| Kyah Cahill | |
| Fullname: | Kyah Tim Cahill |
| Birth Date: | 13 March 2003 |
| Birth Place: | London, England |
| Height: | 1.78 m |
| Position: | Forward |
| Youthyears1: | 2019–2020 |
| Youthclubs1: | Macclesfield Town |
| Youthyears2: | 2020–2021 |
| Youthclubs2: | Leganés |
| Youthyears3: | 2021–2022 |
| Youthclubs3: | Rayo Vallecano |
| Youthyears4: | 2022–2023 |
| Youthclubs4: | Lusail FA |
| Nationalyears1: | 2022 |
| Nationalteam1: | Samoa U20 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 2 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2023– |
| Nationalteam2: | Samoa U23 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 3 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 1 |
| Club-Update: | 19 June, 2024 |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 02:50, 26 September 2023 (UTC) |
| Nationalyears3: | 2024– |
| Nationalteam3: | Samoa |
| Nationalcaps3: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
Kyah Cahill (born 13 March 2003) is a footballer who last played for the Lusail Football Academy. Born in England, he represents Samoa at youth level.[1]
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 Cahill was included in Samoa's roster for the 2022 OFC U-19 Championship.[10] [11] This was his 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 was later called up to the Samoa U23 team for the 2023 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament. He scored his team’s game-winning goal in a 3–0 victory over Tonga in the Group Stage.[14] He served as the team’s captain throughout the tournament.[15]
Cahill is the son of Socceroos player 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.[16]