On this day: March 18

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

42 African footballers in our database were born on March 18, including Ferjani Sassi, Mantorras and Bennett Mnguni.

African national teams have played 11 matches on March 18 since 1966.

On March 18 1984, Cameroon won the Africa Cup of Nations, beating Nigeria in the final.

Footballers born on March 18 (42)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Ferjani Sassi	1992	Tunisia	Midfielder
Mantorras	1982	Angola	Forward
Bennett Mnguni	1974	South Africa	Midfielder
Selemani Ndikumana	1987	Burundi	Forward
Dramane Coulibaly	1979	Mali	Forward
Lossémy Karaboué	1988	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Alexander Jakobsen	1994	Egypt	Defender
Kader Camara	1982	Guinea	Midfielder
Matar Fall	1982	Senegal	Midfielder
Orok Akarandut	1987	Nigeria	Forward
Hossam El Badry	1960	Egypt	Midfielder
Cecilio Lopes	1979	Cape Verde	Forward
Karim Kamanzi	1983	Rwanda	Forward
Levis Swartbooi	1984	Namibia	Forward
Adel Maïza	1983	Algeria	Defender
Jorge Ferreira	1966	Angola	Defender
Donald Dering Djousse	1990	Cameroon	Forward
Mourad Berrefane	1986	Algeria	Goalkeeper
Numba Mwila	1972	Zambia	Midfielder
Lovisa Mulunga	1995	Namibia	Defender
Akanni-Sunday WasiuaA	1984	Nigeria	Forward
Gilson Manuel Silva Alves	1987	Cape Verde	Forward
Saâdi Radouani	1995	Algeria	Defender
Eugène Talla	1986	Cameroon	Midfielder
Hamza Boudlal	1982	Morocco	Goalkeeper
Abdennour Cherif El-Ouazzani	1986	Algeria	Midfielder
Sana Yaakoubi	1995	Tunisia	Defender
Solomon Enow	1987	Cameroon	Defender
Saafi Boulbaba	1986	Tunisia	Defender
Nyeck Nyobe	1983	Cameroon	Defender
Omar Diop	1981	Senegal	Forward
Dennis Odhiambo	1985	Kenya	Full-back
Mohamed Amine el Bakkali	1984	Morocco	Midfielder
Adrian Chama	1989	Zambia	Defender
Erwin N'Guema Obame	1983	Gabon	Defender
Papa Dadson	1990	Ghana	Midfielder
Youssef Trabelsi	1993	Tunisia	Midfielder
Jason Tré	1998	Ivory Coast	Full-back
Mohab Yaser	1997	Egypt
Boris Mfoumou	2005	Cameroon	Forward
Camilla Daha	2005	Cameroon	Forward
Amos Kirya	1998	Uganda	Forward