Tallo Gadji

Tallo
Personal information
Full name Tallo Gadji-Celi Carmel Jr.
Date of birth (1992-12-21) 21 December 1992
Place of birth Magbehigouepa,[1] Côte d'Ivoire
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 Lille
Number 22
Youth career
2005–2006 Stella Club d'Adjamé
2007–2008 Centre de Formation Cyril Domoraud[2]
2010–2011 Chievo
2011 → Internazionale (loan)
2011–2012 Roma
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2012–2015 Roma 3 (0)
2013 → Bari (loan) 17 (3)
2013–2014 → Ajaccio (loan) 23 (7)
2014–2015 → Bastia (loan) 16 (4)
2015– Lille 17 (0)
National team‡
2010 Ivory Coast U20 3 (1)
2010– Ivory Coast U23 1 (0)
2014– Ivory Coast 7 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 03:57, 24 January 2016 (UTC).
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 February 2015

Tallo Gadji-Celi Carmel Jr., known as Junior Tallo[3] or just Tallo (born 21 December 1992) is an Ivorian footballer who plays for Ligue 1 side Lille.

Biography

Youth career

Chievo

Born in Magbehigouepa, Ouragahio, Fromager region, Tallo was a nephew of former footballer Saint-Joseph Gadji-Celi.[4] and son of Mathieu Tallo Gadji.[2] Tallo started his Italian career at Veneto-based club Chievo, where he played for the reserves in the National "Spring" League from January 2010 to January 2011. He played the last five reserve games of 2009–10 season as one of the starting forward (re-scheduled round 13 on 1 April and round 23 to 26), whereupon Chievo lost to eventual champions Genoa in the quarter-finals of the playoffs. Tallo only played once in the playoffs, scored a goal in the first leg of the round 16 victory over Roma 2–0. Chievo went on to eliminate Roma 3–1 on aggregate.

In April 2010, Tallo received the number 49 shirt on Chievo's first-team squad.[5][6]

Tallo only played once in the reserve league for Chievo in 2010–11 season (on 16 October 2010, round 5). Instead, Tallo played in pre-season friendlies for the first team.[7][8][9][10] In November 2010, La Gazzetta dello Sport reported that Internazionale had agreed a deal with Tallo. Chievo signed Said from Inter on 31 August 2010 already as potential replacement for the reserve.

Internazionale

On 13 January 2011, Tallo was exchanged with Jakub Vojtuš of Inter.[11] As Inter already had Simone Dell'Agnello (centre forward), Denis Alibec (forward), Mame Baba Thiam (forward) and Andrea Lussardi (wing forward) in its reserves, Tallo did not had much chance to start. Nonetheless, he still scored two goals in six league appearances, although he did not make any appearances during the playoffs. Inter was eliminated by Milan in the second round.

Roma

In August 2011, Tallo was signed by Roma on a temporary deal. He scored 18 goals in 16 league appearances in the reserve league group stage to finish as the team's top-scorer, just one goal behind Group C topscorer Gonzalo Barreto of Lazio as the joint second-top-scorer of that group, alongside Mauro Bollino of Palermo. In the overall scoring table, Gianmario Comi (Milan) was the top-scorer with 25 goals, and followed by Filippo Moscati (Livorno, 21 goals), Barreto and Mauro Icardi (Sampdoria), made Tallo ranked equal fifth overall.

Roma qualified to quarter-finals of the playoffs directly as Group C winner, with 70 points in 26 games (22 wins and 4 draws). Roma also won 2011–12 Italian "Spring" Cup. Tallo and Viviani scored one goal each against Juventus in the first leg of the finals on 8 March 2012. Roma was beaten by the Old Lady in 2012 Carnival Cup on 20 February 2012.[12] In the "Spring" reserve league, Roma was eliminated by Lazio in semi-finals. Tallo did not scored any goal in the 2 appearances.

Tallo was awarded number 26 shirt for Roma's first-team in March 2012.[13] On 9 March, he was included in the first-team squad for the first time.[14] After the Roma reserves finished the group stage of the league and had a break until 2 June as the reserve had a bye to quarter-finals, Tallo made his first team debut when he appearing on 25 April 2012 against Fiorentina as a substitute for defender Gabriel Heinze. At the time, the score was level at 1–1, with manager Luis Enrique looking to provide an offensive spark. Roma, however, lost the match after a late goal from Fiorentina's Andrea Lazzari. Roma was doomed from the sixth to seventh, two points short with Internazionale and Udinese (fifth and sixth at that time), with all three teams competing for a European berth.

