Cameroon suspend 62 players who 'lied about their age' including 17-year-old AFCON star

The Cameroonian FA, FECAFOOT, have suspended 62 players for concealing their true age including Wilfried Nathan Doualla - who shocked fans at AFCON claiming to be 17-years-old

The Cameroonian FA has suspended 62 players for concealing their true age.

The players have been ruled ineligible to compete in the upcoming play-off's for the MTN Elite One - Cameroon's top division - according to local media. Clubs that have players banned now have 72 hours to appeal the decision.

One such player who has been banned is Wilfried Nathan Doualla, who caused a stir at AFCON earlier this year when fans discovered he is 17 years old. Football fans were shocked, with Doualla's looks appearing way beyond his tender years.

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Fans in England had compared Doualla to Luke Littler, the teen darts superstar who looks like he's in his mid-30s. Douala, who is now suspended from playing for Victoria United, was the youngest member of Rigobert Song's 27-man squad at AFCON.

Cameroon was rocked by an age scandal at the turn of the year, as 32 players called up to an under-17s tournament failed “age tests” - suggesting they are older than they claim to be.

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Speaking ahead of AFCON, Bambe Wanneh Giovanni, a Cameroonian football journalist, admitted to The Athletic age fraud is a problem in his home nation: "We’ve had so many cases of age fraud.

"A player gets scouted when they are 17 or 18 — the ages clubs really want to get talents to build them up. When they get past that level of 17 or 18, they wouldn’t get a chance to play in Europe."