17 years old Wilfried Douala gets his First International Call up for Cameroon.

[Bigpokey24]

ok ooo

[YemiBrazil]

Na environment. Uncle 1naira looked exactly like that at 15.

[Kabalega]

ok ooo

Can’t see this ish

[Bigpokey24]

Na environment. Uncle 1naira looked exactly like that at 15.

[danfo driver]

Na environment. Uncle 1naira looked exactly like that at 15.

That one was not environment. His was tribalism.

[packerland]

I don’t just call out our players. This dude with the receding hairline is not 17years old. This is so wrong. Our Cameroonian brothers need to come explain this.

[iworo]

Scandal in Africa: Cameroon calls up a 17-year-old... but he doesn't look it


Douala, en acción.

Nathan Douala claims to be 17 years old and will be at the Africa Cup of Nations.

A Cameroonian football player has struck controversy as he claims to be a teenager but there are many alleging that he is far older than he claims to be as he will appear for the national team in the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).

According to the Cameroon Federation, Wilfried Nathan Douala was born in 2006 and will make his debut with the senior national team at the age of 17. In fact, he has been called up by the national team coached by Rigobert Song for AFCON, held in Ivory Coast from January 13, 2024.

So far so normal ... until the image of the player appears, which, by far, does not appear to have those 17 official years. Thus, the world has the first controversy of an AFCON that usually brings news of this type at the beginning of the tournament.

Douala, a midfielder for Cameroon's Victoria United, seems to be one of the young talents of Cameroon which is presided over by the great Samuel Eto'o, perhaps the best African footballer in history.



The Cameroonian national team is one of the Nations Cup favorites with players, and Senegal enter as the defending champions.

Onana wants to avoid international duty

Manchester United's first choice goalkeeper, Andre Onana, is also Cameroon's main goalkeeper and as he is regarded as one of the best in the game he will be a desired pick for the nation in their continental tournament.

And at the moment, Onana is eager to play in the contest but has asked the Cameroonian FA to delay his availability for international duties, according to ESPN.

He wants to remain with the Old Trafford club, where he arrived for $54.7m in the summer, for their FA Cup tie against Wigan Athletic on January 8. The English game is due to take place one day before a friendly against Zambia on January 9 and the 27-year-old would rather play the competitive game.

Cameroon will be eager to protect him from injury so they could deny the request and Manchester United could be forced to turn to either Altay Bayindir or Tom Heaton to stand-in for the tie against the EFL Sky Bet League One side.

https://www.marca.com/en/football/2023/ ... b456e.html

[packerland]

I don’t know what Onana will gain from delaying his arrival to camp. Man Utd should be beating Wigan without him. I doubt he gets his job back on his return if Altay Bayindir performs well and Man Utd go on a winning streak.

[Undertaker]

Is he of Indian descent?

[joao]

Don't understand all the fuss, if this is not an age-grade tournament.
All the ITKs ranting as if they were present at his delivery.