![]() Djaló with Lille in 2021 | ||||||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Tiago Emanuel Embaló Djaló [1] | |||||||||||||||
Date of birth | [1] | 9 April 2000|||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Amadora, Portugal | |||||||||||||||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) [1] | |||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Defender | |||||||||||||||
Club information | ||||||||||||||||
Current team | Lille | |||||||||||||||
Number | 3 | |||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||
2009–2012 | Metralhas | |||||||||||||||
2012–2013 | Damaiense | |||||||||||||||
2013–2018 | Sporting CP | |||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
2017–2018 | Sporting CP B | 12 | (1) | |||||||||||||
2019 | Milan | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2019– | Lille | 70 | (3) | |||||||||||||
International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | Portugal U17 | 14 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2018 | Portugal U18 | 3 | (1) | |||||||||||||
2018 | Portugal U19 | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2019– | Portugal U21 | 8 | (0) | |||||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:53, 11 January 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:06, 11 June 2022 (UTC) |
Tiago Emanuel Embaló Djaló (Portuguese pronunciation: [tiˈaɣu dʒɐˈlɔ] ; 9 April 2000) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for French club Lille mainly as a central defender but also as a full-back.
Djaló was born in Amadora, Lisbon metropolitan area to Bissau-Guinean parents, and he joined Sporting CP's academy in 2013 from Sport Futebol Damaiense. [2] On 24 February 2018, still a junior, he made his professional debut in the LigaPro with their reserves, playing 74 minutes in a 2–2 home draw against Académica de Coimbra. [3]
On 11 April 2018, Djaló scored his first goal in the second division, closing the 1–1 home draw with Famalicão. [4]
In January 2019, Djaló was signed by A.C. Milan as his contract with Sporting was about to expire. [5] In July, alongside several other youth team players, he was invited to train with the first team by the newly appointed coach Marco Giampaolo. [6] He appeared in his only match for the club in a friendly with Novara, coming on as a second-half substitute. [7]
Djaló joined Lille on 1 August 2019 on a five-year deal, for an undisclosed fee reported to be within the area of €5 million. [8] [9] [10] He made his debut in the French Ligue 1 ten days later, starting in central defence alongside his compatriot José Fonte in the 2–1 home victory over Nantes. [11] He first appeared in the UEFA Champions League on 23 October, featuring 87 minutes in a 1–1 draw against Valencia in the group stage also at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy. [12]
In the 2020–21 season, Djaló contributed 17 games to help his team win the national championship for the first time since 2011. [13] On 1 August, he started as Lille won the Trophée des Champions 1–0 against Paris Saint-Germain at Bloomfield Stadium in Tel Aviv, Israel. [14] He scored his first league goal on 6 November that year, opening an eventual 1–1 home draw with Angers. [15]
Djaló won 24 caps for Portugal at youth level. His first for the under-21 side occurred on 14 November 2019, in a 0–0 friendly draw against Slovenia held in Estoril. [16] [17]
On 21 March 2022, Djaló received his first call-up to the senior squad, after Pepe tested positive for COVID-19 ahead of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification play-offs against Turkey. [18] In October, he was named in a preliminary 55-man squad for the finals in Qatar. [19]
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