On this day: October 18

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

38 African footballers in our database were born on October 18, including Efe Ambrose, Christian Bassogog and Daniel Opare.

African national teams have played 11 matches on October 18 since 1962.

Footballers born on October 18 (38)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Efe Ambrose	1988	Nigeria	Full-back
Christian Bassogog	1995	Cameroon	Midfielder
Daniel Opare	1990	Ghana	Full-back
Fousseni Diabaté	1995	Mali	Midfielder
Camel Meriem	1979	Algeria	Midfielder
Lamine N'Diaye	1956	Senegal	Forward
Djima Oyawolé	1976	Togo	Forward
Cecil Jones Attuquayefio	1944	Ghana	Midfielder
Emeka Eneli	1999	Nigeria	Midfielder
Ousman Koli	1988	Gambia	Defender
Charles Livingstone Mbabazi	1980	Uganda	Midfielder
Issiaka Koudize	1990	Niger	Defender
Leandro Farias	1983	Togo	Forward
Farid Belmellat	1970	Algeria	Goalkeeper
Samir Galloul	1976	Algeria	Defender
Noureddine Bounâas	1965	Algeria	Defender
Ansu Toure	1981	Liberia	Forward
Mamadou Diarra	1970	Senegal	Forward
Éli Kroupi	1979	Ivory Coast	Forward
Yao Mawuko Sènaya	1979	Togo	Midfielder
Victor Udoh	2004	Nigeria
Philemon Otieno	1992	Kenya	Midfielder
Ballamodou Conde	1973	Guinea	Midfielder
Christine Lohoues	1992	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Mohamed Abdallah	2005	Egypt
Ibrahim Sesay	2004	Sierra Leone	Goalkeeper
Tidiane Devernois	2007	Senegal
David Pagbe	1978	Cameroon	Defender
Suleiman Selembe	1987	Tanzania
Ragab Nabil	1993	Egypt	Defender
Ramdane Dellalou	1973	Algeria	Midfielder
Georges Mvoue	1988	Cameroon	Forward
Pierre Daldoumbe Lama	1979	Chad	Defender
Courtney Butlion	2001	South Africa	Forward
Dai Baldé	2006	Guinea-Bissau
Amel Benabdallah	2004	Algeria	Goalkeeper
Mokganedi Thato Seagateng	1991	Botswana	Defender
Oluchi Ohaegbulem	2006	Nigeria	Defender