On this day: November 12

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

55 African footballers in our database were born on November 12, including Benni McCarthy, Adlène Guedioura and Nedum Onuoha.

African national teams have played 61 matches on November 12 since 1958.

Footballers born on November 12 (55)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Benni McCarthy	1977	South Africa	Forward
Adlène Guedioura	1985	Algeria	Midfielder
Nedum Onuoha	1986	Nigeria	Defender
Benjamin Moukandjo	1988	Cameroon	Forward
Eric Addo	1978	Ghana	Midfielder
Kalambay Otepa	1948	DR Congo	Goalkeeper
Kingsley Obiekwu	1974	Nigeria	Defender
Paul Alo'o	1983	Cameroon	Forward
Alfons Amade	1999	Mozambique	Full-back
Chikeluba Ofoedu	1992	Nigeria	Forward
Victorien Adebayor	1996	Niger	Midfielder
Charles Takyi	1984	Ghana	Midfielder
Dawda Bah	1983	Gambia	Wing half
Willis Forko	1983	Liberia	Full-back
Khaled Ben Yahia	1959	Tunisia	Sweeper
Joël Kitenge	1987	DR Congo	Forward
Innocent Mdledle	1985	South Africa	Defender
Josué Homawoo	1997	Togo	Midfielder
Amaro	1986	Angola	Defender
Florence Okoe	1984	Ghana	Forward
Algassime Bah	2002	Guinea
Limbikani Mzava	1993	Malawi	Defender
Halifa Soulé	1990	Comoros	Midfielder
Laid Belhamel	1977	Algeria	Midfielder
Abdelhak Sameur	1990	Algeria	Midfielder
Oumar Diop	1992	Guinea	Full-back
Monday Samuel	1993	Nigeria	Midfielder
Ibrahim Hamad	1997	Tanzania
El Mami Tetah	2001	Mauritania
Jordão Diogo	1985	São Tomé and Príncipe	Defender
Samy-Oyame Mawene	1984	Congo	Midfielder
John Okoye Ebuka	1996	Nigeria	Midfielder
Iddi Batambuze	1972	Uganda	Midfielder
Alasana Yirajang	2004	Gambia
Clement Kafwafwa	1979	Malawi	Defender
Larry Horaeb	1991	Namibia	Full-back
Didier Kougbenya	1995	Togo	Midfielder
Godfred Bekoé	1992	Ghana	Forward
Moké Diarra	1983	Mali	Midfielder
Abdoulaye Soumah	1985	Guinea	Goalkeeper
Stéphane Dimy	1980	Ivory Coast	Goalkeeper
Tarek Zeghidi	1985	Algeria	Defender
Victor Samb	1985	Senegal	Forward
Ndèye Awa Casset	2003	Senegal
Mokone Marabe	1990	Lesotho	Forward
Momen Atef	1994	Egypt	Defender
Karim Zouaoui	1971	Morocco	Midfielder
Hamidou Tangara	1976	Mali
Guédé Nadje	2003	Ivory Coast
Franck Eric Tientcheu	1996	Cameroon
Mohammed Sagaf	1997	Tanzania	Midfielder
Mallo Diallo	1979	Senegal	Forward
Samuel Boateng	1997	Ghana
Florent Rajaoniasy	1992	Madagascar
Thulisile Dvuba	1988	Eswatini	Defender