Yenith Bailey
Personal information
Full name Yenith Elizabett Bailey de la Cruz
Date of birth (2001-03-29) 29 March 2001[1]
Place of birth Panama City, Panama[2]
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) [3]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Tauro
Number 30
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–2019 Tauro
2019 Libertad/Limpeño
2022 Dimas Escazú
2023– Tauro
International career‡
2017– Panama 8[4] (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 July 2019

Yenith Elizabett Bailey de la Cruz (born 29 March 2001) is a Panamanian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Tauro FC and the Panama women's national team. She is nicknamed Chomba.

International career

Bailey appeared in three matches for Panama at the 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship,[1][4] making 24 saves.[5] She won the tournament's Golden Glove award and was named to its Best XI.[6] Previously a midfielder, she was converted to goalkeeper by head coach Victor Suárez only a year before the tournament.[7]

Panama ended up fourth, advancing to a playoff against CONMEBOL side Argentina for a place in the 2019 Women's World Cup. In the 8th minute of the first leg Bailey saved a penalty from Estefanía Banini. The match finished 4-0 for Argentina, though, and after a 1-1 draw at home Panama was eliminated.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Panama". CONCACAF Women's Championship. CONCACAF. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
  2. ↑ "Panamá tiene sus 23 convocadas para clasificar al Mundial femenino de la FIFA". 26 June 2022.
  3. ↑ "Play-Off Tournament for the FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023" (PDF). FIFA. 12 February 2023. p. 1. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  4. 1 2 "Y. Bailey". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
  5. ↑ Yang, Stephanie (18 October 2018). "The United States won Concacaf qualifying but Panama GK Yenith Bailey stole the show (and our hearts)". Stars and Stripes. SB Nation. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
  6. ↑ "Concacaf announces the individual awards and Best XI of the CWC". CONCACAF. 18 October 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
  7. ↑ Arnold, Jon (16 October 2018). "Panama's teenage goalkeeper becomes breakout star at Concacaf tournament, but next step isn't clear". Goal.com. Retrieved 9 July 2019.


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