Adamo Nagalo

Adamo Nagalo

Personal information
Full name	Adamo Nagalo
Date of birth	(2002-09-22) 22 September 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth	Adjamé, Ivory Coast [1]
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	PSV
Number	39
Youth career
	Right to Dream
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2020–2024	Nordsjælland	93	(3)
2024–	PSV	6	(0)
2024–	Jong PSV	2	(0)
International career‡
2022–	Burkina Faso	17	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22:14, 24 April 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 23:21, 24 March 2025 (UTC)

Adamo Nagalo (born 22 September 2002) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Eredivisie club PSV Eindhoven. Born in the Ivory Coast, he represents Burkina Faso at international level.

Club career

Nordsjælland

Born in Adjamé, Ivory Coast, Nagalo was a part of the Right to Dream Academy in Ghana, before joining FC Nordsjælland in the summer 2020. Nagalo made three appearances for the clubs U-19 team, before he got his professional debut for the club against Lyngby in the Danish Superliga on 12 March 2021, replacing Daniel Svensson with three minutes left. ^[2] 18-year old Nagalo made a total of six league appearances for Nordsjælland in the 2020–21 season.

Ahead of the 2021–22 season, Nagalo was permanently promoted to the first team squad. ^[3]

PSV Eindhoven

On 2 September 2024, Nagalo signed with Dutch club PSV Eindhoven on a five-year deal. ^[4]

International career

Born in the Ivory Coast, Nagalo is of Burkinabé descent. He was called up to the Burkina Faso national team for a set of friendlies in September 2022. ^[5] He debuted for the Burkina Faso national team in a 2–1 friendly win against the Ivory Coast on 19 November 2022. ^[6]

On 20 December 2023, he was selected from the list of 27 Burkinabé players selected by Hubert Velud to compete in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.^{[ citation needed ]}

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 24 April 2025

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup [a]		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Nordsjælland	2020–21	Danish Superliga	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
	2021–22	Danish Superliga	27	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	29	1
	2022–23	Danish Superliga	28	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	33	2
	2023–24	Danish Superliga	31	1	5	0	9 [b]	0	0	0	45	1
	2024–25	Danish Superliga	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
	Total		93	3	12	1	9	0	0	0	114	4
PSV	2024–25	Eredivisie	6	0	1	0	5 [c]	0	—		12	0
	2025–26	Eredivisie	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		6	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	12	0
Jong PSV	2024–25	Eerste Divisie	2	0	—		—		—		2	0
Career total			101	3	13	1	14	0	0	0	128	4

1. Includes Danish Cup, KNVB Cup
2. Appearance(s) in the UEFA Conference League
3. Appearance(s) in the UEFA Champions League

International

As of match played 24 March 2025

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Burkina Faso	2022	1	0
	2023	7	0
	2024	7	0
	2025	2	0
Total		17	0

Honours

PSV

• Eredivisie: 2024–25 ^[7]
• Johan Cruyff Shield: 2025 ^[8]

References

1. "Adamo NAGALO : " Ça sera un grand plaisir pour moi de jouer pour le Burkina. "" [Adamo Nagalo: "It will be a great pleasure for me to play for Burkina Faso."]. FasoSports (in French). Retrieved 23 September 2023.
2. LYNGBY VS. NORDSJÆLLAND 0 - 3, soccerway.com, 12 March 2021
3. FRA AKADEMI TIL SUPERLIGA: ADAMO NAGALO Archived 2021-10-26 at the Wayback Machine , fcn.dk, 23 July 2021
4. "Transfer | PSV haalt met Nagalo opnieuw defensieve versterking in huis" (in Dutch). PSV Eindhoven. 2 September 2024. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
5. "Burkina Faso : Hillel Konaté et Adamo Nagalo annoncés en sélection | Africa Foot United". africafootunited.com. 12 September 2022. Archived from the original on 27 September 2022. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
6. "Match amical international : Le Burkina domine la Côte d'Ivoire 2–1 – leFaso.net". lefaso.net.
7. "PSV crowned Eredivisie champions for 26th time after historic Ajax collapse". Flashscore. 18 May 2025. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
8. "PSV win 15th Johan Cruyff Shield after late comeback against Go Ahead Eagles". Flashscore. 3 August 2025. Retrieved 3 August 2025.

External links

• Adamo Nagalo at Soccerway
• Adamo Nagalo at National-Football-Teams.com