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15 Facts About Saidy Janko

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Saidy Janko was born on 22 October 1995 and is a professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Swiss club BSC Young Boys.

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Saidy Janko had a loan to Barnsley before moving to Saint-Etienne permanently in July 2017.

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Saidy Janko joined Manchester United on summer transfer deadline day in 2013.

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Saidy Janko was one of only three signings made by David Moyes during the 2013 summer transfer window.

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On 2 February 2015, transfer deadline day, Saidy 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.

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On 31 August 2016, Saidy Janko joined Championship club Barnsley on a one-year loan deal.

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On 7 July 2017, Saidy Janko left Celtic for French Ligue 1 club Saint-Etienne, signing a four-year contract.

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Saidy Janko moved to Portuguese club FC Porto on a five-year contract on 17 June 2018.

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On 1 July 2019, Saidy 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.

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In total Saidy Janko played 46 official matches, starting 38 of them, as they won the double.

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On 30 June 2023, Real Valladolid announced that Saidy Janko had joined Swiss side Young Boys, where he had previously played on loan while a Porto player, on a permanent basis.

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Saidy Janko was born in Zurich to a Gambian father and an Italian mother.

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Saidy Janko was a youth international for Switzerland from 2012 to 2015, before opting to represent the Gambia in 2021.

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Saidy Janko played in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, his national team's first continental tournament, where they reached the quarter-finals.

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Saidy Janko is the brother of fellow professional footballer Lenny Janko.