On this day: December 5

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on December 5.

50 African footballers in our database were born on December 5, including Abdelkader Ghezzal, Foued Kadir and Faouzi Chaouchi.

African national teams have played 43 matches on December 5 since 1947.

Footballers born on December 5 (50)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Abdelkader Ghezzal	1984	Algeria	Forward
Foued Kadir	1983	Algeria	Midfielder
Faouzi Chaouchi	1984	Algeria	Goalkeeper
Hassan Akesbi	1934	Morocco	Forward
Cheikh Moulaye Ahmed	1987	Mauritania	Forward
Ransford Osei	1990	Ghana	Forward
Felix Aboagye	1975	Ghana	Forward
Ibrahim Koné	1989	Guinea	Goalkeeper
Abel Tamata	1990	DR Congo	Full-back
Zied Boughattas	1990	Tunisia	Defender
Athiel Mbaha	1976	Namibia	Goalkeeper
Gamal Hamza	1981	Egypt	Midfielder
Elijah Litana	1970	Zambia	Defender
Papa Niang	1988	Senegal	Wing half
Oluwasegun Abiodun	1984	Nigeria	Forward
Bakary Soro	1985	Burkina Faso	Defender
Grace Asantewaa	2000	Ghana	Defender
Cephas Chimedza	1984	Zimbabwe	Midfielder
Amr Adel	1980	Egypt	Defender
Jero Shakpoke	1979	Nigeria	Defender
Pierre Tchibota	1968	Congo	Forward
Rita Akaffou	1986	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Michael Anaba	1993	Ghana	Midfielder
Willy Ta Bi	1999	Ivory Coast	Defensive midfielder
Sofiane Bouterbiat	1983	Algeria	Midfielder
Mohammed Manga	1972	Senegal	Forward
Mohamed Sallam	1969	Egypt	Goalkeeper
Leo Kurauzvione	1981	Zimbabwe	Midfielder
Fabrice Pauline	1982	Mauritius	Midfielder
Dennis Okaru	1990	Nigeria	Wing half
Davies Mwape	1986	Zambia	Forward
Riad Hammadou	1976	Algeria	Midfielder
Kallé Soné	1982	Cameroon	Forward
Kwame Boakye Nana	2005	Ghana
Robert Ssejjemba	1980	Uganda	Forward
Omar Ibrahim Hammad	1986	Sudan	Wing half
Chaibou Adamou	1985	Cameroon	Forward
Patrick Weah	2003	Liberia	Forward
Joseph Douhadji	1994	Togo
Anton Greyling	1977	South Africa	Midfielder
Carlos Rusere	1994	Zimbabwe	Midfielder
Alexander Romeo Robinson	1986	Liberia	Midfielder
Kwesi Kawawa	2001	Tanzania
Jean-Claude Mbvoumin	1973	Cameroon
Kuluberhan Ghebretensae	1993	Eritrea	Midfielder
Ali Badra Diabate	2006	Ivory Coast
Taahir Goedeman	1999	South Africa
Natacha Elam	2001	Cameroon	Forward
Bright Godwin	2001	Nigeria	Defender
Festus Chale	2004	Equatorial Guinea	Defensive midfielder