Personal information | |||
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Full name | Saidy Janko [1] | ||
Date of birth | 22 October 1995 | ||
Place of birth | Zürich, Switzerland | ||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Right-back [3] | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Young Boys | ||
Number | 17 | ||
Youth career | |||
2011–2013 | FC Zürich | ||
2013–2014 | Manchester United | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014–2015 | Manchester United | 0 | (0) |
2015 | → Bolton Wanderers (loan) | 10 | (1) |
2015–2017 | Celtic | 12 | (0) |
2016–2017 | → Barnsley (loan) | 14 | (1) |
2017–2018 | Saint-Étienne | 21 | (0) |
2017–2018 | Saint-Étienne B | 4 | (0) |
2018–2020 | Porto | 0 | (0) |
2018–2019 | → Nottingham Forest (loan) | 15 | (0) |
2019–2020 | → Young Boys (loan) | 33 | (0) |
2020–2023 | Valladolid | 34 | (0) |
2022–2023 | → VfL Bochum (loan) | 20 | (0) |
2023– | Young Boys | 30 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2012–2013 | Switzerland U18 | 6 | (0) |
2013–2014 | Switzerland U19 | 7 | (1) |
2014–2016 | Switzerland U20 | 3 | (0) |
2014–2015 | Switzerland U21 | 4 | (0) |
2021– | Gambia | 6 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 08:15, 10 October 2021 (UTC) |
Saidy Janko (born 22 October 1995) is a professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Swiss club BSC Young Boys. Born in Switzerland, he played international football for Switzerland up to under-21 level before switching to play for the Gambia national team at senior level.
Janko began his career with FC Zürich before signing for Manchester United in 2013. After a loan spell with Bolton Wanderers, Janko moved to Scottish club Celtic in 2015. He had a loan to Barnsley before moving to Saint-Étienne permanently in July 2017.
Janko began his career at FC Zürich. [4] He joined Manchester United on summer transfer deadline day in 2013. [5] He was one of only three signings made by David Moyes during the 2013 summer transfer window. In his first season, he was voted the Reserve Player of the Year. [6] On 26 August 2014, he made his first-team debut in a League Cup match against Milton Keynes Dons, playing the first half before being substituted for fellow debutant Andreas Pereira as United lost 4–0. [7]
On 2 February 2015, transfer deadline day, Janko joined Championship club Bolton Wanderers on loan for the rest of the season, with Andy Kellett going in the opposite direction for the same period. [8] He made his debut for the club on 10 February, starting in a 3–1 league win over Fulham at the Macron Stadium. He crossed to assist Eiður Guðjohnsen's equaliser before half time, before scoring himself in the 80th minute from 25 yards out. [9]
On 1 July 2015, Celtic announced that they had signed Janko on a four-year contract. [10] He made his debut nine days later, coming on as a substitute for Gary Mackay-Steven 75 minutes into Celtic's 1–0 win over Real Sociedad in a pre-season friendly at St. Mirren Park. [11] Janko made his competitive debut on 1 August, coming on as a second-half substitute during Celtic's 2–0 win over Ross County in the opening league match of the Scottish Premiership season. [12] [13]
On 31 August 2016, Janko joined Championship club Barnsley on a one-year loan deal. [14] He scored on his debut in a 4–0 away win against Wolverhampton Wanderers on 13 September. [15]
On 7 July 2017, Janko left Celtic for French Ligue 1 club Saint-Étienne, signing a four-year contract. [16]
Janko moved to Portuguese club FC Porto on a five-year contract on 17 June 2018. [17] He returned to the EFL Championship on 31 August that year, joining Nottingham Forest on loan for the 2018–19 season. [18]
On 1 July 2019, Janko entered football in his native country for the first time in his career, being loaned to Young Boys for the Swiss Super League season. [19] He scored his first goal on 14 September in the second round of the Swiss Cup, in an 11–2 win at fifth-tier FC Freienbach. [20] In total Saidy played 46 official matches, starting 38 of them, as they won the double (Super League and Cup). [21] [22]
On 1 October 2020, Real Valladolid signed Janko on a four-year contract to end in 2024, for an undisclosed fee. [23] He made his debut in La Liga 24 days later in a 2–0 home loss to Deportivo Alavés. [24]
On 27 June 2022, VfL Bochum announced the signing of Janko on a season-long loan, with an option to buy at the end of the spell. [25]
On 30 June 2023, Real Valladolid announced that Janko had joined Swiss side Young Boys, where he had previously played on loan while a Porto player, on a permanent basis. [26]
Janko was born in Zürich to a Gambian father and an Italian mother. [27] He was a youth international for Switzerland from 2012 to 2015, before opting to represent the Gambia in 2021. [28] He made his debut for the Gambia national team in a 2–0 friendly loss to Sierra Leone on 9 October 2021. [29]
He played in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, his national team's first continental tournament, where they reached the quarter-finals. [30] [31]
He is the brother of fellow professional footballer Lenny Janko. [27]
Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Manchester United | 2014–15 [33] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Bolton Wanderers (loan) | 2014–15 [33] | Championship | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 1 | ||
Celtic | 2015–16 [34] | Scottish Premiership | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 13 | 0 |
2016–17 [35] | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
Total | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
Barnsley (loan) | 2016–17 [35] | Championship | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 14 | 1 | |
Saint-Étienne | 2017–18 [36] | Ligue 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 22 | 0 | |
Porto | 2018–19 [37] | Primeira Liga | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
Nottingham Forest (loan) | 2018–19 [37] | Championship | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 17 | 0 | |
Young Boys (loan) | 2019–20 [36] | Swiss Super League | 33 | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | 8 [lower-alpha 3] | 1 | 46 | 2 | |
Real Valladolid | 2020–21 | La Liga | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 0 | ||
2021–22 | La Liga 2 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 0 | |||
Total | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 35 | 0 | ||||
Bochum (loan) | 2022–23 | Bundesliga | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 0 | ||
Young Boys | 2023–24 | Swiss Super League | 27 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 6 [lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 34 | 1 | |
Career total | 152 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 168 | 5 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Gambia | 2021 | 3 | 0 |
2022 | 3 | 0 | |
Total | 6 | 0 |
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