_12_(cropped1).jpg) Yoro with Lille in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Leny Jean-Luc Yoro | ||
| Date of birth | 13 November 2005 | ||
| Place of birth | Saint-Maurice, France | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Manchester United | ||
| Number | 15 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2011–2012 | Alfortville | ||
| 2012–2017 | Villeneuve-d'Ascq | ||
| 2017–2022 | Lille | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022–2023 | Lille B | 13 | (0) |
| 2022–2024 | Lille | 46 | (2) |
| 2024– | Manchester United | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021 | France U17 | 1 | (0) |
| 2022 | France U18 | 5 | (0) |
| 2023– | France U19 | 2 | (0) |
| 2023– | France U21 | 4 | (0) |
| 2023– | France U23 | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:10, 19 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:30, 22 March 2024 (UTC) | |||
Leny Jean-Luc Yoro (born 13 November 2005) is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Premier League club Manchester United.
A Lille academy graduate, Yoro joined the club as a child and then became one of the youngest first-team players when he made his professional Ligue 1 debut in May 2022, at the age of 16 years, six months and one day. After a first senior season in which he was mainly used as a substitute, he became one of Lille's cornerstones as a teenager in his second full season and made his European debut in August 2023. In 2024, he signed for Manchester United for a fee of €62 million (£52.2 million), making him the most expensive player aged 18 or younger[I] and one of the most expensive centre-backs in history.
Yoro represented France at under-17, under-18, under-19, under-21 and under-23 levels.
- ^ "Leny Yoro: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- ^ Johnson, Jonathan (1 July 2018). "Kylian Mbappe now fully under contract at PSG as loan expires". ESPN. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
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