Yenith Bailey

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Yenith Bailey
Personal information
Full name Yenith Elizabett Bailey de la Cruz
Date of birth (2001-03-29) 29 March 2001 (age 22) [1]
Place of birth Panama City, Panama [2]
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) [3]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Tauro
Number 30
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
0000–2019 Tauro
2019 Libertad/Limpeño
2022 Dimas Escazú
2023– Tauro
International career
2017– Panama 8 [4] (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 July 2019

Yenith Elizabett Bailey de la Cruz (born 29 March 2001) is a Panamanian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Tauro FC and the Panama women's national team. She is nicknamed Chomba.

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International career

Bailey appeared in three matches for Panama at the 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship, [1] [4] making 24 saves. [5] She won the tournament's Golden Glove award and was named to its Best XI. [6] Previously a midfielder, she was converted to goalkeeper by head coach Victor Suárez only a year before the tournament. [7]

Panama ended up fourth, advancing to a playoff against CONMEBOL side Argentina for a place in the 2019 Women's World Cup. In the 8th minute of the first leg Bailey saved a penalty from Estefanía Banini. The match finished 4-0 for Argentina, though, and after a 1-1 draw at home Panama was eliminated.

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