Falcao made his debut for Lanceros Boyacá in the Colombian Categoría Primera B (second tier) on 28 August 1999 at the age of 13 years and 199 days, thus becoming the youngest debutant at that level of Colombian professional football.[26] In 2000, Lanceros' coach, Hernán Pacheco, began to consider the 14-year-old more seriously; Falcao played seven matches that year.[27] On 25 July, at the Estadio Olímpico del Sol at Sogamoso, he scored his first and only goal for the club, to seal a 2–0 win against Club El Cóndor that took Lanceros off the bottom of the table.[28] In his two years with the club, he played eight matches and scored once
Surely Monaco would have a claim for a reduction in the fee they paid for him. His third party ownership mofos need to pay up for this sort of scandalous misrepresentation.
Makes you wonder how many other players may have faked their age. Rivaldo is one that springs to mind that looked about 50 in his mid-twenties.
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