On this day: July 12

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

47 African footballers in our database were born on July 12, including Nico Williams, Moses Simon and Ziad Jaziri.

African national teams have played 16 matches on July 12 since 1947.

Footballers born on July 12 (47)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Nico Williams	2002	Ghana	Forward
Moses Simon	1995	Nigeria	Forward
Ziad Jaziri	1978	Tunisia	Forward
Alloysius Agu	1967	Nigeria	Goalkeeper
Benedict Iroha	1967	Nigeria	Defender
Léonard Kweuke	1987	Cameroon	Forward
Nwankwo Obiora	1991	Nigeria	Midfielder
Faiz Mattoir	2000	Comoros	Forward
Abdulaziz Belraysh	1990	Libya	Defender
Yassine El Ghanassy	1990	Morocco	Wing half
Samuel Ekeme	1966	Cameroon	Defender
Kingsley Schindler	1993	Ghana	Defender
Medhat Abdel-Hady	1974	Egypt	Defender
Sandy Gbandi	1983	Liberia	Midfielder
Abasse Ba	1976	Senegal	Defender
Ali Machani	1993	Tunisia	Defender
Ibrahima Tandia	1993	Mali	Midfielder
Phil Evans	1980	South Africa	Full-back
Dominic Chatto	1985	Nigeria	Midfielder
Bernard Donovan	1995	Zimbabwe	Goalkeeper
Ahmed Hamoudan	1991	Morocco	Wing half
Kelechi Iheanacho Zeal	1981	Nigeria	Forward
Noël Minga	1947	Congo
Abdellah Chebira	1986	Algeria	Full-back
Thierry Manzi	1996	Rwanda	Defender
Hafiz Adams	1992	Ghana
Nama Fofana	1990	Mali	Defender
Lindokuhle Mkhwanazi	1985	South Africa	Midfielder
Ngweni Ndassi	1996	Cameroon	Defender
Bongani Mpandle	1992	South Africa	Goalkeeper
Abdoul Nassirou Omouroun	1987	Togo	Goalkeeper
Effiong Eyoh	1996	Nigeria	Wing half
Mostafa Kalosha	1989	Egypt	Full-back
Oussama Falouh	1999	Morocco
Hedi Boukhris	1986	Tunisia	Midfielder
Shanawaz Allyboccus	1984	Mauritius	Defender
Moussa Sy	1979	Guinea	Forward
Ayoub Rachane	1988	Morocco	Midfielder
Ousmanou Mohamadou	1988	Cameroon	Forward
Diabé Bolumbu	2004	Senegal
Lamah Bamba	2005	Ivory Coast	Forward
George Matlou	1998	South Africa
Adnene Raddaoui	1989	Tunisia	Defensive midfielder
Opeyemi Sunday	1999	Nigeria	Defender
Luphumlo Kaka Sifumba	2005	South Africa	Central midfielder
Hanna'a Chamsoudine	2007	Comoros	Forward
Yusuf Osman Abdulahi	1984	Somalia	Midfielder