On this day: September 12

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

34 African footballers in our database were born on September 12, including Raphael Dwamena, Giannelli Imbula and Issam El Adoua.

African national teams have played 17 matches on September 12 since 1965.

Footballers born on September 12 (34)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Raphael Dwamena	1995	Ghana	Forward
Giannelli Imbula	1992	DR Congo	Midfielder
Issam El Adoua	1986	Morocco	Centre-back
Yusuf Otubanjo	1992	Nigeria	Forward
Samir Hadji	1989	Morocco	Forward
Mohamed Camara	1977	Morocco	Midfielder
Joe Addo	1971	Ghana	Centre-back
Abdelmajid Oulmers	1978	Morocco	Midfielder
Tashreeq Matthews	2000	South Africa	Midfielder
Yasin Hamed	1999	Sudan	Midfielder
Óscar Siafá	1997	Equatorial Guinea
Ali Sulieman	2000	Eritrea	Forward
Abdel Rahman Magdy	1997	Egypt	Wing half
Yaken Hussein	1934	Egypt	Defender
Ayodeji Brown	1988	Nigeria	Defender
Balla Jabir	1985	Sudan	Full-back
Nadjib Ghoul	1985	Algeria	Goalkeeper
Emmanuel Iwe	2000	Nigeria	Wide midfielder
Ernest Amos	1975	Botswana	Defender
Phakamani Mahlambi	1997	South Africa	Midfielder
Rachid El Hammouchi	1981	Morocco	Full-back
Celestina Manga	2002	Equatorial Guinea	Attacking midfielder
Eric Adjei	1984	Ghana	Midfielder
Shamirah Nalugya	2003	Uganda
Francis Ezeh	1997	Nigeria
Eric Brown	1990	Liberia	Midfielder
Abdennour Siouane	1989	Algeria	Forward
Massinissa Nezla	1998	Algeria
Ayoub Ezzaytouni	2001	Morocco	Midfielder
Abdelhamid Sami	1985	Egypt	Defender
Alassan Gutiérrez	2002	Guinea-Bissau	Left winger
Prado	1999	Angola
Pisco Vuanga	1982	DR Congo	Goalkeeper
Celimpilo Ngema	1997	South Africa