Lago Junior
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Lago Junior Wakalible | ||
Date of birth | 31 December 1990 | ||
Place of birth | Abidjan, Ivory Coast | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Mallorca | ||
Number | 11 | ||
Youth career | |||
Joël Tiéhi | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2007–2008 | Issia Wazi | 29 | (17) |
2009–2013 | Numancia | 68 | (6) |
2010–2011 | → Eibar (loan) | 32 | (9) |
2013–2015 | Gimnàstic | 72 | (13) |
2015–2016 | Mirandés | 22 | (7) |
2016– | Mallorca | 187 | (36) |
National team‡ | |||
2020– | Ivory Coast | 5 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 August 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 June 2021 |
Lago Junior Wakalible (born 31 December 1990), known as Junior, is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays for Spanish club RCD Mallorca as a forward.
Club career[]
Born in Abidjan, Junior began his football career at the Centre de Formation Joël Tiéhi, a school founded by former player Joël Tiéhi. He made his senior debut with Issia Wazi in 2007, scoring at an excellent rate.[1]
On 31 January 2009, Junior moved to Spain and signed a five-and-a-half-year contract with CD Numancia.[2] He made his La Liga debut on 18 April, playing ten minutes in a 3–0 away loss against Atlético Madrid.[3] Until the end of the season he only appeared in four more matches, all as a substitute, and the Soria team were relegated as 19th.[4]
Junior joined SD Eibar on 27 August 2010, in a season-long loan.[5] Two days later, he scored twice on his official debut for the Segunda División B club, a 2–1 home win over CF Palencia.[6]
On 13 July 2013, after two more Segunda División campaigns with Numancia,[4] Junior continued in the country and signed for Gimnàstic de Tarragona from division three.[7] On 22 July 2015, after achieving promotion, he moved to CD Mirandés of the second tier.[8]
International career[]
Junior won his first cap for the Ivory Coast national team on 13 October 2020 at the age of nearly 30, replacing Gervinho late into the 1–0 friendly defeat to Japan in Utrecht, Netherlands.[9]
Career statistics[]
- As of match played 21 August 2021[10]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Numancia | 2008–09 | La Liga | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |
2009–10 | Segunda División | 22 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 23 | 3 | ||
2011–12 | Segunda División | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 26 | 2 | ||
2012–13 | Segunda División | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 16 | 1 | ||
Total | 68 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 6 | ||
Eibar (loan) | 2010–11 | Segunda División B | 32 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4[a] | 0 | 36 | 9 |
Gimnàstic | 2013–14 | Segunda División B | 37 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 5[a] | 2 | 46 | 12 |
2014–15 | Segunda División B | 35 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4[a] | 2 | 40 | 5 | |
Total | 72 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 86 | 17 | ||
Mirandés | 2015–16 | Segunda División | 22 | 7 | 5 | 2 | — | 27 | 9 | |
Mallorca | 2015–16 | Segunda División | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 20 | 3 | |
2016–17 | Segunda División | 40 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | 40 | 6 | ||
2017–18 | Segunda División B | 26 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4[a] | 1 | 30 | 9 | |
2018–19 | Segunda División | 40 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4[a] | 0 | 44 | 11 | |
2019–20 | La Liga | 35 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 35 | 4 | ||
2020–21 | Segunda División | 24 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | 26 | 4 | ||
2021–22 | La Liga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 4 | ||
Total | 187 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 197 | 41 | ||
Career total | 365 | 72 | 14 | 2 | 21 | 5 | 416 | 78 |
International[]
- As of match played 5 June 2021[11]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Ivory Coast | 2020 | 3 | 0 |
2021 | 2 | 0 | |
Total | 5 | 0 |
References[]
- ^ Raúl Bravo, Kelemen y Lago Junior, nuevos refuerzos para el Numancia (Raúl Bravo, Kelemen and Lago Junior, new additions for Numancia); El Numancia, 31 January 2009 (in Spanish)
- ^ Numancia swoops for trio Archived 25 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine; The Sports Network, 31 January 2009
- ^ El Atlético alegra a sus Peñas (Atlético cheer up their supporters); Marca, 18 April 2015 (in Spanish)
- ^ a b Breve enciclopedia numantina (Brief numantina encyclopedia); Desde Soria, 29 May 2013 (in Spanish)
- ^ Y Lago Junior jugará cedido en el Eibar (And Lago Junior will play on loan at Eibar); Heraldo de Soria, 28 August 2010 (in Spanish)
- ^ Lago Junior, el máximo goleador y Raúl Gañan destaca por su experiencia (Lago Junior, top scorer and Raúl Gañan showcases experience); El Diario Vasco, 31 August 2010 (in Spanish)
- ^ El Nàstic incorpora Lago Junior (Nàstic add Lago Junior); Gimnàstic Tarragona, 13 July 2013 (in Catalan)
- ^ Lago Junior jugará las dos próximas temporadas en Anduva (Lago Junior will play the next two seasons at Anduva) Archived 23 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine; CD Mirandés, 22 July 2015 (in Spanish)
- ^ Football/Match amical Côte d’Ivoire-Japon (0–1): Les Samouraïs frappent, les Eléphants tombent (Football/Friendly match Ivory Coast-Japan (0–1): Samurais hit, Elephants fall); La Synthèse, 14 October 2020 (in French)
- ^ Lago Junior at Soccerway
- ^ "L. Junior – Matches". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
External links[]
- Lago Junior at BDFutbol
- Lago Junior at Futbolme (in Spanish)
- Lago Junior at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1990 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Abidjan
- Ivorian footballers
- Association football forwards
- La Liga players
- Segunda División players
- Segunda División B players
- CD Numancia players
- SD Eibar footballers
- Gimnàstic de Tarragona footballers
- CD Mirandés footballers
- RCD Mallorca players
- Ivory Coast international footballers
- 2011 CAF U-23 Championship players
- Ivorian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
- Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Spain