Djaniny

Djaniny

Djaniny playing for Cape Verde in 2013
Personal information
Full name Jorge Djaniny Tavares Semedo
Date of birth (1991-03-21) 21 March 1991
Place of birth Santa Cruz, Cape Verde
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 Santos Laguna
Number 21
Youth career
2009 Scorpions Vermelho
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 Velense
2011–2012 União Leiria 28 (5)
2012–2013 Benfica B 2 (1)
2012–2013 → Olhanense (loan) 18 (0)
2013–2014 Nacional 29 (7)
2014– Santos Laguna 92 (22)
National team‡
2012– Cape Verde 24 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 May 2017.
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 November 2016

Jorge Djaniny Tavares Semedo (born 21 March 1991), known as Djaniny, is a Cape Verdean professional footballer who plays for Mexican club Santos Laguna as a forward.

Club career

Born in Santa Cruz, Djaniny arrived in Portugal at the age of 18 to study alternative energy, immediately starting playing football with Azores-based Grupo Desportivo Velense, a regional league club from Angra do Heroísmo.[1]

On 18 July 2011, after scoring 50 goals in two seasons, the 20-year-old moved straight into the top division, signing for three years with U.D. Leiria.[2] He made his official debut on 21 August, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–2 away loss against F.C. Paços de Ferreira.

On 30 October 2011, Djaniny netted his first goal as a professional, in a 2–0 home win over Vitória de Setúbal. The following matchday he added another, in a 1–3 loss at Sporting Clube de Portugal.[3]

Djaniny agreed terms with S.L. Benfica in January 2012, being assigned to the resurrected reserve team which competed in Segunda Liga in the 2012–13 campaign.[4] On 31 August he moved teams again, being loaned to fellow league side S.C. Olhanense for one year.[5]

On 16 July 2013, Djaniny terminated his contract with Benfica and signed a permanent deal with C.D. Nacional also in the top flight.[6] On 24 June of the following year, he moved to Mexican club Santos Laguna.[7]

International career

Djaniny received his first call-up for Cape Verde in late 2011. He scored his first international goal in a 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Madagascar, on 16 June of the following year.[8]

International goals

Scores and results list Cape Verde's goal tally first.[9]
No Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 16 June 2012 Estádio da Várzea, Praia, Cape Verde  Madagascar 2–0 3–1 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
2. 8 September 2012 Estádio da Várzea, Praia, Cape Verde  Cameroon 2–0 2–0 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
3. 13 June 2015 Estádio da Várzea, Praia, Cape Verde  São Tomé and Príncipe 1–0 7–1 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
4. 6–1

Honours

Santos Laguna

References

  1. ↑ Djaniny: os giros de bicicleta do rapaz que dormia no clube (Djaniny: the bike rides of a kid who slept at the club's headquarters); Mais Futebol, 14 November 2011 (in Portuguese)
  2. ↑ U. Leiria anuncia contratação de Djaniny (U. Leiria announces signing of Djaniny); Relvado, 18 July 2011 (in Portuguese)
  3. ↑ Liga round-up: Sporting close gap; PortuGOAL, 6 November 2011
  4. ↑ "Djaniny assinou até 2017" [Djaniny signed until 2017] (in Portuguese). A Bola. 11 January 2012. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
  5. ↑ Fernandez e Djaniny no Olhanense (Fernandez and Djaniny to Olhanense); O Jogo, 31 August 2012 (in Portuguese)
  6. ↑ "Djaniny: adeus Benfica, olá Nacional" [Djaniny: goodbye Benfica, hello Nacional] (in Portuguese). O Jogo. 16 July 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
  7. ↑ "Djaniny, primer jugador africano de Santos Laguna" [Djaniny, first African player of Santos Laguna] (in Spanish). Medio Tiempo. 24 June 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  8. ↑ "CAN 2013: Djaniny marca e Cabo Verde avança na fase de qualificação" [CAN 2013: Djaniny scores and Cape Verde advances to the next round] (in Portuguese). A Bola. 16 June 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
  9. ↑ "Djaniny". National Football Teams. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
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