Adamo Nagalo (born 22 September 2002) is a professional footballer who plays as a

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for club

PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging (; ), abbreviated as PSV and internationally known as PSV Eindhoven (), is a Dutch sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional association football, football department, which has pla ...

. Born in the Ivory Coast, he represents

Burkina Faso Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa, bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Ivory Coast to the southwest. It covers an area of 274,223 km2 (105,87 ...

at international level.

Club career

Nordsjælland

Born in

Adjamé Adjamé is one of the 10 urban Communes of Ivory Coast, communes of Abidjan, Ivory Coast. It forms part of the metropolitan area and autonomous district of Abidjan. The name ''Adjamé'' means "a junction" or "the centre" in the local Ebrié langua ...

, Ivory Coast, Nagalo was a part of the

Right to Dream Academy Right to Dream is a youth association football academy system based in Ghana. It started in 1999 as a residential school and training center in Accra. It is owned by the Mansour Group. It is now a multi-club multi-academy group with branches i ...

in Ghana, before joining

FC Nordsjælland Football Club Nordsjælland, commonly known as FC Nordsjælland, Nordsjælland () or FCN, is a professional Danish association football, football team from the North Zealand town of Farum. Founded as ''Farum Boldklub'' from the merger of the to ...

in the summer 2020. Nagalo made three appearances for the clubs U-19 team, before he got his professional debut for the club against

Lyngby Kongens Lyngby (, Danish language, Danish for "the King's Heather Town"; short form Lyngby) is the seat and commercial centre of Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality in the northern suburbs of Copenhagen, Denmark. Lyngby Hovedgade is a busy shopping stre ...

in the

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on 12 March 2021, replacing

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with three minutes left. 18-year old Nagalo made a total of six league appearances for Nordsjælland in the 2020–21 season. Ahead of the 2021–22 season, Nagalo was permanently promoted to the first team squad.

PSV Eindhoven

On 2 September 2024, Nagalo signed with Dutch club

on a five-year deal.

International career

Born in the Ivory Coast, Nagalo is of Burkinabé descent. He was called up to the Burkina Faso national team for a set of friendlies in September 2022. He debuted for the Burkina Faso national team in a 2–1 friendly win against the

Ivory Coast Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire and officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital city of Yamoussoukro is located in the centre of the country, while its largest List of ci ...

on 19 November 2022. On 20 December 2023, he was selected from the list of 27 Burkinabé players selected by

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to compete in the

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Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

PSV *

Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; "Honour Division" or "Premier Division") is a professional association football league in the Netherlands and the highest level of the Dutch football league system. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start o ...

: 2024–25

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nagalo, Adamo 2002 births Living people Ivorian people of Burkinabe descent Burkinabe people of Ivorian descent Burkinabe men's footballers Ivorian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Right to Dream Academy players FC Nordsjælland players PSV Eindhoven players Jong PSV players Danish Superliga players Eredivisie players Burkina Faso men's international footballers 2023 Africa Cup of Nations players Ivorian expatriate men's footballers Burkinabe expatriate sportspeople in Ghana Burkinabe expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Burkinabe expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Ghana Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in Ghana Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands 21st-century Burkinabe sportsmen 21st-century Ivorian sportsmen