Lily Yohannes

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Lily Yohannes
Personal information
Full name Lilian Isabella Yohannes [1]
Date of birth (2007-06-12) June 12, 2007 (age 16) [2]
Place of birth Springfield, Virginia, U.S.
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) [3]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Ajax
Number 20
Youth career
2023 Ajax
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2023– Ajax 16 (4)
International career‡
2024– United States 1 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of june 4, 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of June 4, 2024

Lilian Isabella Yohannes (born June 12, 2007) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Dutch club Ajax of the Vrouwen Eredivisie and the United States national team. Born in the United States, she moved to the Netherlands at age ten. [4]

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Early life

Yohannes was born in Springfield, Virginia, to Eritrean Parents. She moved to the Netherlands when she was ten years old after her father accepted a job in Amsterdam. Yohannes played youth soccer in the Netherlands and began training weekly with Ajax when she was 13 years old. [5]

Club career

At age 15, Yohannes signed a three-year professional contract through June 2026 with AFC Ajax. [5] On November 15, 2023, aged 16, she became the youngest player to ever to start a UEFA Women's Champions League group stage match and the youngest American to play in the Champions League. [6] Ajax went on to win 2–0 over Paris Saint-Germain with goals from Tiny Hoekstra at the 34th minute and Sherida Spitse at the first minute of injury time during the first half. [7]

International career

Yohannes trained with the United States youth national team at the under-15 and under-16 level in 2022. [8] [9]

In December 2023, Yohannes attended camp with the Dutch under-19 national team. [6]

In March 2024, at age 16, Yohannes received her first senior United States national team call-up ahead of the 2024 SheBelieves Cup. She became the youngest player to be called in to a senior camp since 16-year-old Sophia Smith in 2017. [10] She made her international debut on June 4, 2024, against South Korea. She entered the game in the 72nd minute and scored her first goal in the 82nd minute. [11] At 16 years and 358 days old, Yohannes became the third-youngest goal scorer in USWNT history. [12]

As of April 2024, Yohannes is applying for Dutch citizenship, which would make her eligible to play for the Dutch national team. After her USWNT debut, she remains able to change national teams because her appearance was in a friendly. [13]

International statistics

As of match played June 4, 2024
National teamYearAppsGoals
United States
2024 11
Total11

International goals

Key (expand for notes on "international goals" and sorting)
LocationGeographic location of the venue where the competition occurred
Sorted by country name first, then by city name
LineupStart – played entire match
on minute (off player) – substituted on at the minute indicated, and player was substituted off at the same time

off minute (on player) – substituted off at the minute indicated, and player was substituted on at the same time
( c ) – captain
Sorted by minutes played

Goal in matchGoal of total goals by the player in the match
Sorted by total goals followed by goal number
#NumberOfGoals.goalNumber scored by the player in the match (alternate notation to Goal in match)
MinThe minute in the match the goal was scored. For list that include caps, blank indicates played in the match but did not score a goal.
Assist/passThe ball was passed by the player, which assisted in scoring the goal. This column depends on the availability and source of this information.
penalty or pkGoal scored on penalty-kick which was awarded due to foul by opponent. (Goals scored in penalty-shoot-out, at the end of a tied match after extra-time, are not included.)
ScoreThe match score after the goal was scored.
Sorted by goal difference, then by goal scored by the player's team
ResultThe final score.

Sorted by goal difference in the match, then by goal difference in penalty-shoot-out if it is taken, followed by goal scored by the player's team in the match, then by goal scored in the penalty-shoot-out. For matches with identical final scores, match ending in extra-time without penalty-shoot-out is a tougher match, therefore precede matches that ended in regulation

aetThe score at the end of extra-time; the match was tied at the end of 90' regulation
pso Penalty-shoot-out score shown in parentheses; the match was tied at the end of extra-time
Light-purple background color – exhibition or closed door international friendly match
Light-yellow background color – match at an invitational tournament
Light-orange background color – Olympic women's football qualification match
Light-blue background color – FIFA women's world cup qualification match
Pink background color – Continental Games or regional tournament
Orange background color – Olympic women's football tournament
Blue background color – FIFA women's world cup final tournament
NOTE on background colors: Continental Games or regional tournament are sometimes also qualifier for World Cup or Olympics; information depends on the source such as the player's federation.

NOTE: some keys may not apply for a particular football player


Goals		CapDateLocationOpponentLineupMinAssist/passScoreResultCompetition
112023-06-04Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea

on 72' (off Albert)

82' Trinity Rodman

3–0

3–0

Friendly

Personal life

Yohannes is of Eritrean descent. [14] Her maternal grandfather, Bokretsion Gebrehiwot, was a member of Eritrea's national soccer team. Her older brother, Aethan, has appeared with the United States' under-15 and under-17 national teams and currently plays college soccer at Wake Forest.

Honors

United States

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