Cameroon AFCON star Wilfried Nathan Douala, 17, suspended due to age fraud | SBG9B5P | 2024-03-12 16:08:01
Wilfried Nathan Douala, the youngest member of Cameroon's Africa Cup of Nations squad, is one among 62 players to be suspended for age fraud.
Douala was a surprise inclusion in Cameroon's squad for the event earlier this yr provided that he was uncapped and enjoying for Victoria United in Cameroon's first division.
The midfielder's registration for AFCON listed his birthday as 15 Might 2006, which put him at 17-years-old and made him the youngest participant on the event.
Nevertheless, Douala has now been included on a 62-man listing of gamers suspended by the Cameroonian Soccer Federation for falsifying his age.
In complete, 15 golf equipment in Cameroon have at the least one participant suspended for age fraud.
</div> Douala didn't make an appearance for Cameroon at AFCON however was typically seen dancing together with his teammates on the best way to the dressing room in the course of the event.
Last yr, 21 members of Cameroon's 30-player squad had failed age checks earlier than the Beneath-17 AFCON event in Algeria.
Samuel Eto'o, president of the Cameroon's soccer governing physique, ordered every player to take an age check 'in an effort to put an end to the tampering with civil status data which have, prior to now, tarnished the image of Cameroon football'.
Players bear an age check by having an MRI scan of the wrist to examine bone fusion within the joint.
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