Kyah Cahill (born 13 March 2003) is a Samoan footballer currently playing for the Lusail Football Academy and the Samoa national under-20 football team.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kyah Tim Cahill | ||
| Date of birth | (2003-03-13) 13 March 2003 (age 19) | ||
| Place of birth | London, England | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Lusail FA | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2019–2020 | Macclesfield Town | ||
| 2020–2021 | Leganés | ||
| 2021–2022 | Rayo Vallecano | ||
| 2022– | Lusail FA | ||
| National team‡ | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022– | Samoa U20 | 2 | (0) |
| ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:56, 18 September 2022 (UTC) | |||
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]
In August 2022 he was included in Samoa's roster for the 2022 OFC U-19 Championship.[10][11] This was Cahill's 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 is the son of Soccerroos legend Tim Cahill and nephew of Samoan former internationals Sean Cahill and Chris Cahill.[12] As a youth his interests were in the performing arts which led him to auditions for Disney and Broadway.[14]