco	Midfielder
Jimmy Zakazaka	1984	Malawi	Forward
Paul Onobi	1992	Nigeria	Midfielder
Ibourahima Sidibé	1992	Mali	Midfielder
Idrissa Mandiang	1984	Senegal	Midfielder
Sherif Touré Coubageat	1981	Togo	Forward
Didié Angan	1974	Ivory Coast	Defender
Boison Wynney	1996	Liberia	Goalkeeper
Achille Anani	1994	Ivory Coast	Forward
Christian Nwachukwu	2005	Nigeria
Edgar Loué	1983	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Ishak Ali Moussa	1970	Algeria	Forward
Mourad Karouf	1968	Algeria	Defender
Aboubacar M'Baye Camara	1985	Guinea	Midfielder
Aurélien Bekogo	1975	Gabon	Forward
Mohamed Sydney Sylla	1996	Burkina Faso	Midfielder
Luc-Arsène Diamesso	1974	Congo	Centre-back
Sob Evariste Dibo	1968	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Najeem Olukokun	1990	Nigeria	Forward
Rashin Wurie	1972	Sierra Leone	Midfielder
Emmanuel Ariwachukwu	1993	Nigeria	Defender
Uchenna Uzo	1993	Nigeria	Defender
Amas Obasogie	1999	Nigeria
Thalea Smidt	1997	South Africa
Hafiz Konkoni	1999	Ghana
Nicholas Doro	1974	Mauritius	Goalkeeper
Aboul Rahim Sebah	1991	Ghana	Midfielder
Tristan M'Bongo	1982	DR Congo	Forward
Alhassane Dosso	1989	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Darar Djama Aboubaker	1989	Djibouti	Forward
Mohamed Camara	1981	Sierra Leone	Midfielder
Issouf Macalou	1998	Ivory Coast	Forward
Ditheko Mototo	1980	South Africa	Defender
Achraf Krir	1991	Tunisia	Goalkeeper
Yves Benoit Bationo	1993	Burkina Faso	Midfielder
Nouhoum Kamissoko	2004	Mali
Ange Lago	2004	Ivory Coast
Olawale Onanuga	1997	Nigeria	Midfielder
Haruna Ramadhan Shamte	1988	Tanzania
Kaham Mardochee	1992	Cameroon
Soufiane Lahouassa	1980	Algeria	Midfielder
Florence Fanta	2002	Cameroon	Midfielder
Walusimbi Abubakar	2008	Uganda	Central midfielder