Liana Joseph
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| Date of birth | 15 August 2006 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Bondy, France | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | 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 | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | France U17 | 13 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 August 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 May 2023 | |||||||||||||||||
Liana Joseph (born 15 August 2006) is a French footballer who plays as a forward for Division 1 Féminine club Lyon.
Early life[edit]
Joseph was born in a family of Haitian descent in Bondy. Her father Othlinds was a footballer for Maccabi Paris and her uncle Berley played for Troyes and Paris FC.[1]
Club career[edit]
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 decinding match in the last round of the league.[2][3]
International career[edit]
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]
Honours[edit]
France
Individual
- UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship top scorer: 2023[6]
- UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2023[7]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Football : à 13 ans, cette "extraterrestre" dribble les garçons". leparisien.fr (in French). 24 November 2019.
- ^ "U19F : nos jeunes Lyonnaises championnes de France !". www.ol.fr (in French). Retrieved 15 August 2023.
- ^ "Porté par une Liana Joseph magique, l'OL remporte le titre national U19 féminin". Footeuses (in French). 7 May 2023.
- ^ "La France remporte l'Euro U17 féminin !". SOFOOT.com (in French). 27 May 2023.
- ^ "L'équipe de France remporte l'Euro U17 féminin". L'Équipière (in French). 27 May 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
- ^ a b c "Grâce aux lyonnaises Liana Joseph et Maeline Mendy, la France remporte l'Euro U17 féminin". lyonfoot.com (in French). 27 May 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
- ^ "2023 Women's Under-17 EURO Team of the Tournament". UEFA.com. 30 May 2023.