On this day: February 18

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on February 18.

64 African footballers in our database were born on February 18, including Claude Makelélé, Carlos Kameni and Zakaria Aboukhlal.

African national teams have played 13 matches on February 18 since 1967.

Footballers born on February 18 (64)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Claude Makelélé	1973	DR Congo	Defensive midfielder
Carlos Kameni	1984	Cameroon	Goalkeeper
Zakaria Aboukhlal	2000	Morocco	Forward
Nader Ghandri	1995	Tunisia	Midfielder
Drissa Diakité	1985	Mali	Midfielder
Nabil Alioui	1999	Morocco	Forward
Bryan Dabo	1992	Burkina Faso	Midfielder
Youssef El Akchaoui	1981	Morocco	Full-back
Patrick Malo	1992	Burkina Faso	Defender
Kamory Doumbia	2003	Mali
Tanguy Coulibaly	2001	Ivory Coast	Wing half
Mohamed Mesud	1990	Ethiopia	Midfielder
Abbubaker Mobara	1994	South Africa	Defender
Tercious Malepe	1997	South Africa	Defender
Siyabonga Mabena	2007	South Africa
Daniel Kenedy	1974	Guinea-Bissau	Defender
Edmond Mouele	1982	Gabon	Defender
Abdelhakim Omrani	1991	Algeria	Midfielder
Mamadou Doumbia	2006	Mali
Aymen Boutoutaou	2001	Algeria	Midfielder
Rayyan Baniya	1999	Benin	Defender
Mohamed Amine Aouamri	1983	Algeria	Defender
Drissa Camara	2002	Ivory Coast
Aser Pierrick Dipanda	1989	Cameroon	Forward
Saad Dahhan	1956	Morocco
Robert Sankara	1985	Burkina Faso	Centre-back
Carol Carioca	1983	Equatorial Guinea	Centre-back
Sabeur Trabelsi	1984	Tunisia	Forward
Athuman Idd	1988	Tanzania	Defender
Lance Carr	1910	South Africa	Forward
Joaquim Jorge	1939	Mozambique	Defender
Thapelo Tshilo	1985	South Africa	Defender
Mfanzile Dlamini	1983	Eswatini	Forward
Luvhengo Mungomeni	1985	South Africa	Defender
Diamant Ramazani	1999	Burundi	Full-back
Billel Bensaha	1994	Algeria	Forward
Jonathan Greenfield	1982	South Africa	Defender
Ebrima Jatta	1987	Gambia	Defender
Nabil Mazari	1984	Algeria	Goalkeeper
Kareem Omolaja	1990	Nigeria	Centre-back
Steve Traoré	1998	Benin
Ousmane Sy	1988	Guinea
Louis Guyand Chiffone	1988	Mauritius	Midfielder
Lencho Skibba	1988	Ethiopia	Midfielder
Lassina Touré	1992	Burkina Faso	Defender
Habibou Ouedraogo	2002	Burkina Faso
César M'Boma	1979	Cameroon	Forward
Maher Labidi	1992	Tunisia	Defender
Kondo Arimiyao	1991	Togo	Forward
Ridha Meddeb	1928	Tunisia
Apollo Kagogwe	2003	Uganda	Defender
Mamadou Camara	2001	Mali	Midfielder
Melissa Ugochukwu	2003	Nigeria	Forward
Fidèle Nimubona	1989	Burundi	Midfielder
Zai Sidibe	2002	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Abdoul Zanne	2003	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Kofi Agbesimah	1997	Ghana
Blessing Ezekiel	1999	Nigeria	Defender
Omar Diantete	1979	Congo	Defender
Tlholang Masegela	1998	South Africa	Attacking midfielder
Lone Kgalaeng	2003	Botswana	Midfielder
Yesmin Khanchouch	2006	Tunisia
Mariam Fofana	1987	Ivory Coast	Forward
Mamadou Sidibé	2005	Guinea	Defensive midfielder