The newly elected head of the Cameroonian Football Federation is to meet on Friday, December 24, to convince him to play for the Cameroon national team instead of Germany before the start (9.01. – 6.02.2022), “Journal du Cameroun” reported.
Moukoko is only 17 years old and is now recognized as one of the greatest talents in football. Previously, he played for Germany at the youth level, but has the right to choose which senior team he will play in the future, because he was born in Yaoundé – the capital of Cameroon.
Moukoko is a collector of Bundesliga and Champions League records
In December 2020, Moukoko went down in the history of the Bundesliga. He scored a goal in Borussia’s defeat against Union Berlin (1: 2) and. On the day of the match against Union, Moukoko was exactly 16 years and 28 days old. The previous record holder, Florian Wirtz from Bayer Leverkusen, was 17 years and 34 days old.
This is not the only record that belongs to a young striker. . He made his debut at the age of 16 and 18 days. The previous record holder in the age category was Celestine Babayaro. The Nigerian who plays for Anderlecht Brussels made his Champions League debut in 1995 at the age of 16 and 85 days.
Moreover, the player, born on November 20, 2004, played his first game in the Bundesliga at the age of 16 and one day. In the match against Hertha (victory 5: 2) he played five minutes, changing in the 85th minute. Thus, Moukoko became the youngest debutant at the highest level in Germany.
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Moukoko was a sensation in the youth teams of Borussia Dortmund. For the U-17 team, Moukoko made 56 matches, scoring 90 goals. In the U19 team, the forward appeared in 32 games, scoring 51 goals.
The first advertising contract with a giant
Borussia cares a lot about the player and wants to protect him from the increasing pressure. However, not all of them work the same. Moukoko has already signed an advertising contract with Nike, which paid him one million euros for his signature. According to German media, a teenager can earn up to 10 times as much if he complies with the clauses during the term of the contract.
In Dortmund, they realize Moukoko’s talent and care for it as much as they can. The competitor has, inter alia, prohibition of giving interviews without the consent of Borussia, which immediately rejects almost all requests for interviews. The behavior of the club was praised by his former player – Michael Rummenigge.
A warning to the young footballer of Borussia Dortmund. “Pay attention to those whose records he broke”
– The world has already seen many talents that delighted in youth teams, and never made a serious career. Pay attention to those whose records were broken by Moukoko. Avdijaj plays in the Scottish league, Turkeri in the third Turkish league -.
In the 2021/22 season, Moukoko played in nine matches of the senior team (a total of 180 minutes) and recorded one assist in them. The center forward is valued by transfermarkt.de at EUR 15 million. The 17-year-old’s current contract with BVB is valid until the end of June 2023.
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