Aliu Djaló

Aliu Djaló (born 5 February 1992) is a Bissau-Guinean footballer who plays as a midfielder for Icelandic side Hvöt. Beside Aliu Djaló, he is also widely known as Kaby Djaló, or even simply Kaby.[1] He has represented the Guinea-Bissau national team but also has Portuguese citizenship.

Kaby Djaló
Personal information
Full name Aliu Djaló
Date of birth (1992-02-05) 5 February 1992
Place of birth Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Hvöt
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)
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         14 (3)
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 13:53, 30 August 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 08 May 2016

Club career

Born in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, he spent his early career in Portugal, playing in the youth teams of Boavista since 2003.[1] 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.[1]

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.[2]

On 13 August 2012, Djaló arrived in Serbia and spent a period on trial at Red Star Belgrade.[3]

In December 2012 Djaló spent a period on trial with League One side Yeovil Town but failed to earn a contract.[4]

On 18 July 2013, Djaló signed with Marítimo.[5]

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.[6] On 17 September 2016, Djaló made his Crawley debut in a 2–0 home victory against Luton Town, featuring for the entire 90 minutes.[7] 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.[8] On 14 May 2019, it was announced that Djaló would leave Crawley at the end of his current deal in June.[9]

In July 2019, Djaló joined Icelandic club Njarðvík and the following year he remained in the country to play for Víðir.[10]

International career

Despite being born in Guinea-Bissau, Djaló has represented Portugal at U-17[11] and U-18 level.[1] Djaló later joined the Guinea Bissau national football team and made his debut in a 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification 3–2 win over Zambia.[12]

Career statistics
As of match played 26 December 2017.[2]
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
AEL Limassol 2011–12 Cypriot First Division 4000——40
Gaz Metan Mediaș 2013–14 Liga I 300000—30
Pogoń Siedlce (loan) 2014–15 I liga 12000——120
PS Kemi (loan) 2015 Ykkönen 23310——243
PS Kemi 2016 Veikkausliiga 1710040—211
Crawley Town 2016–17 League Two 28120003[lower-alpha 1]0331
2017–18 League Two 15000103[lower-alpha 1]0190
Total 301201060391
Career total 8953050601035
  1. Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy

Honours

[2]

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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