On this day: May 12

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

40 African footballers in our database were born on May 12, including Fabrice Olinga, Issa Kaboré and Jody February.

African national teams have played 9 matches on May 12 since 1949.

Footballers born on May 12 (40)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Fabrice Olinga	1996	Cameroon	Forward
Issa Kaboré	2001	Burkina Faso	Full-back
Jody February	1996	South Africa	Goalkeeper
William Balikwisha	1999	DR Congo	Wing half
John Kamara	1988	Sierra Leone	Midfielder
Youssef Haraoui	1965	Algeria	Midfielder
Nader Matar	1992	Morocco	Midfielder
Chima Nwosu	1986	Nigeria	Defender
Dorian Jr.	2001	Equatorial Guinea	Centre-forward
Eddie Stuart	1931	South Africa	Defender
Abderrahmane Meziani	1942	Algeria	Forward
Raymond Adeola	2001	Nigeria
Ayinde Jamiu Lawal	1988	Nigeria	Midfielder
Ismail Ba	1974	Senegal	Midfielder
Bello Musa Kofarmata	1988	Nigeria	Forward
Khalid Sekkat	1984	Morocco	Midfielder
Kassim Aidara	1987	Senegal	Midfielder
Ernest Papa Arko	1984	Ghana	Forward
Gilson Varela	1990	Cape Verde	Forward
Houssam Amaanan	1994	Morocco	Forward
Wassim Aouachria	2000	Algeria
Babacar N'Diaye	1973	Senegal	Forward
Rachid Dahmani	1982	Morocco	Midfielder
Houssem Louati	1992	Tunisia	Midfielder
Uchenna Ogundu	2006	Nigeria
Jacques Deckousshoud	1964	Gabon	Goalkeeper
Jony Ramos	1986	São Tomé and Príncipe	Forward
Mouhamed Ngom	2000	Senegal
Ibrahim Bancé	2001	Burkina Faso	Midfielder
Memory Phiri	1998	Zambia	Forward
Abdelhadi Halhoul	1990	Morocco	Forward
Abdullahi Tanko	1998	Nigeria
Yolande Gnammi	2000	Benin
Mouloud Kaoua	1971	Algeria	Forward
Ahmed Keita	1987	Senegal	Forward
Mustapha Dhib	1921	Tunisia
Maher Sharoma	1996	Chad
Carlos Moreira	1976	Cape Verde	Midfielder
Rachid Kheloufi	1959	Algeria	Midfielder
Doctor David	2001	Botswana	Defender