On this day: December 7

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on December 7.

45 African footballers in our database were born on December 7, including Ahmed Faras, Delron Buckley and Pape Sarr.

African national teams have played 32 matches on December 7 since 1961.

Footballers born on December 7 (45)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Ahmed Faras	1946	Morocco	Midfielder
Delron Buckley	1977	South Africa	Forward
Pape Sarr	1977	Senegal	Midfielder
Sean Dundee	1972	South Africa	Forward
Clément Beaud	1980	Cameroon	Midfielder
Naoufel El Hannach	2006	Morocco	Defender
Boris-Claude Nguéma Békalé	1984	Gabon	Goalkeeper
Bako Touré	1939	Mali	Forward
Boubacar Bagili	1992	Mauritania	Forward
Kingsley Udoh	1990	Nigeria	Centre-back
Ronny Souto	1978	Cape Verde	Forward
Tony Odur	1984	Uganda	Midfielder
Hannington Kalyesubula	1982	Uganda	Goalkeeper
Mehdi Berrahma	1992	Morocco	Midfielder
Hadj Bouguèche	1983	Algeria	Forward
Fani Madida	1966	South Africa	Wing half
Kizito Keziron	1998	Uganda	Midfielder
Mavis Owusu	2003	Ghana	Forward
Postnet Omony	1982	Uganda	Goalkeeper
Akwo Tarh Ayuk Taku	1992	Cameroon	Midfielder
Ali Fuseini	1988	Ghana	Midfielder
Uzama Douglas	1998	Nigeria	Defender
Delphin Tshiembe	1991	DR Congo	Midfielder
Ahmed Souissi	1960	Tunisia	Full-back
Raddy Ovouka	1999	Congo
Élisabeth Tsé	2002	Ivory Coast	Defender
Mateus Lopes	1975	Cape Verde	Forward
Koketso Tlailane	1992	South Africa	Defender
Kheireddine Boussouf	1987	Algeria	Goalkeeper
Djamel Benchergui	1981	Algeria	Defender
Aimé Lavie	1984	Congo	Defender
Piguita	1970	Cape Verde	Defender
Ernest Thierry Anang	1994	Cameroon	Forward
Lehlohonolo Nonyane	1986	South Africa	Defender
Farida Hanafi	2005	Egypt
Rashid Nuhu	1995	Ghana	Goalkeeper
Stephen Tedja	1991	Nigeria	Goalkeeper
Tchoumi Houmi Elvis	1978	Cameroon	Midfielder
Ibrahim Coulibaly	2005	Mali	Defender
Hassan Kajoke	1997	Malawi
Richard Appiah	1996	Ghana
Kouroufia Kébé	2005	Guinea	Midfielder
Ahmed Kalosha	1998	Egypt	Defender
Odur Tonny	1987	Uganda	Midfielder
Lilian Tule	1998	Nigeria	Midfielder