On this day: March 12

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

67 African footballers in our database were born on March 12, including Serhou Guirassy, Shehu Abdullahi and Amdy Faye.

African national teams have played 23 matches on March 12 since 1965.

Footballers born on March 12 (67)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Serhou Guirassy	1996	Guinea	Forward
Shehu Abdullahi	1993	Nigeria	Midfielder
Amdy Faye	1977	Senegal	Midfielder
Karim Hafez	1996	Egypt	Full-back
Carlos Akapo	1993	Equatorial Guinea	Defender
Jordan Adeoti	1989	Benin	Defensive midfielder
Néjib Ghommidh	1953	Tunisia	Midfielder
Charles Kwabla Akonnor	1974	Ghana	Midfielder
Hacène Lalmas	1943	Algeria	Midfielder
Bambanani Mbane	1990	South Africa	Defender
Nassim Hnid	1997	Tunisia	Centre-back
Armand Deumi	1979	Cameroon	Defender
Mamadou Mbodj	1993	Senegal	Defender
Fateh Gharbi	1983	Tunisia	Defender
Abdul Hamid Bassiouny	1972	Egypt	Forward
Amin Chiakha	2006	Algeria
Jones Mwewa	1973	Zambia	Defender
Aggrey Morris	1984	Tanzania	Defender
Ojokojo Torunarigha	1970	Nigeria	Midfielder
Ricardo Katza	1978	South Africa	Defender
Genséric Kusunga	1988	Angola	Defender
Miloud Hadefi	1949	Algeria	Defender
El Mehdi Karnas	1990	Morocco	Wing half
Moses Sakyi	1981	Ghana	Forward
Rafan Sidibé	1984	Mali	Forward
Fedi Ben Choug	1995	Tunisia	Midfielder
Karim Niizigiyimana	1989	Burundi	Defender
Jérémie N'Jock	1980	Cameroon	Forward
Godwin Obaje	1997	Nigeria	Forward
Esther Okhae	1986	Nigeria	Goalkeeper
Emmanuel Ntim	1996	Ghana	Full-back
Mossaâb Sassi	1990	Tunisia	Forward
Sana Daoudi	1998	Morocco	Midfielder
Ismaïl Mansouri	1988	Algeria	Goalkeeper
Houcine Zidoune	1990	Morocco	Midfielder
N'Guessan Yessoh	1992	Ivory Coast	Forward
Fawzi Ouaamar	1993	Morocco	Midfielder
Victor Pony Carr	1988	Liberia	Forward
Rahavi Kifouéti	1989	Congo	Wing half
John Avire	1997	Kenya	Forward
Khaled Kehiha	1986	Algeria	Defender
Ronnie Kisekka	1993	Uganda	Defender
Amadú	1996	Mozambique
Reda Benchaa	2002	Algeria
Thabane Rankara	1978	Lesotho	Forward
Agnes Marie Claire Nkada	1995	Cameroon	Forward
Raphael Boumsong	1989	Cameroon	Forward
Ndjicoura Raymond Bomba	2008	Mali
Vinny Mukendi	1992	DR Congo	Forward
Shane Poggenpoel	1984	South Africa	Midfielder
Mohamed Sghaier Nasri	1990	Tunisia	Forward
Martin N'Kouka	1958	DR Congo	Midfielder
Daouda Camara	1994	Guinea	Midfielder
Lola Okenve	1997	Equatorial Guinea	Full-back
Samuel Pungi	2001	Angola
Abdulhalim Homoud Mohammed	1987	Tanzania
Abdelaziz Zarabi	1950	Algeria	Midfielder
Carlos Mosibe	1988	Equatorial Guinea	Goalkeeper
Larbi Hammouche	1991	Algeria	Midfielder
Michel Nzamongini Babale	1975	DR Congo	Goalkeeper
Freeman Niamathé	1995	Central African Republic
Ali Huzaif	1999	Ghana
Serreh Jatta	1997	Gambia	Defender
Doceline Theolore	1982	Equatorial Guinea	Midfielder
Collins Nwoburuoke	2002	Nigeria	Defender
Mansour Ndiaye	1980	Senegal	Midfielder
Mélissa Vieux	2004	Morocco	Midfielder