Youssoufa Moukoko It is the name of the moment in football Europa and not for a reason that generates pride Cameroonthe country in which he was born, Germanythe one who adopted him as a citizen and represents national teams, or Borussia Dortmundthe club where he debuted as a professional. The young man? striker is once again the protagonist of an extra-sports scandal.
The Dortmund attacker, on loan this season to A string French, had already been involved in a controversial episode a few years ago for having falsified documents linked to his birth. Now, some statements from the person who believed himself to be his father, Joseph Moukokoadd more confusion to the issue: the man stated “under oath” that Youssofa is actually 24 years old and he is not his father.
“I declare under oath: Youssoufa Moukoko is not the biological son of me or my wife Marie Moukoko. Nor was he born on November 20, 2004 in Yaoundé, Cameroon,” said Joseph, unleashing a stir of proportions in the German country.
The player was being pointed out as a promise for local soccer, breaking precocity records in the Bundesliga and with the teamthe German team where he was international for the first time on November 16, 2022 against Oman (1-0), at 17 years old?, and had a very brief participation in the Qatar World Cup 2022 (he played one minute in the loss against Japan).
According to a journalistic documentary revealed in the last few hours, Joseph also said that he himself took charge of falsifying the documents to impersonate his father. “He was actually born on July 19, 2000. Now he appears as born on November 20, 2004,” the false parent revealed.
Dortmund believes in the footballer and continues to maintain that the boy is 20 years old today and that his parents are who they were at the time of signing his first contract.
“The biological parents of Youssoufa Moukoko They are determined based on official identity documents and birth certificates issued by the German authorities. These documents remain valid to this day and constitute the basis for gaming authorizations and licenses for clubs, both nationally and internationally,” said the club, current runner-up in the Champions Leaguethrough a statement.
The Bild newspaper, the most prestigious in Germany and one of the most read in all of Europe, had already contributed its suspicions in relation to Youssoufa’s birth. They went to Cameroon and found no traces of the past of the footballer like Moukoko, but they did find that of a Youssoufa Mohamadouborn in the year 2000 and registered as the son of Ousman Mohamadou, a local taxi driver.
The episode may mark a before and after in a problem that has become more acute in recent years with the flexibility of citizenship and registration policies. It is expected that UEFA and FIFA will take note of the matter and end up taking it to a higher level, transforming it into a paradigmatic case for the world of football.
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