On this day: December 8

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on December 8.

48 African footballers in our database were born on December 8, including Cyriel Dessers, Rasheedat Ajibade and Salomon Olembé.

African national teams have played 50 matches on December 8 since 1949.

Footballers born on December 8 (48)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Cyriel Dessers	1994	Nigeria	Forward
Rasheedat Ajibade	1999	Nigeria	Forward
Salomon Olembé	1980	Cameroon	Midfielder
Marco Abreu	1974	Angola	Defender
Chiamaka Cynthia Nnadozie	2000	Nigeria	Goalkeeper
Carlos Fernandes	1979	Angola	Goalkeeper
Aly Keita	1986	Guinea	Goalkeeper
Badredine Bouanani	2004	Algeria
Lassine Sinayoko	1999	Mali	Forward
Gloria Chinasa	1987	Equatorial Guinea	Forward
Abdulwaheed Afolabi	1991	Nigeria	Forward
Miguel Ángel Mayé	1990	Equatorial Guinea	Full-back
Valéry Mézague	1983	Cameroon	Midfielder
Amos Youga	1992	Central African Republic	Defender
Malik Jabir	1944	Ghana	Forward
Ayman Ben Mohamed	1994	Tunisia	Full-back
Blessing Diala	1989	Nigeria	Forward
Jerry Van Dam	1988	Ghana	Full-back
Racine Coly	1995	Senegal	Full-back
Ibrahima Bangoura	1982	Guinea	Wing half
Stanley Okoro	1992	Nigeria	Forward
Anwar Siraj	1979	Ethiopia	Defender
Amir Damar Koku	1979	Sudan	Defender
Hadji Barry	1992	Guinea	Forward
Aude Gbédjissi	1998	Benin	Forward
Joël Beya	1999	DR Congo	Forward
Georges Parfait Mbida Messi	1980	Cameroon	Midfielder
Emanuel Oletu	1983	Nigeria	Defender
Ahmat Brahim	1982	Chad	Midfielder
Quincy Osei	1989	Ghana	Midfielder
Cédric Permal	1991	Mauritius	Defender
Hassan Ayari	2002	Tunisia	Midfielder
Achref Habessi	2001	Tunisia	Right winger
Augustin Drakpe	2001	Togo
Chaymaa Mourtaji	1995	Morocco	Forward
Ruvimbo Mutyavaviri	1986	Zimbabwe
Avelina Abang	2003	Equatorial Guinea	Defender
Fred Gibson	1888	South Africa	Wing half
Abraham Annan	1988	Ghana	Midfielder
Houssem Hadj Mabrouk	1990	Tunisia	Defender
Relebogile Mokhuoane	1994	South Africa	Central midfielder
Ibrahima Sory Bangoura	1982	Guinea	Defender
Lassana Samaké	1992	Mali	Midfielder
Abdoulaye Dieng	1989	Senegal	Midfielder
Vítor Covilhã	1972	Angola	Midfielder
Milton Tembo	1980	Zambia	Forward
Lee Ndlovu	1994	Zimbabwe
Miguel Eyama	1990	Equatorial Guinea	Goalkeeper