Youssoufa Moukoko’s alleged father has accused him of lying about his age

The facade of football star Youssoufa Moukoko (officially 20) is crumbling more and more...

Moukoko's alleged father says: "He is not my biological son nor that of my wife. He wasn’t born on 20/11/2004 in Yaoundé, Cameroon, but on 19/07/2000.

He was made four years younger than he actually was he was registered as 2004."

"The facade of football star Youssoufa Moukoko (officially 20 years old) is collapsing more and more!" , headlines Bild this Friday morning. The German publication reveals new statements from Joseph Moukoko (73 years old). The latter assured under oath that he is not the biological father of Youssoufa Moukoko. Which we already knew. But he provided other details on the player's age.

"Aware of the criminal liability of a false declaration under oath, I declare (…) under oath: Youssoufa Moukoko is not the biological son of me and my wife, Marie Moukoko. Nor was he born on 20 November 2004 in Yaoundé, Cameroon (…) I told him: Youssoufa obtained a false birth certificate in Yaoundé. Thereupon I went to the embassy and obtained a passport for him, and then I took him to Germany as my son. (…) He was actually born on 19 July 2000. We made him four years younger. Now he was born on 20 November 2004. My wife was employed by an agency that works for BVB sponsor Evonik, and I was employed directly by BVB. So we received money every month. We did not work. That is how we got the money."

He would be 4 years older.

Bild states that Joseph Moukoko, who was awarded a contract as a video analyst and scout, earned a maximum of 20,000 euros per month. In addition, the German media, which went to Cameroon to try to find the player's real birth certificate, found nothing concerning a birth in 2004. On the other hand, the German media came across the birth certificate of Youssoufa Mohamadou, born on July 19, 2000, who is not dead and is therefore 24 years old today. His father is Ousman Mohamadou, 51 years old. "In the shantytown "La Briqueterie" in the capital where Youssoufa Moukoko grew up, an uncle of the footballer says that his real father lives in a villa ten kilometers away. Several neighbors also confirm that the father of the BVB star, whom everyone knows here, lives here. "However, it is not Joseph Moukoko who lives in the villa, but Ousman Mohamadou ," writes Bild , which thus makes serious accusations.

The publication also contacted Sascha Fligge, BVB's communications director. He said: "In the case of Youssoufa Moukoko, the biological parents can be traced from official identity documents and birth certificates issued by a German authority. These documents remain valid to this day and form the basis for playing rights and approvals for clubs, whether domestic or foreign, and of course for the selection teams of associations such as the German U21 national team." Bild states that "there is a German birth certificate because Joseph and Marie Moukoko were born in Cameroon but later obtained German citizenship. In the course of this operation, Youssoufa Moukoko's birth certificate was also converted into a German birth certificate." As the years go by, the debate over Moukoko's age continues to rage.