Yanga Baliso
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 27 March 1997 | ||
Place of birth | Cape Town, South Africa | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | AC Oulu | ||
Number | 16 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2016 | Cape Town Spurs | ||
2016–2019 | Orlando Pirates | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018–2019 | → Cape Umoya United (loan) | 11 | (1) |
2019 | Pargas IF | 0 | (0) |
2020–2022 | IFK Mariehamn | 45 | (2) |
2023 | AC Oulu | 8 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 May 2023 |
Yanga Baliso (born 27 March 1997) is a South African professional footballer.
Career
[edit]In 2016, Baliso joined the youth academy of Orlando Pirates, one of South Africa's most successful clubs.[2]
In 2018, he was sent on loan to Cape Umoya United in the South African second division,[3] here he made 11 league appearances and scored 1 goal.[4]
In 2019, Baliso signed for Finnish fourth division side Pargas IF.
Before the 2020 season, he signed for IFK Mariehamn in the Finnish top flight[5] after trying to join a Swedish team.[6]
He terminated his contract with AC Oulu on 2 June 2023 for personal reasons, and returned to South Africa.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Yanga Baliso at WorldFootball.net
- ^ "Pirates snap up Baliso". kickoff.com.
- ^ "Bucs Set To Loan Two Youngsters". soccerladuma.co.za.
- ^ Yanga Baliso at Soccerway
- ^ "Baliso not Finn-ished". dailyvoice.co.za.
- ^ ""Enemmänkin perhe kuin joukkue" – Yanga Baliso kehuu IFK Mariehamnin henkeä". veikkausliiga.com.
- ^ "Yanga Baliso jättää laivastonsiniset". acoulu.fi.
External links
[edit]- Yanga Baliso at Soccerway
Categories:
- Living people
- 1997 births
- South African men's soccer players
- Soccer players from Cape Town
- Men's association football midfielders
- National First Division players
- Veikkausliiga players
- Kolmonen players
- Cape Umoya United F.C. players
- Pargas Idrottsförening players
- IFK Mariehamn players
- AC Oulu players
- South African expatriate men's soccer players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Finland
- South African expatriate sportspeople in Finland
- 21st-century South African sportsmen
- South African soccer biography stubs