Yalany Baio

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|fullname = Yalany Cuino Baio

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|10|10|df=y}}

|birth_place = Bissau, Guinea-Bissau

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|position = Midfielder

|currentclub = Llandudno

|clubnumber = 2

|youthyears1 = |youthclubs1 = Benfica

|youthyears2 = 2011–2014 |youthclubs2 = Liverpool

|years1 = 2015 |caps1 = 9 | goals1 = 1 |clubs1 = Sparta Rotterdam

|years2 = 2017 |caps2 = 7 | goals2 = 0 |clubs2 = Bangor City

|years3 = 2017–2018 |caps3 = 20 | goals3 = 1 |clubs3 = Gibraltar United

|years4 = 2018–2019 |caps4 = 8 | goals4 = 0 |clubs4 = Bangor City

|years5 = 2019 |caps5 = 10 | goals5 = 2 |clubs5 = Llandudno

|years6 = 2019 |caps6 = 12 | goals6 = 2 |clubs6 = Bangor City

|years7 = 2021–2022 |caps7 = 12 | goals7 = 0 |clubs7 = Cefn Druids

|years8 = 2023– |caps8 = 5 | goals8 = 1 |clubs8 = Llandudno

|nationalyears1 = 2011 |nationalteam1 = Portugal U18|nationalcaps1 = 2|nationalgoals1 = 0

|nationalyears2 = 2015 |nationalteam2 = Guinea (unofficial) |nationalcaps2 = 1|nationalgoals2 = 0

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|club-update = 13 September 2023

|nationalteam-update = 2 June 2015 (UTC)

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

Football career

After playing for the youth team of S.L. Benfica, he joined Liverpool in 2011 and played for the team's youth and reserve teams.{{cite news |last1=Hunter |first1=Steve |title=Our 'new' stars of the future |url=https://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/first-team/99551-our-new-stars-of-the-future |access-date=31 January 2019 |publisher=Liverpool F.C. |date=26 July 2011}} In February 2014, with his contract due to expire in the summer, he was tracked by clubs in France and the Netherlands.{{cite news |title=Transfer news: Liverpool midfielder Yalany Baio tracked by a number of clubs |url=https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11669/9173765/transfer-news-liverpool-midfielder-yalany-baio-tracked-by-a-number-of-clubs |access-date=31 January 2019 |publisher=Sky Sports |date=19 February 2014}}

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.{{cite news |title=Sparta legt jeugdexponent van Liverpool vast|trans-title=Sparta sign Liverpool youth player |url=https://www.voetbal.com/news/_n1403708_/sparta-legt-jeugdexponent-van-liverpool-vast/ |access-date=31 January 2019 |publisher=Voetbal |date=15 January 2015 |language=nl}} He made his professional debut the next day in a 1–1 home draw against Den Bosch.{{cite news | date=2015-01-16 | title=Den Bosch vs. Sparta Rotterdam 1 - 1| url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2015/01/16/netherlands/eerste-divisie/fc-den-bosch/sparta-rotterdam-bv/1691485/| publisher=Soccerway}} He played nine games – all starts – for Sparta and scored in a 6–0 win over Jong Ajax on 25 January.{{cite web |title=SPARTA ROTTERDAM VS. AJAX II 6 - 0 |url=https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2015/01/25/netherlands/eerste-divisie/sparta-rotterdam-bv/jong-ajax/1691509/ |publisher=Soccerway |access-date=31 January 2019}}

In January 2017, Baio went back to Great Britain when he signed a short-term deal at Bangor City in the Welsh Premier League.{{cite news |last1=Jones |first1=Dave |title=Former Premier League striker Gary Taylor-Fletcher joins Bangor City |url=https://www.dailypost.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/former-premier-league-striker-gary-12518534 |access-date=31 January 2019 |work=Daily Post |date=27 January 2017}} He was sent off on 25 February in a 2–1 loss at The New Saints in the quarter-finals of the Welsh Cup.{{cite news |last1=Owen |first1=Kevin |title=Ten-man Citizens battle all the way in JD Welsh Cup Quarter Final |url=http://www.bangorcityfc.co.uk/teams/60084/match-centre/0-3619081 |access-date=31 January 2019 |publisher=Bangor City F.C. |date=25 February 2017}} He then moved to Gibraltar that September to sign for Gibraltar United, as part of an ambitious project headed by new owner Michel Salgado.{{cite news |title=Yalany Baio signs a contract with Gibraltar United FC! |url=https://www.goldenball-llousa.com/single-post/2017/09/21/Yalany-Baio-signs-a-contract-with-Gibraltar-United-FC |access-date=31 January 2019 |publisher=Goldenball Llousa |date=21 September 2017}}

