Kahiser Lenis

{{Infobox football biography

|name = Kahiser Lenis

|image = Partido Galicia - Panamá en Balaídos 186.jpg

|caption = Lenis with Panama in 2024

|full_name = Kahiser Miguel Lenis Navarro{{LaPreferente|350141C7842}}

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2001|7|23|df=y}}

|birth_place = Panama City, Panama{{WorldFootball.net|kahiser-lenis}}

|height = 1.80 m

|position = Forward

|currentclub = Jaguares de Córdoba

|clubnumber = 15

|youthyears1 =

|youthclubs1 =

|years1 = 2020–2021 |clubs1 = Rabesa |caps1 = 7 |goals1 = 4

|years2 = 2021 |clubs2 = Independiente |caps2 = 2 |goals2 = 1

|years3 = 2022 |clubs3 = San Miguelito |caps3 = 27 |goals3 = 0

|years4 = 2023– |clubs4 = Jaguares de Córdoba |caps4 = 37 |goals4 = 2

|nationalyears1 = 2023

|nationalteam1 = Panama U23

|nationalcaps1 = 4

|nationalgoals1 = 1

|nationalyears2 = 2023–

|nationalteam2 = Panama

|nationalcaps2 = 8

|nationalgoals2 = 2

|club-update = 16 June 2024

|nationalteam-update = 18 November 2024

}}

Kahiser Miguel Lenis Navarro (born 23 July 2001) is a Panamanian professional footballer who currently plays as a forward for Colombian club Jaguares de Córdoba and the Panama national team.

Club career

Born in Panama City, Lenis travelled to Spain in early 2020, going on trial with lower-division side CD Alcalá.{{cite web|url=https://sports.critica.com.pa/deportes/el-coronavirus-no-mata-su-sueno-de-triunfar-en-europa-578226?amp|title=El coronavirus no mata su sueño de triunfar en Europa|trans-title=The coronavirus does not kill his dream of succeeding in Europe|first=Roberto|last=Acuña|date=5 May 2020|accessdate=18 June 2023|website=sports.critica.com.pa|language=Spanish|archive-date=7 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507003135/https://sports.critica.com.pa/deportes/el-coronavirus-no-mata-su-sueno-de-triunfar-en-europa-578226?amp|url-status=dead}} After not being offered a contract, he joined amateur side CD Rabesa, where he scored four goals in seven games before returning to Panama.

On his return to Panama, he spent a season each with Independiente and San Miguelito, before moving to Colombia and going on trial with Deportes Tolima in late 2022, scoring in a friendly against Bogotá and being pictured in club kit.{{cite web|url=https://futbolcentroamerica.com/panama/El-juvenil-panameno-Kahiser-Lenis-militara-en-Deportes-Tolima-de-Colombia-20230113-0012.html|title=El juvenil panameño Kahiser Lenis militará en Deportes Tolima de Colombia|trans-title=The Panamanian youth Kahiser Lenis will participate in Deportes Tolima in Colombia|first=Jean Carlos|last=González Pereira|date=13 January 2023|accessdate=18 June 2023|website=futbolcentroamerica.com|language=Spanish}} Despite this, he would instead go on to join Categoría Primera A side Jaguares de Córdoba.{{cite web|url=https://www.cospanama.com/panameno-kahiser-lenis-es-jugador-jaguares-cordoba-n5847935|title=Panameño Kahiser Lenis es jugador de Jaguares de Córdoba|trans-title=Panamanian Kahiser Lenis is a player of Jaguares de Córdoba|first=Álvaro|last=Martínez|date=17 February 2023|accessdate=18 June 2023|website=cospanama.com|language=Spanish}}

International career

Lenis was called up to the Panama under-23 side for the 2023 Maurice Revello Tournament, and went on to score in the final as Panama beat Mexico to win the tournament for the first time.{{cite web|url=https://latinus.us/2023/06/18/mexico-humillado-goleado-panama-final-maurice-revello-derrota-fin-esperanza/|title=¡No hay esperanza! México es humillado y goleado por Panamá en la Final del Torneo Maurice Revello|trans-title=There's no hope! Mexico is humiliated and thrashed by Panama in the Final of the Maurice Revello Tournament|date=18 June 2023|accessdate=18 June 2023|website=latinus.us|language=Spanish}}

Called up by manager Thomas Christiansen to the senior squad in August 2023, Lenis marked his full international debut with two goals as Panama beat Bolivia 2–1 in a friendly game on 27 August, with Christiansen describing his performance as "spectacular".{{cite web|url=https://www.prensa.com/deportes/thomas-christiansen-destaca-el-debut-de-juveniles-en-el-triunfo-de-panama-en-su-visita-a-bolivia/|title=Thomas Christiansen destaca el debut de juveniles en el triunfo de Panamá en su visita a Bolivia|trans-title=Thomas Christiansen highlights the youth debut in the triumph of Panama in its visit to Bolivia|date=28 August 2023|access-date=28 August 2023|website=prensa.com|language=es}}

Career statistics

=Club=

{{Updated|18 June 2023.|{{Soccerway|kahiser-lenis/786404}}}}

rowspan="2"\|Club !rowspan="2"\|Season !colspan="3"\|League !colspan="2"\|Cup !colspan="2"\|Continental !colspan="2"\|Other !colspan="2"\|Total
class=wikitable style=text-align:center \|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Rabesa \|2020–21 \|Tercera Andaluza \|7	4	0	0	colspan="2"\|–	0	0	7	4
Independiente \|2021 \|rowspan="2"\|LPF \|2	1	0	0	1{{efn\|name=CL\|Appearances in the CONCACAF League}}	0	0	0	3	1
San Miguelito \|2022 \|27	0	0	0	1{{efn\|name=CL}}	0	0	0	28	0
Jaguares de Córdoba \|2023 \|Categoría Primera A \|7	0	3{{efn\|name=CC\|Appearances in the Copa Colombia}}	0	colspan="2"\|–	0	0	10	0
colspan="3"\|Career total !43	5	3	0	2	0	0	0	48	5

=International=

National team	Year	Apps
class=wikitable style=text-align:center \|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year
rowspan="2"\|Panama \|2023	1{{efn\|Excluding Non-FIFA competitions}}	2
2024	7	0
colspan="2"\|Total	8	2

=International goals=

: Scores and results list Panama's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Panama goal.

class="wikitable sortable"

|+List of international goals scored by Lenis

! scope="col" |No.

! scope="col" |Date

! scope="col" |Venue

! scope="col" |Opponent

! scope="col" |Score

! scope="col" |Result

! scope="col" |Competition

align="center" |1

|rowspan="2"|{{dts|27 August 2023}}

|rowspan="2"|Estadio Félix Capriles, Cochabamba, Bolivia

|rowspan="2"|{{fb|BOL}}

| align="center" |1–0

|rowspan="2" align="center" |2–1

|rowspan="2"|Friendly

align="center" |2

| align="center" |2–1

Honours

Panama

CONCACAF Nations League runner-up: 2024–25{{Cite web |date=23 March 2025 |title=Mexico beat Panama with stoppage-time penalty for CONCACAF Nations League title |url=https://www.reuters.com/sports/soccer/mexico-beat-panama-with-stoppage-time-penalty-concacaf-nations-league-title-2025-03-24/#:~:text=March%2023%20(Reuters)%20%2D%20Raul,Inglewood%2C%20California%2C%20on%20Sunday. |access-date=26 March 2025 |website=Reuters}}