An age fraud scandal has hit Cameroon and the FECAFOOT president Samuel Eto’o after 21 out of 30 members of their U-17 squad were disqualified.The majority of players selected for this year’s UNIFACC tournament – contested by the U-17 sides of Central African Football Federations’ Union countries – were disqualified after failing MRI tests.Kung-fu Eto’o! The football legend brutally knocks down a man after the Brazil tie in Qatar (VIDEO)The tests are used to determine a player’s age by scanning their wrists and measuring bone growth. “They were immediately removed from the group. Steps were immediately taken for their replacement,” FECAFOOT announced in their statement, emphasizing the attempts of Eto’o to solve the issue once and for all.”This action is the result of strict instructions given by the President of FECAFOOT acting under the mandate of the COMEX, in order to put an end to the tampering with civil status records which have, in the past, tarnished the image of the apex body of the Cameroon football. FECAFOOT urges all actors, in particular educators, to ensure that the ages by category are respected.” ##NAJAVA_MECA_6917018####EDITORS_CHOICE##Cameroon was recently criticised for withholding the list of selected players for their U-20 and U-17 teams. There are also concerns regarding their squad for this year’s African Nations Championships, with an official list of players still not made public ahead of their opening game on January 16.De retour du Qatar, où il a assisté à la 22e édition de la Coupe du monde, @SamuelEtoo a été chaleureusement accueilli jeudi matin par les employés de la #FECAFOOT au siège de l’instance à Yaoundé. pic.twitter.com/9thH9ybpmD— Fecafoot-Officiel (@FecafootOfficie) December 22, 2022 In 2019, Guinea were disqualified from the U-17 World Cup after two of their players were found guilty of age cheating.Back in 1989, FIFA banned Nigeria from their age-group tournaments after finding that the birth dates of three of their players in the 1988 Olympics were different from the ones used by the same players in previous tournaments.
