Here is all you need to know about Keyrol Figueroa along with his bio, age and height as he signed his first professional contract with Liverpool
The young player labelled by many fans as a generational talent, Keyrol Figueroa has recently signed his first professional contract for Liverpool FC.
The teenager could now be set for his first team debut in the upcoming seasons just like the current Liverpool star Trent Alexander-Arnold who was also a part of the Liverpool academy and the young teen could follow his footsteps from being an academy player to a star for Liverpool football club.
Who is Liverpool’s Keyrol Figueroa, bio, age, height, family, parents, father, positon and goals stats
Congratulations to American Keyrol Figueroa for signing his first professional contract with @LFCUSA! 👏🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/KrEnrSEwaY
— Premier League USA (@PLinUSA) May 7, 2024
Recently, Figueroa celebrated his injury recovery with a goal from the bench in his U18s comeback match against Wolverhampton Wanderers. Let us have a look at who this young player is.
Who is Keyrol Figueroa?
Born: 31 August 2006 (age 17 years), Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Current teams: Liverpool F.C. under-18 (Forward)
Height: 1.78 m
Parents: Maynor Figueroa, Sandra Norales
Weight: 63 kg
Keyrol Figueroa is a 17-year-old US youth football prodigy born on 31 August 2006 in Tegucigalpa, Honduras and currently plays for Liverpool FC U18.
Figueroa, who stands 1.78 m tall has a dual nationality with both the USA and Honduras, but he has opted to represent the American Soccer team at the youth level.
Figueroa has been with the Merseyside club since U-14s. The 17-year-old plays as a forward and seeing his hard work, Talent and constant success for the youth teams he was recently awarded with his first Pro-contract by the club.
The 17-year-old player is a member of USNT’s Under 17 FIFA World Cup squad and was also part of their CONCACAF championship finalists team. The teenager went on to score an astonishing 90 goals in a single season for the U-14 team before he was promoted to U-18s.
Keyrol Figueroa Style of Play
The Young phenom Keyrol plays as a forward who can play across all three positions in attack but he prefers to play through the centre as a Striker. He is known for his pace, 1v1 dribbling skills and immense ball-striking power even at the tender age of 17.
He likes to make in-behind runs at the back of defenders owing to his pace. He is quite calm in front of goal and that’s why even though he was injured for the major part of the season he recorded 3 Goals and 2 assists in 9 games this year for Liverpool U-18s.
A look at Keyrol Figueroa’s family
The young upcoming star has had a football-based background family as his father Maynor Figueroa played for various English Clubs prominently for Wigan Athletic where he played 179 games as a Centre back. He also played for various MLS clubs including FC Dallas and Houston Dynamos. His mother Sandra Norales, was a handball player who represented Honduras in the sport.