Yalany Baio

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Yalany Baio
Personal information
Full name Yalany Cuino Baio
Date of birth (1994-10-10) 10 October 1994 (age 29)
Place of birth Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Llandudno
Number 2
Youth career
Benfica
2011–2014 Liverpool
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015 Sparta Rotterdam 9 (1)
2017 Bangor City 7 (0)
2017–2018 Gibraltar United 20 (1)
2018–2019 Bangor City 8 (0)
2019 Llandudno 10 (2)
2019 Bangor City 12 (2)
2021–2022 Cefn Druids 12 (0)
2023– Llandudno 5 (1)
International career‡
2011 Portugal U18 2 (0)
2015 Guinea (unofficial) 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 September 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 June 2015 (UTC)

Yalany Cuino Baio (born 10 October 1994) is a Bissau-Guinean footballer who plays as a midfielder for Welsh club Llandudno.

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Football career

After playing for the youth team of S.L. Benfica, [1] he joined Liverpool in 2011 and played for the team's youth and reserve teams. [2] In February 2014, with his contract due to expire in the summer, he was tracked by clubs in France and the Netherlands. [1]

On 15 January 2015, after having been without a club since his release by Liverpool, he signed for Dutch Eerste Divisie club Sparta Rotterdam for the rest of the season with the option of two further campaigns. [3] He made his professional debut the next day in a 1–1 home draw against Den Bosch. [4] He played nine games – all starts – for Sparta and scored in a 6–0 win over Jong Ajax on 25 January. [5]

In January 2017, Baio went back to Great Britain when he signed a short-term deal at Bangor City in the Welsh Premier League. [6] He was sent off on 25 February in a 2–1 loss at The New Saints in the quarter-finals of the Welsh Cup. [7] He then moved to Gibraltar that September to sign for Gibraltar United, as part of an ambitious project headed by new owner Michel Salgado. [8]

Baio returned to Bangor, now relegated to the Cymru Alliance, in June 2018. [9] The following 31 January, he was one of four players released to cut costs, and signed for Llandudno of the top flight hours later. [10] He played ten matches in his first half-season with the club, and scored twice in a 4–0 win at Llanelli Town on 20 April, with both teams already relegated. [11]

On 18 July 2019, Baio signed for the third time to Bangor. [12] He and Aldair Neto were released in December. [13]

Baio returned to action in August 2021, signing for Cymru Premier side Cefn Druids. [14]

On 14 July 2023, Baio signed for his former club Llandudno. [15]

International career

Baio was born in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau to a Guinean father and a Bissau-Guinean mother. [16] He holds citizenship of Portugal, and played twice for their under-18 team in 2011. [17]

On 6 June 2015, he played in an international friendly for Guinea, replacing Lass Bangoura after 54 minutes of a 2–2 draw with Chad in Saint-Leu-la-Forêt, France. [18] This was not a FIFA sanctioned game, as FIFA records still classify him as declared for Guinea-Bissau.

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  14. ↑ Jones, Jordan (9 August 2021). "Cefn Druids shuffle pack with nine new additions ahead of new season". Y Clwb Pel-Droed. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  15. ↑ "Welcome back Baio". llandudnofc.co. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  16. ↑ "Yalany: "Je veux jouer pour la Guinée"" [Yalany: "I want to play for Guinea"] (in French). Guineefoot. 2013-03-18. Archived from the original on 2015-09-26.
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