The man is simply being sentimental on this. So old Yakubu being 33-yr-old is true just because he is playing in oyibo land. That means nobody tells lies in Oyibo man country? Is that what you mean Mr Rod or Rohr?

SirJeffry:
And so? So oyibo no dey lie too Why not tell Ronaldo or Messi to show us their birth certs. Nonsense

You think those countries are like Nigeria? They have databases of almost everything, from births to deaths. You can't falsify there, government gave al records.

ceejay4real:


Sharap there! Age is not all about size. Maybe you ain't eating well or don't have big bones naturally. But come ooh, how on earth can you compare Ibrahimovic to Lukaku in terms of age? You no dey look face? Na wa 4 u ooh!

i like phillip lahm. He is old but stil looks very young. Can't u see lukaku's beards. Lukaku even looks older than mikel obi

well in Europe and North America...... there have all the records of births and deaths.......anyone born there cannot falsify his age easily........Buh even if Nigerian players lie about ages now........I don't believe there remove more than 3 years from it....... people calling ndidi 35 is jst outrageous, highest the guy Na 23 or even the 20 he claims to be

Why has this oyinbo suddenly chosen to "roar". Like say e no no say I sabi say no b real age him use. If e vex me pass this one. I go whistle blow him age to NFF after all whistle blowing sure pass " MMM"...

TosineGuy:
i remember dat the day when Taye Taiwo celebrated his 27th birthday, his twin Kehinde Taiwo celebrated 40th birthday. I was scared. Nigerian footballers lie alot

Pls... desist from making foolish and outlandish claims all cos you want to have a thousand "likes" to give you that flush of dopamine..

You ought to be wiser than this..abeg!

All these ones talking about diego costa don't know football at all.. first of all diego costa is 28yrs and he is not Brazilian. He is Spanish!

SirJeffry:
And so? So oyibo no dey lie too Why not tell Ronaldo or Messi to show us their birth certs. Nonsense

Bri dont go there those guys age are documented immediately dey were born i remember Jack Wheelchair he was sign by Asernal when he was in high school only 15 yrs of age also Enzo Perez d son of Ziziou who is now 18 yrs now i followed them no cheats at all

Have you ever wonder why Nigeria perform wonders in age grade football & later fade out some yrs later
Where are d squad of U20 2005? remember Messi, Fabrigas, Silva etc are still playing at d highest level
Where are d squad of U17 2007 remember Toni Kross, Hazard are still playing at d highest level
Where are the squad of U17 2009 remember Neymar, Morata, Gotze are still playing at d highest level
Our football administrators dont have any long time success plan & are gradually killing our football the only thing that unite Nigeria.

LaExpert:


Delayed twin birth? 13years? Kehinde came 13years earlier than Taye?

That one na another level oo.

Just read his story and get your facts right.


By the way, I agree with the bold.
You should also try not to help spread false news, it doesn't help us.

Which one be false news again? The twin story?

You mean there are some supersonic level dimwits out there that won't see the joke in it?
Has biology education got so bad these days? Or you mean something else?

Why are they relating it to footballers alone?
Every average Nigerian reduces their age.
Mostly female.
I don't know what they tend to achieve.

is there still something like super eagle

you dont want to invitee nigerian playeers because they lie about their real ages? okay na go and invite camerounians.

Ezekiel Bassey in Barca b team is Rumoured to be 30-31yrs against 18-19yrs football age..graduated from uni uyo couple of years back heheheh...

GreyLaw:


You are correct, but I want to correct an impression: True, Diego Costa isn't white, but that's not because he's Brazillian; It's because he's a native South American, I guess. My point is, there are actually whites in Brazil, I mean real Caucasians indigenous to Brazil, and they are not to be mixed with the native South Americans (Latinos).

Dunga Carlos, Claudio Taffarel, Edu, Kaka are all Whites with Mediterranean looks.

True that...

Gangster1ms:
All these ones talking about diego costa don't know football at all.. first of all diego costa is 28yrs and he is not Brazilian. He is Spanish!

You're wrong, Diego Costa is originally from Brazil but left for Spain at 15 years of age or thereabout.. He is a naturalized Spaniard hence he opted to represent Spain at international level.


Actually, you're the one who doesn't know football at all. Now how does that sound

maverick001:
well in Europe and North America...... there have all the records of births and deaths.......anyone born there cannot falsify his age easily........Buh even if Nigerian players lie about ages now........I don't believe there remove more than 3 years from it....... people calling ndidi 35 is jst outrageous, highest the guy Na 23 or even the 20 he claims to be

Ndidi cannot be 20, he's most likely 25/26 years old..


Nigerian players could take off as much as 10 years from their age, they're a funny lot, lol... In 2009, the guy who was the initial captain of the golden eaglets team then playing to qualify for the CAF under 17 championship was about 28/29 years old, he later didn't make the final cut for the world cup that year owing to an injury he had, though we didn't qualify for the African championship but we did the world cup as host. This no be story, na person wey i know reach house.


Age falsification is very common in Africa, there're also some cases in Asia and South America but not Europe and North America like you rightly pointed.

Goodnuel:
Whites do too, how i go senior Costa

White really Costa is Hispanic not white westerners like European are seen as white south American arent seen as white

Jh0wsef:
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Guy abeg forget wetin them write for motor and enter motor jor. We are talking about raw talent and scoring goals in the most intricate and dificult situations age is just a number.

TosineGuy:

i dey suspect lukaku. How can me and him be age mates, wen i look young at 23 oh. He is very huge. Infact Ibrahimovic looks younger than him

guy na training, didnt see him when he came to chelse newly?

TosineGuy:

i like phillip lahm. He is old but stil looks very young. Can't u see lukaku's beards. Lukaku even looks older than mikel obi

So you think it's all about looks. Don't you know some people age badly. In other words, they grow older quickly compared with their peers. Didn't you observe how truly young Lukaku looked when he first came to Chelsea with dreads? I know if someone like Lahm you talked about had lied about his age, a person like you who judges by looks only would have believed him, isn't it?

it's called passport age,your real age is between you and God.

buhari has admitted that his citizens are criminals so what do you expect?

Super eagle get age limit?

Realhommie:
You're wrong, Diego Costa is originally from Brazil but left for Spain at 15 years of age or thereabout.. He is a naturalized Spaniard hence he opted to represent Spain at international level.


Actually, you're the one who doesn't know football at all. Now how does that sound

As long he plays for spain and has never played for brazil nothing concerns him with brazil in the football world. . So he is Spanish.

Cutie09:


White really Costa is Hispanic not white westerners like European are seen as white south American arent seen as white

That's not exactly my point, my point is that lying about age isn't a major issue so long you can perform.. Btw, Costa is spainsh too..

Gangster1ms:

As long he plays for spain and has never played for brazil nothing concerns him with brazil in the football world. . So he is Spanish.

Check it records, Costa had played for Brazil b4. He played two friendlies for Brazil b4 changing to Spain. Just like Zaha.

harriet412:


Hahahaha, oga u don old na

Loll

Emperormartin:

Brazilians lie pass Nigerians!!!Check history...

Abi??

Realhommie:
Lol... But Costa isn't white, he's Brazilian and many Brazilian players also lie about their ages, especially those ones from poverty stricken regions in Brazil. In other words some South Americans do lie about their age but not Europeans..

Really?? Europeans don't??

So Zlatan is really 34??

Terry is 36??

Lampard is 38??

Defoe is 34

Tell me more...

Btw, Costa is spanish too.