Cameroonian membership Victoria United has defended Wilfried Nathan Doualla after the midfielder was accused of age dishonest.
The 17-year-old was a shock inclusion within the Indomitable Lions squad for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.
Doualla is amongst 62 gamers who’ve been suspended from the home league by Cameroon’s soccer federation (Fecafoot) for double identification or age fraud.
Doualla didn’t characteristic at this 12 months’s Nations Cup finals, the place Cameroon had been knocked out within the final 16 by eventual runners-up Nigeria.
But, after being known as up by then coach Rigobert Tune, there was a lot touch upon social media about whether or not Doualla was actually a teen when photos of the participant first surfaced.
His inclusion within the squad in Ivory Coast might result in the five-time African champions being banned from future tournaments if his registration is proved to have been falsified.
Nations Cup rules state that if a fraud or a forgery has been dedicated, the nationwide affiliation involved shall be suspended from participation within the following two editions of the continental showpiece.
For any administrative error within the registration of gamers, the nationwide affiliation involved shall be suspended from the subsequent version, the foundations add.
BBC Sport Africa has contacted the Confederation of African Soccer (Caf) for remark, whereas Fecafoot has not responded to an e mail despatched to its communication division.
