Borussia Dortmund striker Youssouf Mukoko is suspected of forging documents and changing his age.

According to the Austrian publication Laola1, the player's adoptive father provided one of the journalists with a certificate indicating the striker's birth year was 2000, not 2004..

Note that the German Football Union refused to comment on the situation at the request of Sportsmail, calling the given data speculation..

18-year-old German Mukoko has been in the system of the club from Dortmund since 2016. He has made 22 appearances in all competitions for the Bumblebees this season, scoring six goals and providing six assists..

He made his debut for the main team of the German national team on November 16, 2022 in a friendly match..

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