{"id":408302,"date":"2017-08-02T13:49:22","date_gmt":"2017-08-02T13:49:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/08\/02\/ex-black-stars-player-admits-changing-his-age-in-order-to-play-in-europe\/"},"modified":"2017-08-02T13:49:22","modified_gmt":"2017-08-02T13:49:22","slug":"ex-black-stars-player-admits-changing-his-age-in-order-to-play-in-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/08\/02\/ex-black-stars-player-admits-changing-his-age-in-order-to-play-in-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Black Stars player admits &#8216;changing&#8217; his age in order to play in Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/47043380.jpg\" alt=\"Sam Johnson Sitting\" title=\"Sam Johnson Sitting\" width=\"203\" height=\"152\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Johnson capped 45 times for Ghana<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=150106940086186\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=150106940086186\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1501681762_9_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Ex-Black Stars versatile player, Sam Johnson, has admitted he changed his age in order to play in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>According to Johnson, he couldn\u2019t have gotten a team in Europe with his real age.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAge cheating is normal in football, all footballers in Ghana have reduced their age, and I also did same,\u201d Johnson told Happy FM.<\/p>\n<p>He continued: \u201cI will not reveal the number of years I reduced on my real age but I did reduce it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Most of the players don\u2019t use their real age because in Europe their ages are 22 and 23 and that time they believe if you are 18 when you get to 22 then you are matured enough but if you go there with 26 or 30 they will not even take you unless you reside there and know the system.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>READ THIS:  Black Stars B Resume Camping Today Johnson after leaving Hearts of Oak in 1995 played for six European clubs which includes Fenerbah\u00e7e, Kayserispor and Anderlecht.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson capped 45 times for Ghana (from 1994-2003).<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Johnson capped 45 times for Ghana &#13; Ex-Black Stars versatile player, Sam Johnson, has admitted he changed his age in order to play in Europe. 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