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CAF Forced Female Footballer To Strip Naked
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.
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Genoveva Añonma 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.
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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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