On this day: December 30

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on December 30.

80+ African footballers in our database were born on December 30, including Boubacar Barry, Daniel Amokachi and Flávio Amado.

African national teams have played 23 matches on December 30 since 1973.

Footballers born on December 30 (80+)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Boubacar Barry	1979	Ivory Coast	Goalkeeper
Daniel Amokachi	1972	Nigeria	Forward
Flávio Amado	1979	Angola	Forward
Wilson Oruma	1976	Nigeria	Midfielder
Khalilou Fadiga	1974	Senegal	Midfielder
Razak Pimpong	1982	Ghana	Midfielder
Onyekachi Apam	1986	Nigeria	Defender
Aristide Benoît Zogbo	1981	Ivory Coast	Goalkeeper
Mamadou N'Diaye	1996	Senegal	Midfielder
Ernestina Abambila	1998	Ghana	Midfielder
Mwape Mialo	1951	DR Congo	Defender
Mohamed Koffi	1986	Burkina Faso	Midfielder
Siyanda Xulu	1991	South Africa	Defender
Tarik El Jarmouni	1977	Morocco	Goalkeeper
Moussa Koné	1996	Senegal	Forward
Yussif Chibsah	1983	Ghana	Midfielder
Sanaâ Mssoudy	1999	Morocco	Forward
Dialo Guidileye	1989	Mauritania	Midfielder
Oumar Dieng	1972	Senegal	Defender
Kekuta Manneh	1994	Gambia	Forward
Latif Blessing	1996	Ghana	Forward
Behailu Assefa	1989	Ethiopia	Midfielder
Hamid Nater	1980	Morocco	Midfielder
Mansour Gueye	1985	Senegal	Forward
Mame N'Diaye	1986	Senegal	Midfielder
Hugo Gambor	2002	Central African Republic
Cheikh Gueye	1986	Senegal	Defender
Godwin Aguda	1997	Nigeria	Forward
Maroua Chebbi	1986	Tunisia	Midfielder
James Omondi	1980	Kenya	Forward
Makram Daboub	1972	Tunisia	Goalkeeper
Axel Kei	2007	Ivory Coast	Forward
Pape Sané	1991	Senegal	Forward
Nina Kpaho	1996	Ivory Coast	Defender
Gerald Hartigan	1884	South Africa	Forward
Manuel Gaspar Costa	1989	Angola	Midfielder
David Tyavkase	1984	Nigeria	Forward
Kurt Abrahams	1996	South Africa	Forward
Ousmane Baldé	1989	Guinea	Midfielder
Amadou Ouattara	1989	Ivory Coast	Wing half
Maguette Gueye	2002	Senegal
Mansour Lakehal	1983	Algeria	Defender
Daniel Pappoe	1993	Ghana	Defender
Abdi Mohamed Ahmed	1962	Somalia	Goalkeeper
Hassan Lingani	1987	Ivory Coast	Defender
Razack Cisse	1998	Ivory Coast	Wing half
Nouri Ouznadji	1984	Algeria	Forward
Bareck Bendaha	1983	Algeria	Midfielder
Phelelani Mpangase	1983	South Africa	Defender
Ousmane Sylla	1990	Burkina Faso	Midfielder
Abdenour Hadiouche	1984	Algeria	Forward
Brahim Souleymane	1986	Mauritania	Goalkeeper
Abdoul Gafar	1998	Burkina Faso	Forward
Augustine Mbara	1991	Zimbabwe	Defender
Stephen Famewo	1983	Nigeria	Midfielder
Sumed Ibrahim	1980	Ghana	Midfielder
Stanley Afedzie	1987	Ghana	Midfielder
Abukari Damba	1968	Ghana	Goalkeeper
Vivien Assie Koua	1992	Ivory Coast	Defender
Bruno Koagne Tokam	1978	Cameroon	Midfielder
Aniekan Ekpe Okon	1986	Nigeria	Defender
Dennis Gyamfi	2001	Ghana	Midfielder
Roger Aholou	1993	Ivory Coast
William Aho Abou	1992	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Isaac Kuffour	1978	Ghana	Forward
Amadou Séré	1987	Burkina Faso	Goalkeeper
Rachid Dali	1947	Algeria	Forward
Abdoulaye Koffi	1991	Ivory Coast	Forward
Adèle Kabré	2004	Burkina Faso
Sammy Ssebaduka	2002	Uganda	Winger
Emmanuel Ernest	2000	Liberia	Forward
Sainey Sissohore	1998	Gambia	Midfielder
Dehi Constant Momblé	1989	Ivory Coast
Moussa Warsama	1988	Djibouti	Defender
Yao Jean Charles	2000	Ivory Coast
Adoo Yina	2004	Nigeria	Midfielder
Gelwa Yona Rugomba Lugomba	1998	Tanzania	Goalkeeper
Ndiankou Ndoye	1997	Senegal	Forward
Faride Soudani	1972	Algeria	Forward
Irvyn Lomami	2003	DR Congo	Defender