Lago Junior

Lago Junior Wakalible (born 31 December 1990), known as Junior, is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays for Spanish club RCD Mallorca as a forward.

Lago Junior
Personal information
Full name Lago Junior Wakalible
Date of birth (1990-12-31) 31 December 1990
Place of birth Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Mallorca
Number 11
Youth career
Joël Tiéhi
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 Issia Wazi 29 (17)
2009–2013 Numancia 68 (6)
2010–2011 → Eibar (loan) 32 (9)
2013–2015 Gimnàstic 72 (13)
2015–2016 Mirandés 22 (7)
2016– Mallorca 187 (36)
National team‡
2020– Ivory Coast 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 August 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 June 2021

Club career

Born in Abidjan, Junior began his football career at the Centre de Formation Joël Tiéhi, a school founded by former player Joël Tiéhi. He made his senior debut with Issia Wazi in 2007, scoring at an excellent rate.[1]

On 31 January 2009, Junior moved to Spain and signed a five-and-a-half-year contract with CD Numancia.[2] He made his La Liga debut on 18 April, playing ten minutes in a 3–0 away loss against Atlético Madrid.[3] Until the end of the season he only appeared in four more matches, all as a substitute, and the Soria team were relegated as 19th.[4]

Junior joined SD Eibar on 27 August 2010, in a season-long loan.[5] Two days later, he scored twice on his official debut for the Segunda División B club, a 2–1 home win over CF Palencia.[6]

On 13 July 2013, after two more Segunda División campaigns with Numancia,[4] Junior continued in the country and signed for Gimnàstic de Tarragona from division three.[7] On 22 July 2015, after achieving promotion, he moved to CD Mirandés of the second tier.[8]

International career

Junior won his first cap for the Ivory Coast national team on 13 October 2020 at the age of nearly 30, replacing Gervinho late into the 1–0 friendly defeat to Japan in Utrecht, Netherlands.[9]

Career statistics
As of match played 21 August 2021[10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Numancia 2008–09 La Liga 5000—50
2009–10 Segunda División 22310—233
2011–12 Segunda División 26200—262
2012–13 Segunda División 15110—161
Total 6862000706
Eibar (loan) 2010–11 Segunda División B 329004[lower-alpha 1]0369
Gimnàstic 2013–14 Segunda División B 3710405[lower-alpha 1]24612
2014–15 Segunda División B 353104[lower-alpha 1]2405
Total 721350948617
Mirandés 2015–16 Segunda División 22752—279
Mallorca 2015–16 Segunda División 20300—203
2016–17 Segunda División 40600—406
2017–18 Segunda División B 268004[lower-alpha 1]1309
2018–19 Segunda División 4011004[lower-alpha 1]04411
2019–20 La Liga 35400—354
2020–21 Segunda División 24420—264
2021–22 La Liga 2000—24
Total 18736208119741
Career total 3657214221541678
  1. Appearance(s) in Promotion Playoffs

International
As of match played 5 June 2021[11]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Ivory Coast 202030
202120
Total50

References
  1. Raúl Bravo, Kelemen y Lago Junior, nuevos refuerzos para el Numancia (Raúl Bravo, Kelemen and Lago Junior, new additions for Numancia); El Numancia, 31 January 2009 (in Spanish)
  2. Numancia swoops for trio Archived 25 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine; The Sports Network, 31 January 2009
  3. El Atlético alegra a sus Peñas (Atlético cheer up their supporters); Marca, 18 April 2015 (in Spanish)
  4. Breve enciclopedia numantina (Brief numantina encyclopedia); Desde Soria, 29 May 2013 (in Spanish)
  5. Y Lago Junior jugará cedido en el Eibar (And Lago Junior will play on loan at Eibar); Heraldo de Soria, 28 August 2010 (in Spanish)
  6. Lago Junior, el máximo goleador y Raúl Gañan destaca por su experiencia (Lago Junior, top scorer and Raúl Gañan showcases experience); El Diario Vasco, 31 August 2010 (in Spanish)
  7. El Nàstic incorpora Lago Junior (Nàstic add Lago Junior); Gimnàstic Tarragona, 13 July 2013 (in Catalan)
  8. Lago Junior jugará las dos próximas temporadas en Anduva (Lago Junior will play the next two seasons at Anduva) Archived 23 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine; CD Mirandés, 22 July 2015 (in Spanish)
  9. Football/Match amical Côte d’Ivoire-Japon (0–1): Les Samouraïs frappent, les Eléphants tombent (Football/Friendly match Ivory Coast-Japan (0–1): Samurais hit, Elephants fall); La Synthèse, 14 October 2020 (in French)
  10. Lago Junior at Soccerway
  11. "L. Junior – Matches". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
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