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Bissau-Guinean footballer

Aliu Djaló
Personal information
Full name Aliu Djaló
Date of birth (1992-02-05) 5 February 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team Pedras Rubras
Youth career
2003–2007 Boavista
2007–2012 Chelsea
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012 AEL Limassol 4 (0)
2012–2013 Boavista 0 (0)
2013–2014 Marítimo 0 (0)
2014–2015 Gaz Metan Mediaș 3 (0)
2014 → Pogoń Siedlce (loan) 12 (0)
2014 → Pogoń Siedlce II (loan) 2 (2)
2015 → PS Kemi (loan) 25 (3)
2015–2016 PS Kemi 17 (1)
2016–2019 Crawley Town 30 (1)
2019 Njarðvík 12 (0)
2020–2021 Víðir   27 (1)
2022 Hvöt         17 (3)
2023 Coimbrões     
2023 Infesta        
2023– Pedras Rubras      
International career
2006 Portugal U16 2 (2)
2007–2008 Portugal U17 3 (0)
2007 Portugal U18 8 (0)
2011 Portugal U20 2 (0)
2016 Guinea-Bissau 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:51, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

Aliu Djaló (born 5 February 1992) is a Bissau-Guinean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Portuguese cub Pedras Rubras. Beside Aliu Djaló, he is also widely known as Kaby Djaló, or even simply Kaby. He has represented the Guinea-Bissau national team but also has Portuguese citizenship.

Club career

Born in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, he spent his early career in Portugal, playing in the youth teams of Boavista since 2003. In 2007, he moved to England to join Premier League side Chelsea where he played in their youth team until 2011. Afterwards, he was promoted to the Chelsea reserve squad in the first half of the 2011–12 season.

During the winter break of the 2011–12 season, he moved to Cyprus and made his debut as a senior while playing with AEL Limassol in the Cypriot First Division contributing for AEL's championship winning squad.

On 13 August 2012, Djaló arrived in Serbia and spent a period on trial at Red Star Belgrade.

In December 2012 Djaló spent a period on trial with League One side Yeovil Town but failed to earn a contract.

On 18 July 2013, Djaló signed with Marítimo.

On 31 August 2016, Djaló returned to England after spells in Romania, Poland and Finland to join League Two side Crawley Town on a two-year deal. On 17 September 2016, Djaló made his Crawley debut in a 2–0 home victory against Luton Town, featuring for the entire 90 minutes. On 15 October 2016, Djaló scored his first goal for Crawley in their 2–1 away defeat against Cheltenham Town, netting in the 78th minute. On 14 May 2019, it was announced that Djaló would leave Crawley at the end of his current deal in June.

In July 2019, Djaló joined Icelandic club Njarðvík and the following year he remained in the country to play for Víðir.

International career

Despite being born in Guinea-Bissau, Djaló has represented Portugal at U-17 and U-18 levels. Djaló was called up to the Guinea-Bissau national football team and made his debut in a 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification match 3–2 win over Zambia.

Career statistics

As of match played 26 December 2017.
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
AEL Limassol 2011–12 Cypriot First Division 4 0 0 0 — — 4 0
Gaz Metan Mediaș 2013–14 Liga I 3 0 0 0 0 0 — 3 0
Pogoń Siedlce (loan) 2014–15 I liga 12 0 0 0 — — 12 0
PS Kemi (loan) 2015 Ykkönen 23 3 1 0 — — 24 3
PS Kemi 2016 Veikkausliiga 17 1 0 0 4 0 — 21 1
Crawley Town 2016–17 League Two 28 1 2 0 0 0 3 0 33 1
2017–18 League Two 15 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 19 0
Total 30 1 2 0 1 0 6 0 39 1
Career total 89 5 3 0 5 0 6 0 103 5
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy

Honours

AEL Limasol
PS Kemi

References

  1. ^ Aliu Djaló at ForadeJogo
  2. ^ Aliu Djaló at Soccerway
  3. Portugalac iz Čelzija na probi u Zvezdi at Sportski žurnal, 13-8-2012 (in Serbian)
  4. "Two Yeovil Town transfer targets watch Glovers beat Portsmouth". Western Gazette. 29 December 2012. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
  5. "Djaló Presentation". 18 July 2013. Archived from the original on 21 July 2013. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
  6. "Breaking: Reds sign midfielder". Crawley Town Official Site. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  7. "Crawley Town vs. Luton Town". Soccerway. 17 September 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  8. "Cheltenham Town vs. Crawley Town". Soccerway. 15 October 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  9. "NEW CONTRACT OFFERS MADE TO THREE PLAYERS". Crawley Town Official Site. 14 May 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  10. "Aliu Djalo" (in Icelandic). Football Association of Iceland. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  11. Aliu Djalo at UEFA.com
  12. Football, CAF – Confederation of African. "CAF – Competitions – Q CAN 2017 – Match Details".

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