On this day: October 12

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

54 African footballers in our database were born on October 12, including Shola Ameobi, Genoveva Añonman and Felício Milson.

African national teams have played 84 matches on October 12 since 1960.

Footballers born on October 12 (54)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Shola Ameobi	1981	Nigeria	Forward
Genoveva Añonman	1987	Equatorial Guinea	Forward
Felício Milson	1999	Angola	Forward
Jermaine Seoposenwe	1993	South Africa	Forward
Issam Chebake	1989	Morocco	Defender
Roberto Massimo	2000	Ghana	Forward
Bernie Ibini-Isei	1992	Nigeria	Wing half
Sheriff Suma	1986	Sierra Leone	Defender
Juan Epitié	1976	Equatorial Guinea	Midfielder
Andrew Uwe	1967	Nigeria	Defender
Valentino Yuel	1994	South Sudan	Midfielder
Ousseynou Niang	2001	Senegal
Baba Yara	1936	Ghana	Midfielder
Brahim Zaari	1989	Morocco	Goalkeeper
Paula Barila	1979	Equatorial Guinea
Aynalem Hailu	1986	Ethiopia	Centre-back
Ngozi Ezeocha	1973	Nigeria	Defender
Leticia Zikpi	1986	Ghana	Forward
Kofi Opare	1990	Ghana	Defender
Amine Messoussa	2004	Algeria	Forward
Fares Djabelkheir	1975	Algeria	Forward
Larbi Touati	1936	Tunisia	Forward
Grace Asare	1989	Ghana	Defender
Japtheth Waweru	1978	Kenya	Defender
Okechukwu Odita	1983	Nigeria	Defender
Knox Mutizwa	1993	Zimbabwe	Forward
Godwin Abadaki	1993	Nigeria	Forward
Khalifa Elhadj Ba	1985	Senegal	Defender
Stéphane Pierre	1981	Mauritius	Midfielder
Amadou Doumbouya	2002	Guinea
Alex Karmo	1989	Liberia	Defender
Serge Souchon-Koguia	1987	Central African Republic	Midfielder
Issa Thiaw	1992	Senegal	Midfielder
Mohamed Soukhane	1931	Algeria	Defender
Belkacem Remache	1985	Algeria	Defender
Manu Dagher	1984	Liberia	Forward
Mabi de Almeida	1963	Angola
César Abaya	1984	Chad	Defender
Sylvain Azougoui	1983	Togo	Goalkeeper
Lobi Manzoki	1996	DR Congo	Forward
Samuel Atta Mensah	1999	Ghana	Forward
Tanaka Chinyahara	1995	Zimbabwe	Midfielder
Duval N'Zembi	1988	Gabon	Forward
Prince Matore	1974	Zimbabwe	Defender
Jules Elegbedé	1993	Benin	Forward
Abdoulaye Diarra	1986	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Mohamed Bouderbala	1984	Tunisia	Goalkeeper
Jonathan Diba Musangu	1997	DR Congo	Goalkeeper
Nickson Kibabage	2000	Tanzania
Fahad Musana	1990	Uganda	Defender
Francis Songo	1968	Malawi	Attacker
Elia Mapinduzi Balama	1997	Tanzania	Attacking midfielder
Faruk Shikalo	1996	Kenya	Goalkeeper
Thomas Ochungo	1993	Uganda	Defender