On this day: December 28

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on December 28.

71 African footballers in our database were born on December 28, including Tanguy Ndombele, El Hadji Malick Diouf and Lomana LuaLua.

African national teams have played 19 matches on December 28 since 1958.

Footballers born on December 28 (71)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Tanguy Ndombele	1996	DR Congo	Midfielder
El Hadji Malick Diouf	2004	Senegal	Full-back
Lomana LuaLua	1980	DR Congo	Forward
Kuami Agboh	1977	Togo	Midfielder
Abdou Razack Traoré	1988	Burkina Faso	Midfielder
Leroy Lita	1984	DR Congo	Forward
Kwame Ayew	1973	Ghana	Forward
Sadio Diallo	1990	Guinea	Forward
Bocundji Ca	1986	Guinea-Bissau	Midfielder
Yisa Sofoluwe	1967	Nigeria	Defender
Ahmed Zuway	1982	Libya	Forward
Mohamed Ali Mahjoubi	1966	Tunisia	Defender
Ahmed al Masli	1979	Libya	Forward
Ousmane Camara	1998	Guinea	Forward
Xavier Kouassi	1989	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Kevin Wright	1995	Sierra Leone	Defender
Jamuovandu Ngatjizeko	1984	Namibia	Midfielder
Azume Adams	1997	Ghana	Goalkeeper
Amaechi Ottiji	1969	Nigeria	Forward
Chris Dickson	1984	Ghana	Forward
Marouane Bokri	1974	Tunisia	Midfielder
Kampamba Chintu	1980	Zambia	Defender
Bafodé Dansoko	1985	Guinea	Forward
Sita-Taty Matondo	1984	DR Congo	Midfielder
Kola Ige	1985	Nigeria	Goalkeeper
Khassimirou Diop	1986	Senegal	Midfielder
Felix Udoh	1993	Nigeria	Defender
Chikondi Banda	1978	Malawi	Midfielder
Paul Evans	1973	South Africa	Goalkeeper
Bienvenue Kanakimana	2000	Burundi	Forward
Hillel Konaté	1994	Burkina Faso	Goalkeeper
Seydina Keita	1992	Senegal
Dikgang Mabalane	1979	South Africa	Midfielder
Séïbou Mama	1995	Benin	Midfielder
Pape Maguette Kebe	1979	Senegal	Defender
Stella Quartey	1973	Ghana	Midfielder
Abdel Diarra	1994	Ivory Coast	Defender
Abdoulaye Diarra	1994	Mali	Midfielder
Mthunzi Mkhontfo	1994	Eswatini	Midfielder
Mamadou Sidibé	1992	Mali	Midfielder
Mouchid Iyane Ly	1986	Senegal	Forward
Robin Polley	1998	Ghana	Full-back
Youssef Oggadi	1988	Morocco	Defender
Ondigui Adams	1987	Cameroon	Midfielder
Karamoko Moussa Traoré	1982	Mauritania	Forward
Nacer Hammami	1980	Algeria	Defender
Mark Sekyere	1989	Ghana	Midfielder
Blaise Yaméogo	1993	Burkina Faso	Forward
Felix Chenkam	1998	Cameroon	Forward
Adama Smith Dickens	1992	Congo	Midfielder
Igor Sani	1986	Guinea-Bissau	Forward
Ethen Sampson	1994	South Africa	Defender
Michaely Bihina	2003	Cameroon	Goalkeeper
Nacereddine Bacha	1988	Algeria	Midfielder
Sidiki Maiga	1998	Mali
Didier Lebri	1989	Ivory Coast	Forward
Khayelihle Shozi	1994	South Africa	Midfielder
Asia Nakibuuka	2002	Uganda	Defender
Dieu Donné Noumonvi	2001	Benin	Midfielder
Cachela Boane	1972	Mozambique
Charles Anderson	1985	Cameroon
Nana Asantewaa	1993	Ghana	Goalkeeper
Kalla Toure	1991	Congo	Midfielder
Dibi Paul Stephane	1990	Ivory Coast	Forward
Eddy Nibibona	2001	Burundi	Forward
Aaron Musore	1999	Burundi	Attacking midfielder
Oteng Bonang	1998	Botswana	Defender
Amani Ayed	2006	Tunisia	Defender
Justine Opiro	2003	Uganda	Full-back
Iker Ferrer	2007	Equatorial Guinea	Midfielder
Lansana Soumah	1975	Guinea	Midfielder