Y Êli Niê (born 8 January 2001) is ÊliNiêa Vietnamese footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for V.League 1 club Hoàng Anh Gia Lai and the Vietnam national under-23 team.
Early life
Y Êli Niê was born as the fifth child of seven. He is part of the rade ethnic group, who assign surnames matrilineally (contrary to Vietnamese convention).
He started playing football aged 10. He won the National U11 Championship with the Dak Lak U11 team.