Baio returned to Bangor, now relegated to the Cymru Alliance, in June 2018.{{cite news |title=Baio is back |url=http://www.bangorcityfc.co.uk/news/transfer-news-baio-is-back-2317120.html |access-date=31 January 2019 |publisher=Bangor City F.C. |date=18 June 2018}} The following 31 January, he was one of four players released to cut costs, and signed for Llandudno of the top flight hours later.{{cite news |last1=Jones |first1=Jordan |title=Llandudno swoop for Bangor City duo Baio and Dool |url=https://clwbpeldroed.org/2019/01/31/llandudno-bangor-baio-dool/ |access-date=31 January 2019 |publisher=Y Clwb Pel-Droed |date=31 January 2019}} 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.{{cite news |title=Welsh Premier & non-league round-up |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/47960791 |access-date=3 May 2019 |work=BBC Sport |date=19 April 2019}}

On 18 July 2019, Baio signed for the third time to Bangor.{{cite news |last1=Jones |first1=Dean |title=Yalany Baio returns to Bangor City for third spell |url=https://www.northwaleschronicle.co.uk/sport/17780520.yalany-baio-returns-bangor-city-third-spell/ |access-date=29 August 2019 |work=North Wales Chronicle |date=18 July 2019}} He and Aldair Neto were released in December.{{cite news |last1=Jones |first1=Jordan |title=Bangor City: Ex-Barnsley midfielder Hugo Colace joins with Alex Boss |url=https://clwbpeldroed.org/2020/01/02/hugo-colace-barnsley-bangor/ |access-date=31 January 2020 |publisher=Y Clwb Pel-Droed |date=2 January 2020}}

Baio returned to action in August 2021, signing for Cymru Premier side Cefn Druids.{{cite news |last1=Jones |first1=Jordan |title=Cefn Druids shuffle pack with nine new additions ahead of new season |url=https://clwbpeldroed.org/2021/08/09/cefn-druids-nine-additions-cymru-premier/ |access-date=22 August 2021 |publisher=Y Clwb Pel-Droed |date=9 August 2021}}

On 14 July 2023, Baio signed for his former club Llandudno.{{cite web|url=https://www.llandudnofc.co.uk/post/welcome-back-baio|title=Welcome back Baio|date=14 July 2023 |publisher=llandudnofc.co|access-date=13 September 2023}}

International career

Baio was born in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau to a Guinean father and a Bissau-Guinean mother.{{cite news|date=2013-03-18|title=Yalany: "Je veux jouer pour la Guinée"|url=http://www.guineefoot.info/index.php/actu/545-yalany-je-veux-jouer-pour-la-guinee|publisher=Guineefoot|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150926033811/http://www.guineefoot.info/index.php/actu/545-yalany-je-veux-jouer-pour-la-guinee|archive-date=2015-09-26|language=fr|trans-title=Yalany: "I want to play for Guinea"}} He holds citizenship of Portugal, and played twice for their under-18 team in 2011.{{cite web |title=Yalany Baio |url=https://www.fpf.pt/Jogadores/Jogador/playerId/1198141 |publisher=Portuguese Football Federation |access-date=31 January 2019}}

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.{{cite web |title=Guinea vs. Chad |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/13144/Guinea_Chad.html |publisher=National Football Teams |access-date=31 January 2019}} This was not a FIFA sanctioned game, as FIFA records still classify him as declared for Guinea-Bissau.

References

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Category:1994 births

Category:Living people

Category:Bissau-Guinean people of Guinean descent

Category:Sportspeople of Guinean descent

Category:Portuguese sportspeople of Bissau-Guinean descent

Category:Portuguese people of Guinean descent

Category:Footballers from Bissau

Category:Bissau-Guinean men's footballers

Category:Portuguese men's footballers

Category:Guinean men's footballers

Category:Men's association football midfielders

Category:S.L. Benfica footballers