Cameroon cheated with the age of footballers. The test revealed that the majority of players are older

In the Cameroon under-17 national football team, 21 players out of 30 were nominated who did not pass the age test. He revealed that they were over 18 years old, so they had to be excluded from the nomination.

Cameroon’s national football team has announced that 21 of the 30 players who were in the squad for the qualifiers for the African Under-17 Cup of Nations have been dropped from the squad because they did not pass the age test.

In a press release, the Cameroonian federation announced that 21 players failed the test. Magnetic resonance imaging of the wrist is performed to analyze the maturity of the bones and therefore to determine the age of the player. This test should reveal with a very high probability who has already turned 18 and who has not yet.

???????? 21 out of 30 players have just been removed from the Cameroon U17 list for CAN U17 qualifiers after failing the age test mandated by FECOFA.
The test is an MRI of the wrist to analyze bone maturation and prevent fraud on the age of players. pic.twitter.com/HXp70o5bkk

— EspoirsduFootball (@EspoirsduFoot) January 2, 2023

This test is carried out in football to prevent fraud in youth selection nominations. In the case of Cameroon, 21 out of 30 players failed the test. The Cameroonian federation has announced that it is now working to replace players who were ineligible for the under-17 squad.

​According to the Cameroonian federation, the measure is the result of strict instructions from the president of the federation to put an end to the machinations with the age of players, which in the past damaged the image of Cameroonian football.

​The president of the Cameroon Football Association is the former great footballer Samuel from 2021 Eto’o, who has made it one of his main goals to fight fraud involving the deployment of older players in youth selections. In the summer of 2022, 44 players who were older than the age limit were already revealed.

At the senior World Cup, Cameroon beat Brazil, but it was not enough to advance:

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