Youssoufa Moukoko will talk on Friday about a possible international career for Cameroon. Le Journal du Cameroon reports that the 17-year-old attacker of Borussia Dortmund will enter into talks at the Ministry of Sports with a delegation from the football association of Cameroon, consisting of federation president Samuel Eto’o and minister Narcisse Mouelle Kombi. They hope to convince Moukoko to choose Cameroon.
Moukoko was born in the Cameroonian capital Yaoundé and initially grew up there with his grandparents. His father had been working in Germany for some time and brought Moukoko to Hamburg at the age of ten. Moukoko initially ended up there in the youth academy of FC St. Pauli, where he was stolen by Borussia Dortmund after two seasons. Bee those Borus Moukoko made a big impression with his goal production in (much) higher age categories, so that at the age of fourteen he already signed a sponsorship contract with Nike worth ten million euros.
Last season, Moukoko became the youngest debutant in club history during the game between Hertha BSC and Borussia Dortmund (2-5) when he played his first game in the main squad a day after his sixteenth birthday. Seventeen days later, Moukoko became the youngest player ever in the Champions League, coming on as a substitute against Zenit St Petersburg at 16 years and 18 days. Moukoko now has 24 games in the main squad of Borussia Dortmund to his name, in which he was good for 3 goals and 1 assist.
The number of appearances by Moukoko has remained relatively limited this season, because he has been struggling with a muscle injury in recent weeks. The Cameroon Football Association hopes, however, to persuade Moukoko to make a switch in his international career before the Africa Cup – which the country will organize between January 9 and February 6, 2022, although it is questionable for the time being whether he would be fit for this in time. this tournament. In any case, heavy artillery is used to convince Moukoko.
Moukoko will meet on Friday with Eto’o, the president of the Cameroon Football Association, and Kombi, the sports minister in the African country. By the way, he is in Cameroon for family visits. The attacker has been playing youth internationals for Germany since 2017, most recently for the Under 21 of the Mannschaft. Moukoko was still a basic player in September in the European Championship qualifiers of Young Germany against Young San Marino (0-6 win, two goals) and Young Latvia (1-3 win, one goal).