<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">Youssoufa Moukoko, one of the most prominent young talents in the world of football, has caught the eye in recent years thanks to his exceptional scoring abilities and superior skills. He began his career at the German club Borussia Dortmund, where he scored many distinctive goals and became one of the youngest players in the history of European championships. Despite his young age, Moukoko is now experiencing an unexpected crisis that may threaten his football future, after his involvement in a case of forging an age that sparked great controversy in the sports community.</p><h2 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="color:hsl(187, 48%, 51%);">Who is Youssoufa Moukoko?</span></h2><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Youssoufa Moukoko was born on November 20, 2004 AD. He is a football player who holds German and Cameroonian citizenship and plays for the German club Borussia Dortmund.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The player is known for his high scoring abilities. It is worth noting that the player was born in Cameroon and represents Germany internationally by participating with the German national team. </p><figure class="image"><img style="aspect-ratio:1080/1325;" src="https://cdn.sbisiali.com/news/images/56ae5349-2bd9-451c-b4ad-d6cccb7bff63.jpg" alt="Youssoufa Moukoko" ></figure><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> It is worth noting that during the first 10 years of his life, the player lived with his grandparents in Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon, in a neighborhood inhabited by Muslims.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> His father has been living in Hamburg as a German citizen since the 1990s, and brought his son in the summer of 2014. He also has 4 brothers, the eldest of whom has been playing in Borrell with Schwarzweis Essen since 2019.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> In addition to all of this, there was the player's advertising contract with Nike, a sports goods manufacturer, since 2019 AD, and the value of the contract is equal to 10 million euros.</p><h2 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="color:hsl(187, 48%, 51%);">His football career</span></h2><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> From 2014 to 2016, Youssoufa Moukoko played for St. Pauli's under-13 team, scoring 23 goals in 13 games as a striker, before moving to Borussia Dortmund's youth academy in 2016.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> He played with the German club in the first division in the under-19 team and managed to score 6 goals in his first match against Wuppertal, and played his first match in the European League against Barcelona in 2019 and became the youngest player to participate in the competition. </p><figure class="image"><img style="aspect-ratio:815/666;" src="https://cdn.sbisiali.com/news/images/70e30352-a281-4429-8666-fdf845fa6e09.jpg" alt="Youssoufa Moukoko"></figure><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> In 2020 AD, the player trained with the first team under the leadership of Lucien Favre, and after reaching the age of 16 he became eligible to play in the first team and participated as a substitute for Erling Haaland in the 85th minute against Hertha Berlin.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> He made his debut against Saint Petersburg in the Champions League and became the youngest player to participate in the tournament, and on December 15, 2020, the player became the youngest player to participate in the German League as a starter.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> He scored his first goal on 18 December 2010 against Union Berlin, becoming the youngest scorer in the Bundesliga at the age of 16 years and 28 days.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Regarding international play, he played with the German U-16 team on September 11, 2017 against Austria, and in the second match against Austria he scored two goals to secure the German team victory, and he was thus the youngest player in the national team. </p><figure class="image"><img style="aspect-ratio:1025/1170;" alt="Youssoufa Moukoko" src="https://cdn.sbisiali.com/news/images/3cc9cc05-5966-4ed9-a161-4b68209e364f.jpg" ></figure><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> In order to protect the player from various media interests, the management of Borussia Dortmund and the German Football Association decided not to continue the player with the teams selected at that time.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> In March 2021, the player received a call-up from the German U-21 national team, but an injury in training prevented him from representing the team and he was ruled out until the end of the season.</p><h2 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="color:hsl(187, 48%, 51%);">Achievements and figures he has achieved</span></h2><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Because the player did not participate much with the first team of Borussia Dortmund and his young age, he did not achieve many accomplishments. The following are his numbers:</p><ul style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> In 2021 he represented the first football team of Borussia Dortmund and appeared in 14 matches, scoring 3 goals.</li><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The player was able to participate with Borussia Dortmund at various age levels in 189 matches, scoring 160 goals in addition to 35 assists.</li><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> He won the German Cup with Borussia Dortmund in the 2020/2021 season.</li></ul><h2 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="color:hsl(187, 48%, 51%);">Youssoufa Moukoko is trending in a forgery case. What's the story?</span></h2><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> German Youssoufa Moukoko, who currently plays for Nice in France alongside Egyptian professional Mohamed Abdel Moneim, has topped search engines recently, as a result of a case of falsifying the player's age, which may be the largest in the history of football.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Youssoufa Moukoko is a talented footballer who plays as a striker and spent years at Borussia Dortmund scoring many different goals, but he is currently involved in a case of falsifying his age, which could end his career at an early age.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> This started in March 2023 AD, after documented reports were published that the Borussia Dortmund player was five years older than his age, which drew everyone's attention to him. </p><figure class="media"><oembed url="https://x.com/DiarioOleEc/status/1867553532708036899?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1867553532708036899%7Ctwgr%5Eace51cc205a68ac3e2b46d244331dcceabf84fbb%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.beinsports.com%2Fen-us%2Fsoccer%2Fligue-1%2Farticles-video%2Fworld-scandal-involving-youssoufa-moukoko-a-plot-that-shakes-international-football-2024-12-13"></oembed></figure><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> After a whole year, his father spoke to all the German newspapers and confirmed the information that the player is 4 years and 5 months older than his age, and his current age is supposed to be 24 years.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> In special statements by the player's father, he said that Moukoko is not his biological son nor his wife's son, and he was not born on November 20, 2004 in Yaoundé, Cameroon, but rather on July 19, 2004. </p><figure class="image"><img style="aspect-ratio:1078/556;" src="https://cdn.sbisiali.com/news/images/ae3425b5-360c-47ea-a3e1-d5fec175e215.jpg" alt="Youssoufa Moukoko"></figure><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> His father also confirmed that the sporting director of Borussia Dortmund, Kiel, knew the details of this matter and that he had told him the story of the player's age and that his age was fake, and despite that he played normally.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Despite his undisputed talent, Youssoufa Moukoko faces challenges that could destroy his footballing future early. The issue of falsifying his age that was raised around him puts him in a critical situation that could affect his professional career and lead to major repercussions. The question remains open about how this controversy will affect his career, and whether Moukoko will be able to overcome this crisis and focus on what is most important: achieving success on the field.<br></p>