Leny Yoro
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Leny Olivier Yoro | ||
Date of birth | 13 November 2005 | ||
Place of birth | Saint-Maurice, France | ||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Lille | ||
Number | 15 | ||
Youth career | |||
2011–2012 | Alfortville | ||
2012–2017 | Villeneuve-d'Ascq | ||
2017–2022 | Lille | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2022–2023 | Lille B | 13 | (0) |
2022– | Lille | 46 | (2) |
International career‡ | |||
2021 | France U17 | 1 | (0) |
2022 | France U18 | 5 | (0) |
2023– | France U19 | 2 | (0) |
2023– | France U21 | 4 | (0) |
2024 | France Olympic | 0 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:10, 19 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:09, 26 March 2024 (UTC) |
Leny Olivier Yoro (born 13 November 2005) is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Lille. He is regarded as one of the best young talents in the world. [1][2]
Early life[edit]
Leny Yoro was born on 13 November 2005 in Saint-Maurice, France and spent his first years in Alfortville.[3][4] He is of Somali descent through his father. At the age of five, he started playing football at Alfortville where he stayed one season before moving with his family in the Lille area. He then pursued his football learning in Villeneuve-d'Ascq, where he grew up, and finally joined Lille's youth system in 2017.[5]
Club career[edit]
Lille[edit]
Yoro debuted with Lille reserve team in 2022, and quickly signed his first professional contract with the club on 10 January 2022.[6] He made his professional debut with Lille in a 3–1 Ligue 1 win over Nice on 14 May 2022. At 16 years six months and one day of age, Yoro is the second youngest Lille player, behind Joël Depraeter-Henry and taking the second place from Eden Hazard.[7][8]
On 24 August 2023, Yoro scored his first goal at the club in a 2–1 victory over Rijeka, in the first leg of the 2023–24 Conference League play-off round.[9] A month later, on 16 September, he scored his first Ligue 1 goal for Lille in a 2–2 away draw against Rennes.[10]
International career[edit]
Yoro is a youth international for France, having represented the France U17s.[6] His club, Lille, denied him permission along with his teammates Lucas Chevalier and Bafodé Diakité to compete in the 2024 Summer Olympics on home soil.[11]
Career statistics[edit]
- As of match played 19 May 2024[12]
Club | Season | League | Coupe de France | Continental | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Lille B | 2021–22 | Championnat National 3 | 9 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 0 | ||
2022–23 | Championnat National 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | |||
Total | 13 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 0 | ||||
Lille | 2021–22 | Ligue 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2022–23 | Ligue 1 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | ||
2023–24 | Ligue 1 | 32 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9[a] | 1 | 44 | 3 | |
Total | 46 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 60 | 3 | ||
Career total | 59 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 73 | 3 |
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
Honours[edit]
Individual
- UNFP Ligue 1 Team of the Year: 2023–24[13]
References[edit]
- ^ "NXGN 2024: The 50 best wonderkids in football | Goal.com UK". www.goal.com. 19 March 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
- ^ Stafford-Bloor, Sebastian. "Leny Yoro is one of Europe's best talents. It's no wonder Real Madrid are on the case". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
- ^ "Leny Yoro". LOSC (in French). Archived from the original on 18 February 2023. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
- ^ Fosseux, Olivier (15 December 2023). "Leny Yoro raconté par sa mère : « Il n'a jamais fait de conneries ! »". La Voix du Nord (in French). Retrieved 8 January 2024.
- ^ Bja, Rayan (20 April 2022). "Leny Yoro, la force tranquille qui monte". Le Petit Lillois (in French). Retrieved 18 February 2023.
- ^ a b Bja, Rayan (10 January 2022). "Officiel : Premier contrat professionnel pour Leny Yoro". Le Petit Lillois (in French). Retrieved 18 February 2023.
- ^ Lemichel, Hugo (15 May 2022). "Nouveau record de précocité au LOSC pour Leny Yoro". Le Petit Lillois (in French). Retrieved 18 February 2023.
- ^ Lafont, Romain (18 September 2022). "Leny Yoro, plus jeune joueur de Lille à être titulaire depuis Oumar Dieng en 1989". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 18 February 2023.
- ^ "Leny Yoro et Lucas Chevalier, « une fierté » pour Olivier Létang après LOSC – HNK Rijeka" (in French). OneFootball. 25 August 2023.
- ^ "Ligue 1 : Rennes arrache le nul contre Lille (2-2) dans un choc avec l'Europe" (in French). Le Parisien. 16 September 2023.
- ^ "JO : LA PRÉ-LISTE ACTUALISÉE" [Olympic Games: The preliminary list updated] (in French). French Football Federation. 11 June 2024.
- ^ Leny Yoro at Soccerway
- ^ "Trophées UNFP : sept joueurs du PSG dans l'équipe type de la saison 2023-2024 en Ligue 1". L'Équipe (in French). 13 May 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
External links[edit]
- 2005 births
- Living people
- People from Alfortville
- French men's footballers
- Footballers from Val-de-Marne
- Black French sportspeople
- French sportspeople of Ivorian descent
- Men's association football central defenders
- France men's under-21 international footballers
- France men's youth international footballers
- Ligue 1 players
- Championnat National 3 players
- Lille OSC players
- French football biography stubs