Kalidou Yero

Kalidou Yero
Personal information
Full name Kalidou Coulibaly Yero
Date of birth (1991-08-19) 19 August 1991
Place of birth Dakar, Senegal
Height 1.97 m (6 ft 5 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
 Penafiel
Number 99
Youth career
2009–2010 Porto
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2009 Istres 1 (0)
2009–2011 Porto 0 (0)
2010 → Portimonense (loan) 11 (0)
2010–2011 → Oliveirense (loan) 26 (7)
2011–2014 Gil Vicente 24 (4)
2013–2014 → Oliveirense (loan) 28 (9)
2014–2015 Oliveirense 26 (11)
2015– Penafiel 26 (6)
National team
2012 Senegal Olympic 4 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 February 2016.


Kalidou Coulibaly Yero (born 19 August 1991) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays for Portuguese club F.C. Penafiel as a striker.

Club career

Born in Dakar, Yero made his debuts as a senior with FC Istres, then signed with FC Porto in 2009 to complete his formation. During his spell he was loaned twice, and also appeared in three competitive games with the club, totalling 57 minutes of play between the Portuguese Cup and the Portuguese League Cup.

In the 2011 summer Yero joined Gil Vicente FC, his maiden appearance in Primeira Liga occurring on 24 October as he came on as a late substitute in a 1–6 away loss against Sporting Clube de Portugal.[1] Two years later he moved to U.D. Oliveirense from the second level, spending his first season on loan.

International career

Yero represented Senegal at the 2012 Summer Olympics,[2] playing all four matches in an eventual quarter-final exit.

References

  1. ↑ "Dazzling Sporting hit Gil for six". PortuGOAL. 24 October 2011. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  2. ↑ "Kalidou Yero". London 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
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