Yira Sor

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Yira Sor
Personal information
Full name Yira Collins Sor [1]
Date of birth (2000-07-24) 24 July 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Lagos, Nigeria
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Genk
Number 14
Youth career
Family Love Academy
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
36 Lion
2021–2022 Baník Ostrava 25 (6)
2022 Slavia Prague 13 (1)
2022– Genk 54 (10)
International career‡
2019 Nigeria U20 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 June 2025
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 February 2022

Yira Collins Sor (born 24 July 2000) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Genk.

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Club career

Sor began his career at Port Harcourt-based Family Love Academy, before moving to 36 Lion in Lagos. In February 2021, Sor signed for Czech First League club Baník Ostrava. [2]

On 21 January 2022, after three league goals and five assists during the first half of the 2021–22 season, Slavia Prague confirmed the signing of Sor on a contract until December 2026, with compatriot Ubong Ekpai being loaned to Baník Ostrava as part of the deal. [3] On 24 February 2022, Sor scored his first goals for Slavia Prague, scoring twice in a 3–2 UEFA Europa Conference League win over Fenerbahçe. [4] Sor scored two goals again in the Round of 16 of the competition in the first leg against LASK. [5]

On 28 December 2022, Belgian club Genk announced the signing of Sor on a contract until the summer of 2027. [6]

International career

Sor made two appearances for Nigeria's under-20's at the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Poland. [3]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 3 May 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational Cup [a] ContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Baník Ostrava 2020–21 Czech First League 9010——100
2021–22 Czech First League16331——194
Total25341——294
Slavia Prague 2021–22 Czech First League101106 [b] 6—177
2022–23 Czech First League30105 [b] 2—92
Total13120118—269
Genk 2022–23 Belgian Pro League 20210——212
2023–24 Belgian Pro League206219 [c] 0—317
2024–25 Belgian Pro League21100——211
Total5193190—6310
Career total9913922080012823
  1. ↑ Includes Czech Cup, Belgian Cup
  2. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Conference League
  3. ↑ One appearance in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League, six appearances in UEFA Conference League

References

  1. ↑ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019: List of Players: Nigeria" (PDF). FIFA. 13 June 2019. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2020.
  2. ↑ "36 Lion product Collins Yira Sor has joined Slavia Praha on a five-year-deal from Banik Ostrava". CKD Media. 23 January 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  3. 1 2 "The new Yira is here!". SK Slavia Praha. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  4. ↑ "Slavia Praha 3–2 Fenerbahçe". UEFA. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
  5. ↑ Zlámal, Ondřej (10 March 2022). "Slavia Praha-LASK". UEFA. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  6. ↑ "Yira Sor (22) tekent overeenkomst tot 2027" (in Dutch). K.R.C. Genk. 28 December 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.


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