On this day: January 12

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on January 12.

71 African footballers in our database were born on January 12, including Bonaventure Kalou, Ishak Belfodil and Lassina Traoré.

African national teams have played 43 matches on January 12 since 1968.

Footballers born on January 12 (71)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Bonaventure Kalou	1978	Ivory Coast	Forward
Ishak Belfodil	1992	Algeria	Forward
Lassina Traoré	2001	Burkina Faso	Forward
Ibrahim Ba	1973	Senegal	Wing half
Hélder Costa	1994	Angola	Midfielder
Ajara Nchout	1993	Cameroon	Forward
Brian Madjo	2009	Cameroon
Bouchaib El Moubarki	1978	Morocco	Forward
Naby Yattara	1984	Guinea	Midfielder
Cheick Oumar Dabo	1981	Mali	Forward
Joël Tiéhi	1964	Ivory Coast	Forward
Hamdi Akujobi	2000	Nigeria	Defensive midfielder
Victor Correia	1985	Guinea	Midfielder
Jean-Jacques N'Domba	1960	Congo	Midfielder
Pavelh Ndzila	1995	Congo	Goalkeeper
Jones El-Abdellaoui	2006	Morocco	Forward
Madiou Konate	1982	Senegal	Forward
Pascal Gourville	1975	Mauritania	Defender
Meziane Ighil	1952	Algeria	Defender
Motjeka Madisha	1995	South Africa	Defender
Peter Deng	1993	South Sudan	Full-back
Alassana Jatta	1999	Gambia
Hillary Makasa	1976	Zambia	Defender
Olaitan Yusuf	1982	Nigeria	Forward
Pape Seydou Diop	1979	Senegal	Midfielder
Alice Kusi	1995	Ghana	Midfielder
Frank Banda	1991	Malawi	Midfielder
Alli N'Dri	1984	Ivory Coast	Defender
Thierno Barry	2000	Guinea
Yakare Niakate	1997	Mali	Midfielder
Eynel Soares	2000	Cape Verde	Forward
Denny Antwi	1993	Ghana	Forward
Mahmoud Saad	1983	Egypt	Wing half
Brighton Mhlongo	1991	South Africa	Goalkeeper
Abdoulaye Fall	1989	Senegal	Midfielder
Abdoul Karim Traoré	2007	Guinea
Yasser Baldé	1993	Guinea	Centre-back
Abdou Guirassy	1989	Senegal	Midfielder
Abdelkrim Mameri	1981	Algeria	Defender
Elijah Odede	2007	Nigeria
Melkamu Frauendorf	2004	Ethiopia
Sayed Abdallah	2000	Egypt
Mamadou N'Diaye	1984	Senegal	Defender
Abdelhakim Laref	1985	Algeria	Forward
Mohamed Yekhlef	1981	Algeria	Defender
Hussein Ragab	1994	Egypt	Midfielder
Ayabulela Magqwaka	1996	South Africa	Midfielder
Djakaria Barro	2002	Ivory Coast
Saidou Sandaogo	1988	Burkina Faso	Forward
Joël Moïse Babanda	1984	Cameroon	Forward
Lazrag Benfissa	1980	Algeria	Goalkeeper
Jean-Noël Laboiteuse	1977	Mauritius	Midfielder
Mohamed Kourouma	1998	Guinea	Forward
Saïd Benkarit	1995	Morocco	Forward
Kada Kechamli	1978	Algeria	Defender
Mido Hossam	2000	Egypt
Malik Rouag	1983	Algeria
Hawa Tangara	1993	Mali	Forward
Abada Narcisse Fish	1982	Cameroon	Midfielder
Assassi Fellahi	1926	Algeria	Defender
Evariste Mutuyimana	1990	Rwanda	Goalkeeper
David Costa	2004	Cape Verde
Letsie Koapeng	1992	South Africa
Samuel Yemoh	1999	Ghana	Midfielder
Amani Uwiringiyimana	1992	Rwanda	Defender
Ejike Collins Ngwoke	1995	Nigeria	Midfielder
Fawzi Saadi	1985	Algeria
Khonadzeo Muvhango	2007	South Africa	Left winger
Elias Zemmale	2007	Morocco	Midfielder
Aphiwe Baliti	2001	South Africa	Full-back
Dikatholo Modise	1990	Botswana	Midfielder