THE STRIKER WOULD HAVE BEEN BORN IN 2000
Moukoko alert: In Germany they question his age
Published:13/01/2023 - 13:52h
Updated:13/01/2023 - 13:52h
The reality of African players is often not to have very clear records about their birth, especially if they moved very young to European territory
The FC Barcelona, the Newcastle and the own Borussia Dortmund have begun to see more than near the controversy on which would be the real age of Youssoufa Moukoko. Andl leading, as they are informing in Germany, would not have 18 years but 22, in a quite common case of African immigrants that arrive to the European continent without exact papers of his birth.
The three teams are the best positioned to close an agreement with the international forward with Germany that finishes agreement with the own German club at the end of the season. Moukoko Was born in Cameroon and left to live to Germany in 2014, and right now all want him in his staff by the projection that offers with alone 18 years, although this could change.
In Germany affirm that in 2022 discovered a certificate of birth dated in the year 2000 with the name of Yousouffa Mohamadou and attributed to the forward of the Dortmund. The half Austrian 'Laola1' details the affirmations that the adoptive father of Moukoko had sent the supposed certificate of birth discovered to a journalist.
The adoption of the player arose in 2022, but now alleges that an investigation on the fraud of age has generated doubts on the legitimacy that Moukoko be 18 years old. In fact, the information affirms that they arose doubts due to the fact that Moukoko purportedly had girlfriends significantly greater that he in his first years of adolescence.
A history that already has seen
In the African continent, with intention or no, this situation already has seen in several opportunities to the not having too much control in the registers of birth. In fact, this same month the selection Sub-17 of Cameroon would play the classification of Central Africa in the Glass of Nations when it discovered that 21 of the 30 members of the team failed the proofs of age.
Already the ex Barcelona, Samuel Eto'or, the one who is president of the Federation of Cameroonian Football, asked that all the players selected for his juvenile team subject to proofs of magnetic resonance. This to be able to determine the age of the players and like this tackle the increasing problem of the fraud of age in the country that was in the World-wide of Qatar.