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Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea have included a staggering 14 players who were born in Spain in their final 23-man squad for the Africa Cup of Nations – and they are all 115 years old.
That’s according to a set of calamitous typos by CAF, the African Football Federation, who forgot to fill in the date of birth for a large chunk of Guinea players in an announcement posted on their website.
Talk about age cheating: according to this squad list, 14 Equatorial Guinea players are 115 years old. Via @afrikfoot pic.twitter.com/ch5631HJS2
— John Bennett (@JohnBennettBBC) January 9, 2015
The document, which has since been deleted, showed just how many players born outside Guinea will be appearing for the African side in the annual tournament.
They were expelled from the Nations Cup qualifiers in July for using ineligible Cameroon-born player Thierry Fieieu, but in November last year they were restored after agreeing to take over as hosts from Morocco.
Esteban Becker, the new manager of Guinea, has included Malaga youth goalkeeper Aitor Embela and Valencia B’s 19-year-old Ivan Salvador in his squad for the tournament which kicks off on January 17.
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