Leny Yoro

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Leny Yoro
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Yoro with Lille in 2023
Personal information
Full name Leny Olivier Yoro
Date of birth (2005-11-13) 13 November 2005 (age 18)
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*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022–2023 Lille B 13 (0)
2022– Lille 44 (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 U23 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:50, 6 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 Ligue 1 club Lille.

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Early life

Leny Yoro was born on 13 November 2005 in Saint-Maurice, France and spent his first years in Alfortville. [1] [2] He is of Ivorian 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. [3]

Club career

Yoro debuted with Lille reserve team in 2022, and quickly signed his first professional contract with the club on 10 January 2022. [4] 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. [5] [6]

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. [7] A month later, on 16 September, he scored his first Ligue 1 goal for Lille in a 2–2 away draw against Rennes. [8]

International career

Yoro is a youth international for France, having represented the France U17s. [4]

Career statistics

As of match played 6 May 2024 [9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupContinentalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Lille B 2021–22 Championnat National 3 90——90
2022–23 Championnat National 340——40
Total130——130
Lille 2021–22 Ligue 1 10000010
2022–23 Ligue 113020—150
2023–24 Ligue 1302309 [lower-alpha 1] 1423
Total4425091583
Career total5725091713

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References

  1. ↑ "Leny Yoro". LOSC (in French). Archived from the original on 18 February 2023. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Bja, Rayan (20 April 2022). "Leny Yoro, la force tranquille qui monte". Le Petit Lillois (in French). Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  4. 1 2 Bja, Rayan (10 January 2022). "Officiel : Premier contrat professionnel pour Leny Yoro". Le Petit Lillois (in French). Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  5. ↑ Lemichel, Hugo (15 May 2022). "Nouveau record de précocité au LOSC pour Leny Yoro". Le Petit Lillois (in French). Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ "Leny Yoro et Lucas Chevalier, « une fierté » pour Olivier Létang après LOSC – HNK Rijeka" (in French). OneFootball. 25 August 2023.
  8. ↑ "Ligue 1 : Rennes arrache le nul contre Lille (2-2) dans un choc avec l'Europe" (in French). Le Parisien. 16 September 2023.
  9. ↑ Leny Yoro at Soccerway
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