In the next match, Tallo replaced Bojan in the second half, at that time losing 1–2 to Napoli, another competitor for the berth. Before the match, Roma had lost Érik Lamela, who was serving the second game of a three-matche ban, and Dani Osvaldo, who was serving the first of a two-match ban, due to suspension; they were forced to use the out-of-favour Bojan. Tallo assisted Fábio Simplício for the equalizing goal, enough to secure a 2–2 draw for Roma and to keep them in contention to chase Lazio, Napoli, Inter and Udinese for Europe; Roma trailed just four points behind, in seventh. Tallo made his third and successive substitute appearance on 1 May, a 0–0 draw against Chievo in Verona; he replaced Bojan at half-time.

On 22 June 2012, Roma purchased Tallo in a co-ownership deal from Chievo for €1 million.

International career

Tallo played for the Ivory Coast in the qualification for 2011 U20 African Cup of Nations against Tanzania (twice, also his debut).[15][16][17][18] and against Gambia.[19]

After the U20 team was eliminated from U20 African Cup of Nations, Tallo was capped for the U23 team against Morocco.[20]

Tallo made his debut for the senior national team, coming off the bench in a 2–1 win against the Democratic Republic of Congo during the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification. He was part of the Ivory Coast squad that won the competition, appearing in four matches as a substitute. Tallo entered the final match with a few seconds left in the second-half of extra time to be one of the five first penalty takers, but missed his chance from the spot kick.[21]

Personal life

Tallo Jr. is the cousin of Guy-Ange Gadji-Celi.[2] Guy played for Académie de Sol Beni.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.chievoverona.tv/it/node/456
  2. 1 2 3 "Cote d'Ivoire: La dynastie des Gadji en marche" (in French). All Africa. 14 March 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
  3. ↑ "Junior Tallo: club statement". AS Roma. 10 January 2013. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
  4. ↑ http://www.goal.com/it/news/3785/generazione-di-fenomeni/2012/03/28/2996210/generazione-di-fenomeni-junior-tallo-piccolo-di-nome-ma-non
  5. ↑ "Comunicati Stampa N°121 (2009–10)" (in Italian). Lega Calcio. 24 April 2010. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
  6. ↑ "Comunicati Stampa N°11 (2010–11)" (in Italian). Lega Serie A. 28 August 2010. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
  7. ↑ "CHIEVO 18 SAN ZENO 0" (in Italian). AC ChievoVerona. 18 July 2010. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
  8. ↑ "Chievo: 3 a 0 contro il Carpi" (in Italian). AC ChievoVerona. 29 July 2010. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
  9. ↑ "MOSCARDELLI-BENTIVOGLIO: 2–0 SUL RENATE CALCIO" (in Italian). AC ChievoVerona. 14 August 2010. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
  10. ↑ "Amichevole: Chievo – Lume 4–5 d.c.r. (1–1)" (in Italian). AC Lumezzane. 19 August 2010. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
  11. ↑ "Mercato: tre operazioni per la Primavera". inter.it (in Italian) (FC Internazionale Milano). 13 January 2011. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
  12. ↑ http://it.eurosport.yahoo.com/20022012/45/torneo-viareggio-juventus-show-roma-crolla-in-finale.html
  13. ↑ "Comunicati Stampa N°98 (2011–12)" (in Italian). Lega Serie A. 10 March 2012. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
  14. ↑ "SQUAD LIST FOR PALERMO V ROMA" (in Italian). AS Roma. 9 March 2012. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
  15. ↑ http://news.abidjan.net/article/imprimer.asp?n=370958
  16. ↑ "Cote d'Ivoire: Eliminatoires CAN juniors 2011 (Football) – Tallo Gadji Junior, la révélation" (in French). AllAfrica.com. 27 July 2010. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
  17. ↑ "TALLO IN NAZIONALE" (in Italian). AC ChievoVerona. 30 July 2010. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
  18. ↑ http://chievocalcio.tv/it/content/nazionali
  19. ↑ "Gambia complete double over Cote d’Ivoire to reach finals". Confederation of African Football. 24 October 2010. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
  20. ↑ "NAZIONALI" (in Italian). AC ChievoVerona. 18 November 2010. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
  21. ↑ http://www.cafonline.com/en-us/competitions/orangeafricacupofnations,equatorialguinea2015/MatchDetails?MatchId=aVqWSxVaaaFmAlUW9LDlUmnWstfXXsCXBZk8lSbTv9PuSsxabr%2bIsbZ7QLoYXb0L

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