Liana Joseph
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| Full name | Liana Lina Joseph | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 15 August 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Bondy, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Lyon | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 31 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2020 | Paris FC | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2022 | CO Vincennes | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Lyon | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Lyon B | 4 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Lyon | 4 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | France U17 | 13 | (10) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023– | France U19 | 8 | (7) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024– | France U20 | 4 | (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 8 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 3 December 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Liana Lina Joseph (born 15 August 2006) is a French footballer who plays as a forward for Première Ligue club Lyon.
Club career
Joseph started playing football in the youth categories of Paris FC, usually mixed with boys. After finishing as top scorer in the 2019 Danone Nations Cup, she was admitted to the Lyon youth team.[1] She won the 2022-23 France national U-19 Women's Championship with Lyon and finished as top scorer with 27 goals, including 5 goals against Paris Saint-Germain in the deciding match in the last round of the league.[2][3]
International career
Joseph represented France under-17s during the 2023 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship held in Estonia. She scored a brace in the final against Spain in a 3–2 victory to lead France winning their first European Under-17 title in their history.[4][5] With 5 goals scored during the tournament, she shared the top scorer award with her teammate Maeline Mendy and Spanish team player Vicky López.[6]