On this day: June 18

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

53 African footballers in our database were born on June 18, including Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Islam Slimani and Amine Harit.

African national teams have played 47 matches on June 18 since 1961.

Footballers born on June 18 (53)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	1989	Gabon	Centre-forward
Islam Slimani	1988	Algeria	Forward
Amine Harit	1997	Morocco	Midfielder
Nadir Belhadj	1982	Algeria	Full-back
Yahya Jabrane	1991	Morocco	Midfielder
Rachid Alioui	1992	Morocco	Forward
Moussa N'Diaye	2002	Senegal	Defender
Owusu Kwabena	1997	Ghana	Forward
Amahl Pellegrino	1990	Tanzania	Forward
Hazem Mastouri	1997	Tunisia	Forward
Andrew Sinkala	1979	Zambia	Midfielder
Nathan Zeze	2005	Ivory Coast
Benjamin Zé Ondo	1987	Gabon	Defender
Moïne Chaâbani	1981	Tunisia	Centre-back
Mustapha Bidoudane	1976	Morocco	Forward
Tosin Kehinde	1998	Nigeria	Midfielder
Ngozi Eucharia Uche	1973	Nigeria	Forward
Edith Eduviere	1986	Nigeria	Midfielder
Clatous Chama	1991	Zambia	Midfielder
Ricardo Nunes	1986	South Africa	Defender
Mohammed Mbye	1989	Gambia	Defender
Joyce Lomalisa	1993	DR Congo	Defender
Sophia Omotola Omidiji	1997	Nigeria	Forward
Ibrahim Mustapha	2000	Ghana
Pa Amadou Gai	1984	Gambia	Forward
Abdel Kader Coulibaly	1993	Ivory Coast
Vinni Triboulet	1999	Cameroon	Centre-forward
Paul Garita	1995	Cameroon	Forward
Osama Hosny	1982	Egypt	Forward
Orwin Castel	1973	Mauritius	Goalkeeper
Nasser Bouiche	1960	Algeria	Midfielder
Pierre-Daniel Nguinda	1996	Cameroon	Defender
Salim Mahsas	1991	Algeria	Midfielder
Valeriano Nchama	1995	Equatorial Guinea	Midfielder
Taha Benrhozil	2006	Morocco
Yomby William	1981	Cameroon	Defender
Ebrahim Seedat	1993	South Africa	Midfielder
Anas Aazim	1988	Morocco	Defender
Emmanuel Mbella	1992	Cameroon	Forward
Mohamed Wael Derbali	2003	Tunisia	Midfielder
Idrissa Camara	1998	Senegal
Junior Khanye	1985	South Africa	Wing half
Mehdi Baltam	1990	Morocco	Defender
Boukhalfa Branci	1952	Algeria	Goalkeeper
Madyina Ngulube	1996	Malawi
Mohamed Ali Ragoubi	1993	Tunisia	Attacking midfielder
Jean-Claude Marobe	1993	Madagascar	Defender
Andy Simukonda	1992	Malawi
Cyril Zabou	1996	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Jerome Kirya	1997	Uganda
Yiga Frank	1998	Uganda	Midfielder
Jeromy Kirya	1997	Uganda	Midfielder
Marie Claire Oka Ovah	1986	Cameroon	Defender