There have been suggestions that Lazio's Cameroonian player Joseph Minala is older than the 17 years that his birth certificate suggests. I think the sceptics might have a point!

 

 

This article confirms that age fraud has always been rife in Africa, where official documents can be faked or obtained for a bribe. 

 

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2010/feb/21/nigerian-football-age-old-problem

 

Many of us will remember Scotland narrowly losing in the final of the U16 World Cup (1988-ish?) to a Saudi team who looked an awful lot older. 

That seventeen year old has had a pretty hard life.

And this guy is 46? Aye right!

 

There have been suggestions that Lazio's Cameroonian player Joseph Minala is older than the 17 years that his birth certificate suggests. I think the sceptics might have a point!

 

Minala-Lazio.jpg

 

This article confirms that age fraud has always been rife in Africa, where official documents can be faked or obtained for a bribe. 

 

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2010/feb/21/nigerian-football-age-old-problem

 

Many of us will remember Scotland narrowly losing in the final of the U16 World Cup (1988-ish?) to a Saudi team who looked an awful lot older. 

It was 1989. Early Learning shops in Saudi Arabia must sell a lot of shaving foam! I suspect this happens quite a lot in age group distance running where African runners' dates of birth tend to uncelar to say the least.

No way Victor Wanyama is 22.