Long the centre of rumours about his real age, Youssoufa Moukoko is now dealing with harsh allegations from a man now claiming not to be his father.
The Nice striker, on loan from Borussia Dortmund, is the youngest debutant and scorer in the history of the Bundesliga and Champions League at just 16.
However, Joseph Moukoko, who appears as his father on his birth certificate, has made some shocking claims.
BILD quote the 73-year-old as saying: “Knowing that it is a criminal offence to make a false affidavit, I declare under oath: Youssoufa Moukoko is not the biological son of me and my wife Marie Moukoko. Nor was he born on November 20, 2004 in Yaoundé, Cameroon.”
In a new show soon to be released called ‘Tricks, Cheating, Deception – The Million Dollar Business with Football Talents’, Joseph Moukoko allegedly claims that he and his partner applied for a false birth certificate.
Joseph reportedly says: “I then went to the embassy and got him a passport and then took him to Germany as my son. He was actually born on July 19, 2000. We made him four years younger. Now he was born on November 20, 2004.”
This would mean Youssoufa was 20 when he set records as a 16 year old, and that he is currently 24 on loan at Nice.
It’s noted that Joseph claimed the opposite under oath in the past, so could be found guilty of fraud.
Youssoufa’s birth certificate originally came from Cameroon but was converted to a German one after immigrating to the country.
Parent club Dortmund responded to the revelations in a statement, saying: “In the case of Youssoufa Moukoko, the biological parents and the date of birth are derived from official identification documents and birth certificates issued by a German authority.
“These documents are still valid today and are the basis for playing authorizations and permits for clubs, regardless of whether they are domestic or foreign, and of course also for association teams such as the German U21 national team.
“Please also note that both the player and the biological parents identified in the above-mentioned documents have declared to us and, in the case of the parents, even to third parties through affidavits in the context of legal proceedings that the information contained in the aforementioned official documents is correct. This factual status is of course decisive for us, the DFB and the player’s current club.”
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