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Sura Yekka
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Sura Bayoru Yekka... speaks English... sports family (track mother Evelyn)... her mother Evelyn Adiru was born in Arua, UGA while her father Richard Yekka was born in Obongi, UGA... while she was born at a hospital in Toronto, her family had just moved to neighbouring Mississauga a few months earlier... grew up participating in soccer and athletics... she was six years old when she started playing soccer for North Mississauga SC... enjoys reading, movies, music... favourites have included Pablo Zabaleta, Eden Hazard, Yaya Touré, Marcelo, Arsenal, Manchester City... other favourites have included Alyson Felix, U. of Alabama football...
represented Canada at three FIFA youth tournaments (U-17 at Costa Rica 2014; U-20 at Canada 2014 and Papua New Guinea 2016)... won a Concacaf youth medal with Canada (2015 silver U-20)…
part of the Canada Soccer team that met Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Langford ahead of their international match on 8 April 2022 (a surprise visit by the Prime Minister at the team hotel)...
Honours
Individual Awards
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2013Canadian U-17 Players of the Year Female / Féminin
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2013Canada Games All-Star Team - Women’s Soccer Midfielder / milieu