On this day: June 12

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

69 African footballers in our database were born on June 12, including Victor Ikpeba, James Lea Siliki and Jean-Victor Makengo.

African national teams have played 36 matches on June 12 since 1977.

Footballers born on June 12 (69)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Victor Ikpeba	1973	Nigeria	Forward
James Lea Siliki	1996	Cameroon	Forward
Jean-Victor Makengo	1998	DR Congo	Midfielder
Néjib Liman	1953	Tunisia	Forward
Jules Onana	1964	Cameroon	Defender
Jean Manga-Onguéné	1946	Cameroon	Forward
Michaela Abam	1997	Cameroon	Forward
Jeannette Yango	1993	Cameroon	Midfielder
Lily Yohannes	2007	Eritrea
Zineb Redouani	2000	Morocco	Defender
Felix Badenhorst	1989	Eswatini	Midfielder
Alex Kakuba	1991	Uganda	Defender
Cassius Mailula	2001	South Africa	Forward
Abdoul Aziz Nikiema	1985	Burkina Faso	Midfielder
Pierre Zebli	1997	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Jean-Jacques Bougouhi	1992	Ivory Coast	Forward
Samuel Agba	1986	Nigeria	Midfielder
Rebecca Kalu	1990	Nigeria	Midfielder
Fousseiny Tangara	1978	Mali	Goalkeeper
Yaya Fofana	2004	Mali
Marthe Ongmahan	1992	Cameroon	Goalkeeper
Ajibade Omolade	1984	Nigeria	Defender
Adewale Sunday Amusan	1989	Nigeria	Forward
Abubaker Tabula	1980	Uganda	Defender
Bilal Tarikat	1991	Algeria	Midfielder
Kingsley Akpososo	1990	Nigeria	Midfielder
Camille Muzinga	1980	DR Congo	Defender
Arthur Farh	1972	Liberia	Forward
Saad Lagrou	1995	Morocco	Defender
Moustapha Djimet	2003	Central African Republic
John Lungu	1966	Zambia	Midfielder
Yasmine Jemai	1999	Tunisia	Midfielder
Ismail Abdul-Ganiyu	1996	Ghana	Defender
Dantouma Toure	2004	Guinea	Midfielder
Sihawu Dlamini	1985	Eswatini	Defender
Hicham Bouchemlal	1987	Morocco	Midfielder
Tom Tavares	1987	Cape Verde	Midfielder
Hicham El Fatihi	1982	Morocco	Forward
Patrick Gbala	1993	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Kevin Kimani	1989	Kenya	Midfielder
Jing Reec	2003	South Sudan
Masengo Ilunga	1957	DR Congo	Midfielder
Mohammed Usman	1980	Nigeria	Midfielder
Paul Komolafe	2000	Nigeria
Nacer Bennemra	1989	Algeria	Midfielder
Ben Collins	1961	Liberia	Midfielder
Bolji Douglas	1968	Nigeria	Midfielder
Ahmed El Sheikh	1990	Egypt	Midfielder
Junior Makiesse	1993	Congo
Nyanforth Peters	1971	Liberia	Forward
Anderson Asiedu	1996	Ghana	Midfielder
Emmanuel Emangoa	1977	Cameroon	Forward
Borfor Carr	1987	Liberia	Midfielder
Abdul Nafiu Idrissu	1986	Ghana	Forward
Buba Yohanna	1982	Cameroon	Defender
Yamirou Ouorou	2006	Benin
Reda Majji	2001	Morocco
Leticia Chinyamula	2006	Malawi
Firew Getahun	1992	Ethiopia
Junior Karamoko	1994	Ivory Coast
Elysé Razafindrakoto	1974	Madagascar
Jacqueline Owusu	2002	Ghana	Midfielder
Hafid Meddour	1982	Algeria	Defender
Hedi Saheb Ettabaa	1917	Tunisia	Defender
Basil Bertin	1984	Seychelles
Moussa Zouwairatou	2001	Cameroon	Forward
Ayukokata També	1995	Cameroon	Defender
Ethel Chinyerere	1996	Zimbabwe	Forward
George Senkaaba	1997	Uganda	Forward