Yonis Kireh
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Full name
Yonis Abdi Kireh
Date of birth
10 May 2002
Height
1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Yonis Abdi Kireh | ||
| Date of birth | 10 May 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Marseille, France | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Gazélec Ajaccio | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2020 | AS Mazargues Marseille | ||
| 2020–2021 | SMUC | ||
| 2021–2022 | Zamora | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2024 | Virginia Tech Hokies | 8 | (2) |
| 2025 | Tulsa Golden Hurricane | 5 | (0) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022–2023 | Puente Genil | 13 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | FC Rousset SVO | 1 | (0) |
| 2026– | Gazélec Ajaccio | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2025– | Djibouti | 2 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 12:44, 2 April 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 12:44, 2 April 2025 (UTC) | |||
Yonis Abdi Kireh (born 10 May 2002) is a professional footballer who plays for Championnat National 3 club Gazélec Ajaccio. Born in France, he plays for the Djibouti national team.
As a youth in France, Kireh came up through the youth ranks at Olympique de Marseille before traveling to Spain to join the reserve team of Zamora CF in 2021. He regularly trained with the club's first team of the Segunda Federación. Remaining in Spain, it was announced in July 2022 that the player had joined Puente Genil FC.[1] In August 2024, after playing two seasons with the Andalusian club, it was announced that Kireh had committed to playing college soccer in the United States for the Virginia Tech Hokies.[2]
