On this day: July 18

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

42 African footballers in our database were born on July 18, including Gideon Mensah, Änis Ben-Hatira and Alhassan Yusuf.

African national teams have played 25 matches on July 18 since 1954.

Footballers born on July 18 (42)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Gideon Mensah	1998	Ghana	Defender
Änis Ben-Hatira	1988	Tunisia	Midfielder
Alhassan Yusuf	2000	Nigeria	Midfielder
Ephrem M'Bom	1954	Cameroon	Defender
Mandla Masango	1989	South Africa	Midfielder
Faride Alidou	2001	Togo	Wing half
Gaël Angoula	1982	Cameroon	Defender
Kudakwashe Basopo	1990	Zimbabwe	Forward
Yassin Moutaouakil	1986	Morocco	Defender
Mustapha Jarju	1986	Gambia	Midfielder
Amine Salama	2000	Morocco	Forward
Antoine Makoumbou	1998	Congo
MacPherlin Dudu Omagbemi	1985	Nigeria	Forward
Lakhdar Adjali	1972	Algeria	Midfielder
Kabongo Kasongo	1994	DR Congo	Forward
Lakdar Boussaha	1987	Algeria	Forward
Beneyam Demte	1998	Ethiopia	Midfielder
Kheireddine Zarabi	1984	Algeria	Defender
Christopher Missilou	1992	Congo	Midfielder
Edmilson Dove	1994	Mozambique	Defender
Abdoulaye Sissoko	1992	Mali	Midfielder
Abdel Raouf	1993	Sudan
Sid-Ahmed Bouziane	1983	Algeria	Midfielder
Michel Bassolé	1972	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Kais Yâakoubi	1966	Tunisia	Forward
Rachid Ferrahi	1985	Algeria	Midfielder
Bodda Mouhsine	1997	Mauritania
Omar Bari	1986	Guinea	Goalkeeper
Edet Otobong	1986	Cameroon	Forward
Mohamed Doumbouya	1978	Guinea	Forward
Moncef Melliti	1948	Tunisia	Defender
Zakaria Melhaoui	1984	Morocco	Defender
Alex Agyarkwa	2000	Ghana
Amine Aouichaoui	1982	Tunisia	Centre-forward
Amos Kollie	1990	Liberia	Forward
Cathy Biya	2006	Cameroon	Goalkeeper
Jorginho Soares	1999	Cape Verde
Ismail Islam Tatem	1991	Algeria	Midfielder
Mthulisi Maphosa	1989	Zimbabwe	Defender
Gilbert Mugisha	1996	Rwanda
Adebisi Saheed	2000	Nigeria	Midfielder
Rayanne Fabre	2004	Tunisia	Centre-back