Yannick Djaló

Yannick Djaló
Djaló playing for San Jose Earthquakes in 2014
Personal information
Full name Yannick dos Santos Djaló
Date of birth (1986-05-05) 5 May 1986
Place of birth Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Forward, winger
Youth career
1998–1999 Forte da Casa
1999–2001 Estação
2001–2005 Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003 Sporting CP B 10 (1)
2005–2011 Sporting CP 98 (23)
2005–2006Casa Pia (loan) 26 (16)
2012–2016 Benfica 3 (0)
2012–2013Toulouse (loan) 17 (0)
2013Toulouse B (loan) 2 (1)
2014San Jose Earthquakes (loan) 18 (3)
2015Mordovia Saransk (loan) 16 (2)
2016 Ratchaburi 26 (15)
2017–2018 Vitória Setúbal 2 (0)
2018–2019 Ratchaburi 13 (1)
Total 231 (62)
International career
2005 Portugal U19 3 (0)
2005–2006 Portugal U20 7 (1)
2006–2009 Portugal U21 12 (1)
2009–2011 Portugal U23 2 (0)
2009 Portugal B 1 (1)
2010 Portugal 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Yannick dos Santos Djaló (born 5 May 1986) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a forward or winger.

He spent most of his professional career with Sporting CP after reaching the club's youth system at the age of 15, going on to play 156 competitive games and win four major titles. He moved to Benfica in 2012 and won the Taça da Liga that year, but totalled only five appearances in 412 years, spending most of his time out on loan.

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