An Equatoguinean female footballer Genoveva Añonma has revealed that the
Confederation of African Football, CAF, forced her to strip naked to
prove she was a woman.Genoveva Añonma who took part in the 2011 FIFA
Women’s World Cup, scoring only two goals in the tournament. Prior to
the World Cup, Añonma and two other players from New Guinea had been
accused of being male by opponents.Añonma rejected the allegations,
however, it was not enough for African football authorities. According
to the forward, she was forced take her clothes off in front of
officials from CAF and her own team.
Speaking to BBC journalists she lamented,“I was
really upset, my morale was low and I was crying. It was totally
humiliating, but over time I have got over it.”She became the first
foreigner to win the Bundesliga top-scorer award when she scored 22
goals in the 2011–12 season. In 2012 she was named African Women
Footballer of the Year, now she plays for German club team Turbine
Potsdam and her country team.
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