Yalany Baio
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Yalany Cuino Baio | ||
| Date of birth | 10 October 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Bissau, Guinea-Bissau | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Benfica | |||
| 2011–2014 | Liverpool | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (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 as of 13 September 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 2 June 2015 (UTC) | |||
Yalany Cuino Baio (born 10 October 1994) is a Bissau-Guinean footballer who plays as a midfielder.
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]