Yazalde (Portuguese footballer)

Yazalde Gomes Pinto (born 21 September 1988), known simply as Yazalde, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward.

For the Argentine footballer, see Héctor Yazalde.
Yazalde
Personal information
Full name Yazalde Gomes Pinto
Date of birth (1988-09-21) 21 September 1988
Place of birth Vila do Conde, Portugal
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1999–2007 Varzim
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 Varzim 35 (8)
2009–2015 Braga 4 (0)
2009 → Rio Ave (loan) 15 (4)
2010 → Olhanense (loan) 14 (1)
2010–2012 → Rio Ave (loan) 54 (14)
2012 Braga B 16 (1)
2013 → Beira-Mar (loan) 15 (3)
2013–2014 → Astra Giurgiu (loan) 26 (7)
2014 → Gabala (loan) 15 (0)
2015 → Gil Vicente (loan) 14 (1)
2015–2018 Rio Ave 42 (4)
2018 Belenenses 4 (0)
2018–2019 Gaz Metan Mediaș 24 (5)
2019–2020 Hermannstadt 34 (6)
National team
2008 Portugal U20 9 (3)
2008–2010 Portugal U21 16 (5)
2011 Portugal U23 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 August 2020

He achieved Primeira Liga totals of 162 games and 27 goals for six teams, mainly Rio Ave, and was contracted for several seasons by Braga, who loaned him out for most of that time. He also competed professionally in Romania and Azerbaijan.

Club career

Born in Vila do Conde, Yazalde began playing professionally with second division's Varzim SC, making two appearances late in the 2006–07 season. He went on to establish himself as an important first-team member.

On 15 December 2008, Yazalde moved to Primeira Liga club S.C. Braga, signing a five-and-a-half-year contract effective as of January of the following year.[1] However, he would be immediately loaned until the end of the campaign to league strugglers Rio Ave FC; on 22 February, he scored the game's only goal at home against Vitória de Setúbal.[2]

In mid-January 2010, after having appeared rarely for Braga during the season, Yazalde was loaned to fellow top-flight side S.C. Olhanense for five months.[3] In June, he returned to Rio Ave, also on loan.[4]

Yazalde would be consecutively loaned by Braga in the following years, to S.C. Beira-Mar, FC Astra Giurgiu and Gabala FK.[5] On 27 June 2015 he returned to Rio Ave for a third spell, agreeing to a three-year deal.[6]

On 13 September 2018, after a brief spell with C.F. Os Belenenses,[7] 30-year-old Yazalde returned to the Romanian Liga I after agreeing to a one-year contract at CS Gaz Metan Mediaș.[8] At its conclusion, he moved to FC Hermannstadt of the same league on a two-year deal.[9]

International career

Yazalde represented Portugal at under-21 level.[10] As his father was born in Guinea-Bissau, Luís Norton de Matos (coach of the latter's national team) tried to persuade him to play for the Africans as a senior,[11] but the player aspired to appear for his country of birth.[12]

Honours

Astra Giurgiu

References
  1. Nannarelli, Andrea (15 December 2008). "OFFICIAL, Yazalde to Sporting Braga". Transfer Market Web. Retrieved 22 December 2008.
  2. "Rio Ave volta a ganhar com golo de Yazalde" [Rio Ave win again with goal from Yazalde] (in Portuguese). TSF. 21 February 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  3. "Olhanense: Yazalde e Delson são reforços" [Olhanense: Yazalde and Delson are additions] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 19 January 2010. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  4. "Yazalde e Mário Felgueiras reforçam plantel sénior" [Yazalde and Mário Felgueiras strengthen first team] (in Portuguese). Rio Ave F.C. 14 June 2010. Retrieved 18 August 2010.
  5. ""Qəbələ"də iki yeni futbolçu" [Two new footballers in Gabala] (in Azerbaijani). Gabala FK. 22 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  6. "José Postiga, Yazalde and Pedrinho – Welcome home". Rio Ave F.C. 27 June 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  7. Pinto, Pedro Gonçalo (31 January 2018). "Yazalde reforça ataque" [Yazalde bolsters attack]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  8. "Yazalde Gomes Pinto este noul jucător al Gazului Metan" [Yazalde Gomes Pinto is a new Gaz Metan player] (in Romanian). Gaz Metan Mediaș. 13 September 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  9. Dobre, Stefan (16 June 2019). "FC Hermannstadt îl aduce la Sibiu pe atacantul portughez Yazalde Gomes" [FC Hermannstadt bring the Portuguese forward Yazalde Gomes to Sibiu] (in Romanian). Turnul Sfatului. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  10. "Portugal goleia Qatar na despedida de Toulon" [Portugal rout Qatar in farewell to Toulon]. Público (in Portuguese). 8 June 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  11. "Norton de Matos quer "portugueses" no jogo com Uganda" [Norton de Matos wants "Portuguese" players in game with Uganda]. Record (in Portuguese). 2 December 2010. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  12. "Yazalde na pista de João Tomás" [Yazalde on João Tomás' tracks]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 8 December 2010.
  13. "Finala Cupei României: Steaua – Astra 2–4. Vezi toate penalty-urile şi imagini din meci!" [Romanian Cup final: Steaua – Astra 2–4. See all the penalties and pictures from the match!] (in Romanian). Telekom TV. 23 May 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
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