Many players have been suspended by the Cameroonian football federation, which suspects them of having lied about their age. Among them, Nathan Douala, who had been presented as the youngest of the last CAN with his 17 years announced.
Cameroonian football is in turmoil. The Cameroonian Football Federation published the list of players selected for the Play-Offs Up and Down of the championship on Sunday. And in the document, 52 players’ names are in red, with the following pattern: “Double identity”.
In other words, Fecafoot suspects them of having lied about their civil status, and in particular on their age. Among them are a certain Nathan Douala, Victoria United player, who appears in the selection of Rigobert Song for the African Cup of Nations.
Douala was not 17 years old …
With a date of birth announced on June 15, 2006, this midfielder had been presented as the Benjamin de la Can, with his “17 years”. But at the time, there was already serious doubts this player The face did not seem just out of adolescence.
Players who lie about their age to declare themselves much younger and appear as prodigies in the eyes of recruiters, it is a scourge that has touched Africa for many years, and which has been bad to measure the magnitude with precision. Beyond the Douala case, the most spectacular, these numerous suspensions pronounced by the Cameroonian Federation, which has the merit of tackling the problem, ignore anything good.
