For subscribers
Football: Timor-Leste teenager Gali wants people to focus on his goals, not his age
Sign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inbox
Paulo Gali (left) and coach Fabio Maciel at Jalan Besar Stadium.
PHOTO: FOOTBALL FEDERATION TIMOR LESTE
Follow topic:
SINGAPORE - Timor-Leste forward Paulo Gali, at the centre of an age fraud controversy ahead of the Under-23 Asian Cup qualifiers, hopes headlines will be focused instead on his on-field performances.
In 2019, he was accused of being overaged when he participated in the Asean Football Federation (AFF) U-15 Championships a year after he had represented the senior team in the AFF Suzuki Cup. The Suzuki Cup website had listed him as being 22 years old.
