Sura Yekka

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Sura Yekka
Personal information
Full name Sura Bayoru Yekka
Date of birth (1997-01-04) January 4, 1997 (age 25)
Place of birth Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height 165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Club information
Current team
 Le Havre AC
Youth career
North Mississauga SC
Brams United
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2019 Michigan Wolverines 69 (2)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2021 MSV Duisburg 14 (0)
2021– Le Havre AC 0 (0)
National team‡
2014 Canada U17 4 (0)
2014–2016 Canada U20 11 (1)
2013– Canada 15 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of November 18, 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of November 30, 2021

Sura Bayoru Yekka (born January 4, 1997) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a right-back for Division 2 Feminine Le Havre AC and the Canada women's national team.

Early life[]

Though she was born in Toronto, Ontario, her family had recently moved to Mississauga.[1] Both of Yekka's parents are originally from Uganda, her father was born in Obongi while her mother, Evelyn Adiru, is originally from Arua and was a member of the Uganda track team at the 1984 Summer Olympics.[2][3] She began playing soccer at age six with North Mississauga SC, later playing with Brams United.[1] She is a graduate of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Secondary School.[4]

She has played for American collegiate team Michigan Wolverines.

Club career[]

MSV Duisburg[]

Yekka joined MSV Duisburg of the Frauen-Bundesliga in September 2020.[5]

Le Havre AC[]

In 2021, she joined Le Havre AC in France.[6]

International career[]

Yekka made her debut for the Canada national women's team 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.[7] She scored her first international goal on December 6, 2015 against in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, during the group stage of the 2015 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship.[1] As her 13 senior caps for Canada have been in friendly matches, she remains eligible to play for Uganda (making the one-time change of association first).

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d Sura Yekka at the Canadian Soccer Association (also available in French). Retrieved February 21, 2022.
  2. ^ Colpitts, Iain (May 14, 2014). "Yekka shines against the U.S. national team". Mississauga News.
  3. ^ McKnight, Zoe (July 16, 2014). "FIFA U-20 World Cup: Mississauga teen Sura Yekka makes Canadian team". Toronto Star.
  4. ^ "Michigan Women's Soccer Meet the Freshmen: Sura Yekka". Michigan Wolverines. August 21, 2015.
  5. ^ "Capelli Macht's Möglich:Sura Bajoru Yekka Wird ein Zebra" [Capelli Makes it Possible: Sura Bajoru Yekka Becomes a Zebra] (in German). MSV Duisburg. September 17, 2020. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
  6. ^ Davidson, Neil (November 18, 2021). "Canadian women's soccer team looks to extend unbeaten run with 2 games in Mexico". CBC.
  7. ^ Tait, Ed (May 9, 2014). "World's best can't beat Canada". Winnipeg Free Press.

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