Borussia Dortmund 12 year old prodigy

[Eddie Hitler]

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The highly touted youngster is the top scorer at Under-17 level in Germany, despite playing against opponents three and four years older than him

Five games into the 2017-18 Junior Bundesliga West season, a Borussia Dortmund striker tops the goalscoring charts with 13 goals to his name. Amazingly, the hot prospect is four years younger than most of the other players on the list, with 12-year-old Youssoufa Moukoko already being heralded as a future star for club and country.

The Cameroon-born youngster moved to Germany with his father Joseph in 2014, and immediately stood out for St Pauli's Under-15 side, scoring 21 goals in 12 games as an 11-year-old. A transfer to Dortmund followed, where he starred again at the same age level. With BVB's U-15 panel, Moukoko continued his incredible scoring ratio, netting 33 goals in 15 games.

 

 

And all at only twelve years old:

 

http://www.goal.com/en/news/meet-youssoufa-moukoko-the-12-year-old-wonderkid-taking-borussia-/1tqlyesv5b8cg19za1vx496emn

https://www.dreamteamfc.com/c/news-gossip/300045/youssoufa-moukoko-borussia-dortmund-under-17/

 

[Phileas Fogg]

There's no way he's 12 - looks 15/16 at an absolute minimum, and that's pushing it!

[Eddie Hitler]

Though doesn't quite beat "17 year old" Joseph Minala at Lazio:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2642299/Joseph-Minala-told-resume-career-Lazio-youth-team-proving-hes-17-not-42.html

[Taz]

Reminds me of Kanu who seemed to be 29 for years.. 

[eastonboy]

Perhaps his birthday is Feb 29th??

[Guest]

Think his parents probably took advantage of the poor record keeping system in Cameroon (where he was born), telling the German embassy he's a few years younger so that he can obviously excel in the age group and have a better chance of getting signed. Isn't this why most of the Nigeria under 21's are really great at under 21 tournaments but then fade away for the most part in their National team? Seem to remember Yakubu saying he was 24 when he looked about 30

[pillred]

looks like one of those CHILD migrants we accepted from the Calais camp you know the ones with beards and grey hair 12 years old my a%%$.

[Major Isewater]

Great , he can play at the very top of the game with all the other ' wonder kids ' like , er...

 

 

 

 

Did  Marvin Brown count as a ' wonder kid ? 

[Lrrr]

Probably a case of 'how old do you want to be?' 

[Eddie Hitler]

36 minutes ago, Major Isewater said:

Great , he can play at the very top of the game with all the other ' wonder kids ' like , er...

 

 

 

 

Did  Marvin Brown count as a ' wonder kid ? 

Still does; I'm waiting for him to realise that quoted £2.5m valuation the Man Utd scout put on him.

[WhistleHappy]

Just a thought... ??   call me cynical....

http://www.howtogermany.com/pages/kindergeld.html 

[Xiled]

Well, I'm 45 and he looks older than me.

[RiverRed]

He must've had a really hilly paper round.

[22A]

9 hours ago, Phileas Fogg said:

There's no way he's 12 - looks 15/16 at an absolute minimum, and that's pushing it!

The club insist he is twelve as his mother is only 28.

[Phileas Fogg]

9 minutes ago, 22A said:

The club insist he is twelve as his mother is only 28.

The giveaway is the hair, don't know many 12 year olds with a fully formed hairline like that. Maybe his mother's age is false.

[alexukhc]

Maybe 12 in Waterloo Road

[Guest Euan BCFC]

Where's he from? Always a chance he had to lie at an early stage of his life and it has stuck

[22A]

Unless of course, gasp shock horror; his mother gave birth before she was 16.