On this day: September 18

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

46 African footballers in our database were born on September 18, including Sidny Lopes Cabral, Anice Badri and Ludovic Assemoassa.

African national teams have played 10 matches on September 18 since 1946.

Footballers born on September 18 (46)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Sidny Lopes Cabral	2002	Cape Verde
Anice Badri	1990	Tunisia	Forward
Ludovic Assemoassa	1980	Togo	Defender
Christopher Wooh	2001	Cameroon	Defender
Faty Papy	1990	Burundi	Midfielder
Franck Kom	1991	Cameroon	Midfielder
Éric Rabésandratana	1972	Madagascar	Midfielder
Chigozie Emmanuel Mbah	1997	Nigeria	Midfielder
Adesoyye Oyevole	1982	Nigeria	Defender
Rachad Chitou	1976	Benin	Goalkeeper
Francis Kioyo	1979	Cameroon	Forward
Felix Ogbuke	1985	Nigeria	Midfielder
Hussein Sayed	1991	Egypt	Full-back
Omar Gaye	1998	Gambia	Defender
Lassaâd Abdelli	1960	Tunisia	Forward
Karabo Dhlamini	2001	South Africa	Midfielder
Mxolisi Mthethwa	1978	Eswatini	Midfielder
Stella Nyamekye	2005	Ghana
Walid Derrardja	1990	Algeria	Midfielder
Yaya Dissa	1975	Mali	Forward
Benjamin Ochan	1989	Uganda	Goalkeeper
Luc-Christopher Matutu	1990	DR Congo	Defender
Franck Mbella Etouga	2001	Cameroon
Sulaiman Sesay Fullah	1991	Sierra Leone	Forward
Thakgalo Leshabela	1999	South Africa	Midfielder
David Sesay	1998	Sierra Leone	Full-back
Oumar Toure	1998	Guinea	Midfielder
Jean Claude Girumugisha	2004	Burundi
Mengwa Akamba	1985	Cameroon	Midfielder
Thabo Masualle	1982	Lesotho	Defender
Peggy Lokando	1989	DR Congo	Midfielder
Alieu Jatta	1995	Gambia	Defender
Arnaud Monney	1981	Ivory Coast	Midfielder
Issam Trabelsi	1978	Tunisia	Goalkeeper
Mbairamadji Dillah	1989	Chad	Goalkeeper
Elson Mendes	2005	Cape Verde
Ibrahima Dieng	1997	Senegal	Centre-forward
Nouhoum Koné	1982	Mali
Louardi Badjika	1957	Algeria	Defender
Adam Nditi	1994	Tanzania
Damien Loppy	1997	Senegal	Forward
Alioune Sarr Ndao	2006	Senegal	Goalkeeper
Joséphine Théophile Georges	2003	Comoros	Forward
Esteline Anduma	2004	Comoros	Forward
Jared Malango	2004	Equatorial Guinea	Inside forward
Rachid Bouhila	1990	Morocco	Midfielder