Sura Yekka
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Sura Bayoru Yekka | ||
Date of birth | January 4, 1997 | ||
Place of birth | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | ||
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||
Position(s) | Left-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Michigan | ||
Number | 9 | ||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015– | Michigan | 28 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2014 | Canada U17 | 4 | (0) |
2014–2016 | Canada U20 | 9 | (1) |
2013– | Canada | 13 | (0) |
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of December 14, 2015 |
Sura Bayoru Yekka (born January 4, 1997) is a Canadian soccer player. She is a member of the University of Michigan women's soccer team and the Canadian national team.
Playing career
International
Yekka made her senior national team debut at age 16, on October 30, 2013 against South Korea in Edmonton, Alberta. She played the first half of a 3–0 win.[1] On May 8, 2014 she played the full 90 minutes of a 1–1 draw against the United States in Winnipeg, Manitoba, in front of the second largest crowd to ever watch a women's soccer game in Canada.[2] She scored her first international goal on December 6, 2015 against Jamaica in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, during the group stage of the 2015 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship.[3]
Personal
Though she was born in Toronto, her family had recently moved to Mississauga, Ontario.[4] Both of Yekka's parents are originally from Uganda, her father was born in Obongi while her mother is originally from Arua. She is a graduate of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Secondary School.
References
- ^ "Canada Soccer profile". Canada Soccer. Retrieved May 10, 2014.
- ^ Ed Tait (May 9, 2014). "World's best can't beat Canada". Winnipeg Free Press.
- ^ "Canada Soccer profile". Canada Soccer. Retrieved December 7, 2015.
- ^ "Canada Soccer profile". Canada Soccer. Retrieved May 10, 2014.
External links
- 1997 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Mississauga
- Sportspeople from Toronto
- Canadian people of Ugandan descent
- Canadian women's soccer players
- Canada women's international soccer players
- Soccer people from Ontario
- Michigan Wolverines women's soccer players
- Women's association football fullbacks
- Canadian women's soccer biography stubs