The 42-years looking footballer is actually 17 years – Joseph Minala told to resume career

After proving he’s not a 42-year old masquerading as a youth team player, Lazio midfielder Joseph Minala has been cleared to resume his career.

The Italian FA launched an investigation after an African football website claimed that Cameroon-born Minala was pretending to be 17 and had altered his passport to take a full 25 years off his actual birth date, leading to an official investigation which saw him questioned by the league’s federal prosecutor.

On Wednesday the Italian association released a statement confirming that Minala has been cleared and is now free to resume his career. The investigation is now closed.

Minala came in for abuse on social networking sites after releasing a picture showing him looking much older than his teenage years.

The truth is, what science cannot prove, nature will definitely prove it. I believe him, but we wait to see and hope this does not become another Osundu case.