Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | Tallo Gadji-Celi Carmel Jr. | ||
Date of birth | 21 December 1992 | ||
Place of birth | Magbehigouepa, Ivory Coast | ||
Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
|
Lille | ||
Youth career | |||
2005–2006 | Stella Club d'Adjamé | ||
2007–2008 | Centre de Formation Cyril Domoraud | ||
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 | 23 | (0) |
2017 | → Amiens (loan) | 11 | (1) |
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 10:23, 17 July 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 February 2015 |
Tallo Gadji-Celi Carmel Jr. (born 21 December 1992), known as Junior Tallo or just Tallo, is an Ivorian footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 side Lille.
Born in Magbehigouepa, Ouragahio, Fromager region, Tallo is a nephew of former footballer Saint-Joseph Gadji-Celi and son of Mathieu Tallo Gadji. He started his Italian career at Veneto-based club Chievo, where he played for the reserves in the Primavera from January 2010 to January 2011. He played the last five reserve games of 2009–10 season as one of the starting forwards. He played once in the playoffs netting a goal in the first leg of the round 16, which Chievo won 2–0 against Roma. The club lost to eventual champions Genoa in the quarter-finals of the playoffs.
In April 2010, Tallo received the number 49 shirt in Chievo's first-team squad.
Having played in pre-season friendlies for the first team, Tallo only played once in the reserve league for Chievo in 2010–11 season, in October. In November 2010, La Gazzetta dello Sport reported that Internazionale had agreed a deal with Tallo. Chievo had already signed Said from Inter on 31 August 2010 as a potential replacement for the reserves.
On 13 January 2011, Tallo was exchanged with Jakub Vojtuš of Inter. Facing competition from Simone Dell'Agnello (centre forward), Denis Alibec (forward), Mame Baba Thiam (forward) and Andrea Lussardi (wing forward) Tallo did not feature much in the reserves and scored two goals in six league appearances. He did not make any appearances during the playoffs. Inter was eliminated by Milan in the second round.