Sura Yekka

Sura Yekka

Personal information
Full name	Sura Bayoru Yekka
Date of birth	(1997-01-04) 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. 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. 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.

Personal

Though she was born in Toronto, Ontario, her family had recently moved to Mississauga. 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.