Yanga Baliso

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Yanga Baliso
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-03-27) 27 March 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Cape Town, South Africa
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) [1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 AC Oulu
Number 16
Youth career
0000–2016 Cape Town Spurs
2016–2019 Orlando Pirates
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2019 → Cape Umoya United (loan) 11 (1)
2019 Pargas IF 0 (0)
2020–2022 IFK Mariehamn 45 (2)
2023 AC Oulu 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 May 2023

Yanga Baliso (born 27 March 1997) is a South African professional footballer.

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Career

In 2016, Baliso joined the youth academy of Orlando Pirates, one of South Africa's most successful clubs. [2]

In 2018, he was sent on loan to Cape Umoya United in the South African second division, [3] here he made 11 league appearances and scored 1 goal. [4]

In 2019, Baliso signed for Finnish fourth division side Pargas IF.

Before the 2020 season, he signed for IFK Mariehamn in the Finnish top flight [5] after trying to join a Swedish team. [6]

He terminated his contract with AC Oulu on 2 June 2023 for personal reasons, and returned to South Africa. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ Yanga Baliso at WorldFootball.net
  2. ↑ "Pirates snap up Baliso". kickoff.com.
  3. ↑ "Bucs Set To Loan Two Youngsters". soccerladuma.co.za.
  4. ↑ Yanga Baliso at Soccerway
  5. ↑ "Baliso not Finn-ished". dailyvoice.co.za.
  6. ↑ ""Enemmänkin perhe kuin joukkue" – Yanga Baliso kehuu IFK Mariehamnin henkeä". veikkausliiga.com.
  7. ↑ "Yanga Baliso jättää laivastonsiniset". acoulu.fi.


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