Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Tiago Emanuel Embaló Djaló [1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | [1] | 9 April 2000||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Amadora, Portugal | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) [1] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Juventus | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 33 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
2009–2012 | Metralhas | ||||||||||||||||
2012–2013 | Damaiense | ||||||||||||||||
2013–2018 | Sporting CP | ||||||||||||||||
2019 | AC Milan | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2017–2018 | Sporting CP B | 12 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2019 | AC Milan | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2019–2024 | Lille | 78 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
2024– | Juventus | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | Portugal U17 | 14 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2018 | Portugal U18 | 3 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2018 | Portugal U19 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2019–2022 | Portugal U21 | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:48, 4 March 2023 (UTC) |
Tiago Emanuel Embaló Djaló (Portuguese pronunciation: [tiˈaɣu dʒɐˈlɔ]; 9 April 2000) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Serie A club Juventus.
Djaló was born in Amadora, Lisbon metropolitan area to Bissau-Guinean parents, and he joined Sporting CP's academy in 2013 from Sport Futebol Damaiense. [2] On 24 February 2018, still a junior, he made his professional debut in the LigaPro with their reserves, playing 74 minutes in a 2–2 home draw against Académica de Coimbra. [3]
On 11 April 2018, Djaló scored his first goal in the second division, closing the 1–1 home draw with Famalicão. [4]
In January 2019, Djaló was signed by AC Milan as his contract with Sporting was about to expire. [5] In July, alongside several other youth team players, he was invited to train with the first team by the newly appointed coach Marco Giampaolo. [6] He appeared in his only match for the club in a friendly with Novara, coming on as a second-half substitute. [7]
Djaló joined Lille on 1 August 2019 on a five-year deal, for an undisclosed fee reported to be within the area of €5 million. [8] [9] [10] He made his Ligue 1 debut ten days later, starting in central defence alongside his compatriot José Fonte in a 2–1 home victory over Nantes. [11] He first appeared in the UEFA Champions League on 23 October, featuring 87 minutes in a 1–1 draw against Valencia in the group stage also at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy. [12]
In the 2020–21 season, Djaló contributed 17 games to help his team win the national championship for the first time since 2011. [13] On 1 August, he started as Lille won the Trophée des Champions 1–0 against Paris Saint-Germain at Bloomfield Stadium in Tel Aviv, Israel. [14] He scored his first league goal on 6 November that year, opening an eventual 1–1 home draw with Angers. [15]
On 4 March 2023, early in a league fixture away to Lens, Djaló suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury, being sidelined for several months. During his spell, he made 102 appearances in all competitions. [16] [17]
On 22 January 2024, Djaló returned to Serie A, signing a contract until June 2026 with Juventus. [18] The club paid a reported €3.6 million transfer fee, which could rise to €5.1 million with add-ons. [19]
Djaló won 24 caps for Portugal at youth level. His first for the under-21 side occurred on 14 November 2019, in a 0–0 friendly draw against Slovenia held in Estoril. [20] [21]
On 21 March 2022, Djaló received his first call-up to the senior squad, after Pepe tested positive for COVID-19 ahead of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification play-offs against Turkey. [22] In October, he was named in a preliminary 55-man squad for the finals in Qatar. [23]
Djaló is multilingual, being fluent in English, French, Cape Verdean Creole and Guinea-Bissau Creole apart from his native Portuguese. He also speaks some Spanish. [24]
Club | Season | League | National cup [a] | League cup [b] | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Sporting CP B | 2017–18 | LigaPro | 12 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 12 | 1 | ||||
Total | 12 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 12 | 1 | ||||||
AC Milan | 2018–19 | Serie A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
Lille | 2019–20 | Ligue 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 [c] | 0 | — | 14 | 0 | |
2020–21 | Ligue 1 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 4 [d] | 0 | — | 24 | 0 | |||
2021–22 | Ligue 1 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 7 [c] | 0 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 1 | ||
2022–23 | Ligue 1 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 26 | 2 | ||||
2023–24 | Ligue 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 [e] | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
Total | 78 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 102 | 3 | ||
Juventus | 2023–24 | Serie A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
Career total | 90 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 114 | 4 |
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