portuguese football player

Yannick dos Santos Djaló ( hold 5 May 1986 ) is a portuguese professional football player who plays chiefly as a forward but besides as a winger. He played most of his professional career with Sporting after reaching the cabaret ‘s youth system at the senesce of 15, going on to appear in more than 150 official games and win four major titles. He moved to Benfica in 2012, and won the Portuguese League Cup that year, but totalled alone five appearances in 41⁄2 years, spending most of his clock time out on lend.

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Djaló earned 22 caps for Portugal at youth charge, and made his entirely senior appearance in 2010 .

Club career [edit ]

Sporting [edit ]

Born in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, Djaló was brought up through Sporting CP ‘s prolific youth system, and made his Primeira Liga introduction on 16 September 2006, playing the irregular half of a 0–1 home loss against F.C. Paços de Ferreira. [ 1 ] He proved himself a quality player, much coming off the bench, and besides appeared in the club ‘s campaign in the UEFA Champions League, renewing his contract during the season until 2013. [ 2 ] On 6 April 2008, after a four-month absence ascribable to injury, Djaló scored both goals in a 2–0 home succeed over S.C. Braga, [ 3 ] having besides found the internet the previous week as a substitute in a 4–1 aside defeat of Associação Naval 1º de Maio. [ 4 ] He finished the season in good shape, netting the only finish in a gain at Paços de Ferreira which proved crucial in helping the side to retain their second place in the league ; [ 5 ] in the Taça de Portugal, he scored doubly in a thrilling 5–3 semi-final gain against city-rivals S.L. Benfica. [ 6 ] On 16 August 2008, Djaló scored both goals in Sporting ‘s win against defending league champions FC Porto to claim the Portuguese Supercup for the moment year in a row. [ 7 ] During 2009–10 he was an everpresent attack human body, up front or in the wings and, on 2 April 2010, he netted his first career hat-trick, at home against Rio Ave FC ( 5–0 ). [ 8 ] On 26 August 2010, Djaló scored in the 90th moment to help the Lions defeat Brøndby IF 3–0 after losing 0–2 at home, thus qualifying for the UEFA Europa League ‘s group stage. [ 9 ]

Cancelled transfer to Nice [edit ]

On 31 August 2011, the very end sidereal day of the summer transportation window, Djaló left Sporting, signing for OGC Nice in Ligue 1 for €6 million. [ 10 ] On 7 September, FIFA ruled that his transfer would be voided ascribable to the move being completed following the blockage of the remove deadline, [ 11 ] and the french clubhouse ‘s officials announced that they would appeal the rule. [ 12 ] After FIFA failed to take any military action regarding the invoke, [ 13 ] on 28 September, Nice executive Julien Fournier announced that the club would take the case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport ( CAS ). [ 14 ] Two weeks late the attract was rejected, which meant Djaló would not be eligible to represent a new team until January 2012 ; on the following day after the CAS regnant, Fournier confirmed to Portuguese radio station Rádio Renascença that the player would be returning to Sporting. [ 15 ]

Benfica [edit ]

On 31 January 2012, spare agent Djaló signed a four-and-a-half-year condense with Benfica. [ 16 ] [ 17 ] precisely seven months late, in the last hours of the summer transfer window, he moved to another team in France ‘s clear flight, Toulouse FC, joining on loanword with an option to make the motion permanent at the end of the season. [ 18 ] Djaló was loaned to Major League Soccer english San Jose Earthquakes on 10 March 2014, until the end of the campaign. [ 19 ] He subsequently returned to Benfica, being assigned to the B-team in the Segunda Liga. [ 20 ] On 26 January 2015, Djaló was loaned to FC Mordovia Saransk in the russian Premier League until the end of the temper. [ 21 ] The affect was extended for another year on 7 August. [ 22 ]

later years [edit ]

In February 2016, Djaló terminated his contract with Benfica, [ 23 ] signing for one year with Ratchaburi F.C. from the Thai Premier League immediately after. [ 24 ] On 24 August 2017, the 31-year-old returned to his nation of adoption after agreeing to a annual deal at Vitória de Setúbal ; [ 25 ] having made only two substitute appearances, he returned to Ratchaburi the follow June. [ 26 ]

International career [edit ]

Djaló chose to represent Portugal internationally, appearing for the state in respective young person levels. Twelve days after his 2008 Supercup exploits, he was called up to the senior team by coach Carlos Queiroz, but did not make his debut. [ 27 ] In belated August 2010, Djaló was selected for two UEFA Euro 2012 qualifiers after Porto ‘s Silvestre Varela – his former Sporting teammate – suffered an injury. [ 28 ] He finally made his debut on 3 September, playing the last six minutes of the 4–4 home draw against minnows Cyprus after replacing Hugo Almeida. [ 29 ]

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personal life [edit ]

Born in Guinea-Bissau, Djaló lived most of his animation in the portuguese capital, Lisbon. In May 2010 he married singer and TV-personality Luciana Abreu, subsequently taking his wife ‘s surname and bless as “ Yannick Abreu Djaló ”. [ 30 ] The pair welcomed their first child, Lyonce Viktórya, early in the follow year, the player having already fathered Christian Martim ( give birth 2008 ) in a previous kinship. [ 31 ]

Honours [edit ]

club [edit ]

Sporting
Benfica

individual [edit ]

  • Primeira Liga Young Player of the Month: March 2007

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