Female footballer forced to strip naked by CAF

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.