An Africa Cup of Nations star needed to show his actual age amid claims he was born 4 years after his mom died.
The Red Star Belgrade ahead Guelor Kanga, who performed in opposition to Manchester City within the Champions League final month, was as soon as accused of taking part in beneath a false identify, Kiaku-Kiaku Kianga, by the Congolese Association Football Federation (FECOFA). They alleged that he was born in Kinshasa, Congo in 1985, not 1990, as his delivery certificates said.
They additionally claimed the Gabonese doc mentioned he was born 4 years after his mom had died. There have been additionally studies in Africa that his mom had faked her personal dying and relocated to Gabon for unknown causes.
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Kanga, who performed for his nation at AFCON in 2015, is now formally 33 years previous, having been formally born in Oyem, Gabon, on September 1, 1990. But in 2021 he was pressured to provide proof that was case to the Federation of African Football’s (CAF) Disciplinary Committee.
The proof he provided to show his actual age included a property deed, a household composition certificates, his father’s passport utility kind and a grandparent identification sheet.
The CAF finally present in favour of Kanga. They dominated on the time: “The Disciplinary Jury considers that the claims of FECOFA and the proof introduced by the latter weren’t thought-about conclusive and adequate to determine the materiality of a falsification of the participant’s id.
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“In addition, the disciplinary jury could not find any irregularities concerning the eligibility of the player in question, nor of his registration with the CAF.”
Therefore, Kanga was given the inexperienced mild to maintain taking part in for his nation, though they haven’t certified for the upcoming AFCON match within the Ivory Coast, which begins on January 13. Kanga is in his second spell with Serbian champions Red Star. He has additionally performed for Russian facet Rostov and Sparta Prague.