Yalany Cuino Baio (born 10 October 1994) is a Bissau-Guinean

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who plays as a

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for Welsh club Cefn Druids.

Football career

After playing for the youth team of

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, he joined

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in 2011 and played for the team's youth and reserve teams. In February 2014, with his contract due to expire in the summer, he was tracked by clubs in France and the Netherlands. On 15 January 2015, after having been without a club since his release by Liverpool, he signed for Dutch

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club

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for the rest of the season with the option of two further campaigns. He made his professional debut the next day in a 1–1 home draw against

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. He played nine games – all starts – for Sparta and scored in a 6–0 win over

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on 25 January. In January 2017, Baio went back to Great Britain when he signed a short-term deal at

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in the

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. He was sent off on 25 February in a 2–1 loss at

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in the quarter-finals of the

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. He then moved to

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that September to sign for Gibraltar United, as part of an ambitious project headed by new owner

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. Baio returned to Bangor, now relegated to the

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, in June 2018. The following 31 January, he was one of four players released to cut costs, and signed for

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of the top flight hours later. 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. On 18 July 2019, Baio signed for the third time to Bangor. He and

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were released in December. Baio returned to action in August 2021, signing for

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side Cefn Druids.

International career

Baio was born in

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, Guinea-Bissau to a Guinean father and a Bissau-Guinean mother. He holds citizenship of Portugal, and played twice for their under-18 team in 2011. On 6 June 2015, he played in an international friendly for

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, replacing

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after 54 minutes of a 2–2 draw with

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, France. This was not a

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sanctioned game, as FIFA records still classify him as declared for Guinea-Bissau.

References

External links

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Portuguese Football Federation official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Baio, Yalany 1994 births Living people Bissau-Guinean people of Guinean descent Sportspeople of Guinean descent Citizens of Guinea through descent Portuguese sportspeople of Bissau-Guinean descent Portuguese people of Guinean descent European sportspeople of Guinean descent Sportspeople from Bissau Bissau-Guinean footballers Portuguese footballers Guinean footballers Association football midfielders S.L. Benfica footballers Liverpool F.C. players Eerste Divisie players Sparta Rotterdam players Gibraltar United F.C. players Portugal youth international footballers Guinea international footballers Bangor City F.C. players Llandudno F.C. players Cymru Premier players Cymru Alliance players Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in England Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Wales Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Gibraltar Bissau-Guinean expatriate sportspeople in England Bissau-Guinean expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Bissau-Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Wales Cefn Druids A.F.C. players