Yannick Djaló

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Yannick
Full name	Yannick dos Santos Djaló
Date of birth	May 5, 1986 (1986-05-05) (age 22)
Place of birth	Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
Height	1,71 m
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Sporting
Number	20
Youth clubs
2003-2005	Sporting
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2005- 2005-2006	Sporting Casa Pia (loan)	33 (5) ? (?)
National team
2006-	Portugal U-21
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Yannick dos Santos Djaló, or simply Yannick (born May 5, 1986 in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau) is a Portuguese football (soccer) player. He currently plays as a striker for Sporting Lisbon. He's lived most of his life in the Portuguese capital, Lisbon.

[edit] Club career

Djaló is a promotee from the famous youth academy of Sporting Clube de Portugal, and made his first division debuts on September 16, 2006 in a league match against Paços de Ferreira. He proved himself a quality player, and also appeared in Sporting's UEFA Champions League 2006-07, renewing during the season his contract with Sporting until 2013.

On April 6, 2008, after a four-month absence due to injury, Djaló scored both goals in a 2-0 home win over Sporting Braga, having also scored the previous week, from the bench, in a 4-1 away success over Naval 1º de Maio.

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Sporting Clube de Portugal – current squad

1 Rui Patrício • 2 Pedro Silva • 4 Polga • 6 A. Silva • 7 Izmailov • 8 Ronny • 9 Purović • 10 Vukčević • 11 Derlei • 13 Tonel • 16 Tiago • 18 Grimi • 20 Yannick • 21 P. Farnerud • 22 Rodrigo Tiuí • 23 Hélder Postiga • 24 M. Veloso • 25 Pereirinha • 26 Gladstone • 28 Moutinho • 30 Romagnoli • 31 Liédson • 34 Stojković • 44 Renato • 58 Paéz • 78 Abel • 88 Celsinho • -- Rochemback • Manager: P. Bento

Persondata
NAME	Djaló, Yannick dos Santos
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Djaló, Yannick; Yannick
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Portuguese international football (soccer) Striker
DATE OF BIRTH	May 5, 1986
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH