Youssoufa Moukoko (20), attacksč Borussia Dortmund, who is currently playing on loan in Nice, France, is once again at the center of controversy. The German Bild published information according to which the football player, accidentally born in 2004, is actually four years older.
Napada, born in Cameroon, came to Germany as a child and made his debut for the U-16 German national team at the age of 12. Već then there were doubts about his age, since he dominated in the younger categories. In the Cadet Bundesliga, he scored 83 goals and provided 14 assists in 50 games, while in the U-19 Bundesliga, he scored 44 goals and 10 assists in 23 appearances.
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However, the ProSieben documentary reveals that Moukoko was actually born on July 19, 2000, and his father, it was believed, Joseph Moukokohe admitted everything under oath.
– Being aware of the criminal liability of false statements, I declare under oath: Youssoufa Moukoko is not the biological son of me and my wife Marie Moukoko. Also, he was not born on November 20, 2004 in Yaoundé. I got him a fake birth certificate in Yaoundé. Then I went to the embassy, took out his passport and took him to Germany as a son. He was actually born on July 19, 2000. year. We rejuvenated him by four years, so on the papers it says that he was born on November 20, 2004.
Joseph also stated:
– My wife was employed in an agency that works for Evonik, the sponsor of Borussia Dortmund, and I was employed directly by the club. That’s how we got money every month. We didn’t work.
According to Bild, Joseph Moukoko received 20,000 euros per month as a video analyst and scout at Borussia Dortmund. German journalists investigating in Cameroon found no evidence of Moukoko, born in 2004, but they found the birth certificate of Youssoufa Mohamadou, born in 2000, matching the footballer’s description.
Neighbors in a slum The Brickyard they claim that his real father is Ousman Mohamadou, not Joseph Moukoko.
– In the La Briqueterie slum in the capital, where Youssoufa Moukoko grew up, the footballer’s uncle says that his real father lives in a villa ten kilometers away. And several neighbors confirm that the father of the Borussia Dortmund star, whom everyone knows, lives here. However, Joseph Moukoko no longer lives in the villa, but Ousman Mohamadou – writes Bild.
He reacted to these accusations Sascha FliggeBorussia Dortmund’s director of communications.
– In the case of Youssoufa Moukok, the biological parents can be found on the basis of official personal documents and birth certificates issued by the German authorities. These documents remain in force to this day and are the basis for signing contracts with clubs, domestic and foreign, and, of course, for the selection of national teams such as the German under-21 national team – he said.