Kyah Cahill
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kyah Tim Cahill | ||
| Date of birth | 13 March 2003 | ||
| Place of birth | London, England | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2019–2020 | Macclesfield Town | ||
| 2020–2021 | Leganés | ||
| 2021–2022 | Rayo Vallecano | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022 | Samoa U20 | 2 | (0) |
| 2023– | Samoa U23 | 3 | (1) |
| 2024– | Samoa | 2 | (0) |
| ‡ National team caps and goals as of 02:50, 26 September 2023 (UTC) | |||
Kyah Tim Cahill (born 13 March 2003) is a footballer who last played for the Lusail Football Academy. Born in England, he plays for the Samoa national team.[1]
Until 2019 Cahill was playing youth football in New Jersey, United States where the family lived while his father played for the New York Red Bulls from 2012 to 2015.[2] He played high school soccer for Northern Highlands Regional High School from 2017 to 2019.[3]
In 2019 he joined the academy of League Two club Macclesfield Town. He was a consistent scorer for the U19 squad and earned at least one Man-of-the-Match honour.[4] He left in 2020 when the club folded because of financial difficulties.[5] Following his departure, he joined the academy of CD Leganés of Spain's Segunda División.[6][7] In March 2021 he joined the academy of fellow Madrid-based club Rayo Vallecano of La Liga.[8]
By 2022 Cahill had joined the Lusail Football Academy in Doha, Qatar.[9]
International career
In August 2022 Cahill was included in Samoa's roster for the 2022 OFC U-19 Championship.[10][11] This was his first international call-up for Samoa.[12] He made his international debut on 14 September 2022, in a 0–4 loss to New Caledonia in the Group stage of the tournament.[13]
Cahill was later called up to the Samoa U23 team for the 2023 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament. He scored his team’s game-winning goal in a 3–0 victory over Tonga in the Group Stage.[14] He served as the team’s captain throughout the tournament.[15]
