UPDATE -  They ended up moving the date to July 12th at Allianz Arena in Germany, but everything is a go for Goal4Africa and Nelson Mandela’s 90th Birthday Celebration on July 18th.

Clarence Seedorf, Rino Gattuso, Gigi Buffon, Emmanuel Adebayor, Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard, and Fabio Cannavaro are just a few of the 40 players coming together in the highly symbolic match.

The Humanitarian Initiative Goal4Africa was conceived from a simple idea, education and football.

On July 18th at the Allianz Arena in Munich, world stars Clarence Seedorf (the 1st Global Ambassador for Goal4Africa), Steven Gerrard, Rino Gattuso and Kaka will play a two team World All-Star match in celebration of Nelson Mandela’s 90th Birthday and the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

The campaign will continue to run up to the 2010 World Cup with the goal being to raise $90 million, with fans being able to pledge money for every goal scored by their favorite team over the next two years.

image via JCI