Adamo Nagalo

Adamo Nagalo
Nagalo with Burkina Faso in 2024
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-09-22) 22 September 2002
Place of birth Adjamé, Ivory Coast[1]
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 PSV
Number 39
Youth career
Right to Dream
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2024 Nordsjælland 93 (3)
2024– PSV 6 (0)
2024– Jong PSV 3 (0)
2026– → Konyaspor (loan) 8 (0)
International career‡
2022– Burkina Faso 25 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 June 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 23:39, 31 March 2026 (UTC)

Adamo Nagalo (born 22 September 2002) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Süper Lig club Konyaspor, on loan from Eredivisie club PSV Eindhoven. Born in the Ivory Coast, he represents Burkina Faso at international level.

Club career

Nordsjælland

Born in Adjamé, Ivory Coast, Nagalo was a part of the Right to Dream Academy in Ghana, before joining FC Nordsjælland in the summer 2020. Nagalo made three appearances for the clubs U-19 team, before he got his professional debut for the club against Lyngby in the Danish Superliga on 12 March 2021, replacing Daniel Svensson with three minutes left.[2] 18-year old Nagalo made a total of six league appearances for Nordsjælland in the 2020–21 season.

Ahead of the 2021–22 season, Nagalo was permanently promoted to the first team squad.[3]

PSV Eindhoven

On 2 September 2024, Nagalo signed with Dutch club PSV Eindhoven on a five-year deal.[4]

On 30 January 2026, Nagalo was loaned to Konyaspor in Turkey until the end of the 2025–26 season.[5]

International career

Born in the Ivory Coast, Nagalo is of Burkinabé descent. He was called up to the Burkina Faso national team for a set of friendlies in September 2022.[6] He debuted for the Burkina Faso national team in a 2–1 friendly win against the Ivory Coast on 19 November 2022.[7]

On 20 December 2023, he was selected from the list of 27 Burkinabé players selected by Hubert Velud to compete in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 24 April 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Nordsjælland 2020–21 Danish Superliga 6000000060
2021–22 Danish Superliga 271200000291
2022–23 Danish Superliga 281510000332
2023–24 Danish Superliga 311509[b]000451
2024–25 Danish Superliga 1000000011
Total 93312190001144
PSV 2024–25 Eredivisie 60105[c]0—120
2025–26 Eredivisie 0000000000
Total 60105000120
Jong PSV 2024–25 Eerste Divisie 20———20
Career total 1013131140001284
  1. ↑ Includes Danish Cup, KNVB Cup
  2. ↑ Appearance(s) in the UEFA Conference League
  3. ↑ Appearance(s) in the UEFA Champions League

International

As of match played 31 March 2026[8]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Burkina Faso 202210
202370
202470
202570
202631
Total251

Scores and results list Burkina Faso's goal tally first.

List of international goals scored by Adamo Nagalo
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
131 March 2026Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso Guinea-Bissau1–01–1Friendly

Honours

PSV

References

  1. ↑ "Adamo NAGALO : " Ça sera un grand plaisir pour moi de jouer pour le Burkina. "" [Adamo Nagalo: "It will be a great pleasure for me to play for Burkina Faso."]. FasoSports (in French). Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  2. ↑ LYNGBY VS. NORDSJÆLLAND 0 - 3, soccerway.com, 12 March 2021
  3. ↑ FRA AKADEMI TIL SUPERLIGA: ADAMO NAGALO Archived 2021-10-26 at the Wayback Machine, fcn.dk, 23 July 2021
  4. ↑ "Transfer | PSV haalt met Nagalo opnieuw defensieve versterking in huis" (in Dutch). PSV Eindhoven. 2 September 2024. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  5. ↑ "Hoş geldin Adamo Nagalo!" [Welcome Adamo Nagalo!] (in Turkish). Konyaspor. 30 January 2026. Retrieved 31 January 2026.
  6. ↑ "Burkina Faso : Hillel Konaté et Adamo Nagalo annoncés en sélection | Africa Foot United". africafootunited.com. 12 September 2022. Archived from the original on 27 September 2022. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  7. ↑ "Match amical international : Le Burkina domine la Côte d'Ivoire 2–1 – leFaso.net". lefaso.net.
  8. ↑ Adamo Nagalo at National-Football-Teams.com
  9. ↑ "PSV crowned Eredivisie champions for 26th time after historic Ajax collapse". Flashscore. 18 May 2025. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
  10. ↑ "PSV win 15th Johan Cruyff Shield after late comeback against Go Ahead Eagles". Flashscore. 3 August 2025. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
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