Ussumane Djaló

Ussumane Djaló
Personal information
Date of birth (2005-01-06) 6 January 2005
Place of birth Guinea-Bissau
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 SJK
Number 37
Youth career
–2018 Ponte Frielas
2018–2022 Benfica
2022–2024 Porto
2024 → Southampton (loan)
2024–2025 Torino
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2023–2024 Porto B 9 (0)
2025–2026 Mafra 2 (0)
2026– SJK 1 (0)
International career‡
2019 Portugal U15 3 (1)
2021 Portugal U16 4 (1)
2021–2022 Portugal U17 13 (1)
2022–2023 Portugal U18 11 (1)
2023–2024 Portugal U19 10 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21 February 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 26 March 2024

Ussumane Djaló (born 6 January 2005) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for SJK. Born in Guinea-Bissau, he is a Portugal youth international.

Early life

Djaló was born on 6 January 2005. Born in Guinea-Bissau, he moved with his family to Portugal at the age of thirteen.[1]

Club career

As a youth player, Djaló joined the youth academy of Portuguese side Ponte Frielas. Following his stint there, he joined the youth academy of Portuguese side Benfica in 2018. Four years later, he joined the youth academy of Portuguese side Porto, where he played in the UEFA Youth League[2] and was promoted to the club's reserve team in 2023, where he made nine league appearances and scored zero goals.

In 2024, he was sent on loan to the youth academy of English Premier League side Southampton, before joining the youth academy of Italian Serie A side Torino the same year. Subsequently, he signed for Portuguese side Mafra in 2025, where he made two league appearances and scored zero goals. Ahead of the 2026 season, he signed for Finnish side SJK.[3]

International career

Djaló is a Portugal youth international. During May 2022, he played for the Portugal national under-17 football team at the 2022 UEFA European Under-17 Championship.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Ussumane Djaló fica livre no final do mês: "Ainda tem um caminho enorme a percorrer na formação"" [Ussumane Djaló becomes a free agent at the end of the month: "He still has a long way to go in the youth academy"] (in Portuguese). Record. 17 June 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2026.
  2. ↑ "Saints make decision on future of Portuguese loanee Djalo". Southern Daily Echo. 13 June 2024. Retrieved 5 April 2026.
  3. ↑ Ussumane Djaló at WorldFootball.net
This page is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.