Joseph Marie Minala ( Fr. Joseph Marie Minala ; born August 24, 1996 in Yaoundé , Cameroon ) - Cameroonian football player , midfielder of the Lazio club. Acts on loan for " Salernitana ".
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| Growth | 184 cm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 77 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club |  Salernitana | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Club career
In 2013, Joseph began to play for the Lavio Roman Primary. In its composition, he won the Italian Youth Cup [2] . In 2014, Joseph became involved in the games of the first team. On March 16, 2014, he got into the application for the match with Cagliari , but never entered the field [3] . His debut in the Italian championship took place on April 6, 2014 in a match against Sampdoria [4] .
Age Scandal
At the beginning of 2014, an interview with Minala appeared in the media, where he allegedly indicated that he was 41 years old [5] . Subsequently, this information was refuted by the player himself, and the leadership of the club. In May, as a result of an investigation conducted by the Italian Football Association, it was confirmed that the player’s age is as specified in the documents [6] . Despite this, the Internet has repeatedly raised the issue of the age of the player, as in the photos he looks clearly older than his age.
Notes
- ↑ Transfermarkt.com - 2000.
- ↑ 17-year-old Minala with his first trophy - the Italian Cup among youth teams
- ↑ Cagliari vs. Lazio - 16 March 2014 - Soccerway
- ↑ Lazio vs. Sampdoria - 6 April 2014 - Soccerway . soccerway.com. The appeal date is April 7, 2014.
- ↑ Joseph Minala: “I’ll turn 42 in August”
- ↑ . - C. http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/27616494 .
Links
- Profile on Sports (rus.)
- Player Profile (English) on Transfermarkt
- Footballzz Profile (Eng.)