“This guy go senior Eto’o”: Full list as Cameroon’s FA suspends 62 players over age cheat

Cameroon’s football association has suspended 62 players including Wilfried Nathan Douala over an age-related scandalThe 17-year-old winger was part of the Indomitable Lions squad that was knocked out in the round of 16 in AFCON 202315 clubs were affected with MTN Elite One Group B team, Yong Sports Academy, having the highest number of 13 players Legit.ng journalist Adekunle Dada has over 5 years of experience covering metro and government policy

Yaoundé, Cameroon – 17-year-old Cameroonian player, Wilfried Nathan Douala, has been dropped from Victoria United’s squad for their upcoming Championship playoff over age fraud.

As reported by Sports Brief, Cameroon’s Football Association, FECAFOOT disclosed that Doualla is under investigation for an age-related scandal.

Wilfried Nathan Doualla suspended over age cheat
Photo credit: @OgaNlaMedia/@AllezLesLions
Source: TwitterAccording to FECAFOOT, 62 players including Douala and several other internationals are provisionally declared ineligible for the play-offs (MTN Elite One) for dual identity.

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This was contained in a statement posted on its X handle (formerly Twitter) @AllezLesLions.

Doualla was an unused substitute for the Indomitable Lions throughout the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2023 in Ivory Coast.

No fewer than 15 clubs were affected with MTN Elite One Group B team, Yong Sports Academy, having the highest number of 13 players named among the 62.

It was gathered that one media house reported that some of the affected players were as much as 10 years older than they claimed.

The affected clubs are:

Yong Sport academy with 13 playersVictoria United with 7 playersAs Fortuna with 7 playersUms de Loum with 5 playersColombe du Sud with 5 playersGazelle Fa with 4 playersDynamo Douala with 4 playersUnion de Douala with 3 playersFovu de Baham with 3 playersApejes with 2 playersPwd Bamenda with 2 playersBamboutos Mbouda with 2 playersAstres Douala with 2 playersAvion du Nkam with 2 playersFauve Azur with 2 playersReacting to Doualla’s suspension, accredited FIFA & CAF Photo-Journalist, Adepoju Tobi Samuel, said the winger is older than Cameroon’s FA president, Samuel Eto’o

Writing via his X handle (formerly known as Twitter) @OgaNlaMedia, he wrote:

17-year-old Cameroonian player suspended for age cheat.This guy go senior Eto’o.Cameroon coach on why they lost to Nigeria Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that Rigobert Song, the coach of Cameroon’s Indomitable Lions, attributed his team’s 0-2 loss to Nigeria in the Africa Cup of Nations(AFCON) 2023 in Ivory Coast to sheer bad luck.

He stated that his team was better in the encounter but could not be clinical in front of goal.

Song emphasised that the competition is a valuable learning experience for his young players, expressing confidence in their future success.

Source: Legit.ng