Yacouba Diori Hamani Magagi
Yacouba "Yac" Diori Hamani Magagi (born 8 September 1997) is a Nigerien professional footballer who plays for Spanish club SD Ponferradina. Mainly a central defender, he can also play as a right back.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Yacouba Diori Hamani Magagi | ||
Date of birth | 8 September 1997 | ||
Place of birth | Niamey, Niger[1] | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Ponferradina | ||
Youth career | |||
Kandadji Sport | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012–2016 | Kandadji Sport | ||
2016 | Internacional Amistad | 5 | (0) |
2016–2017 | Ponferradina B | 25 | (5) |
2017– | Ponferradina | 30 | (0) |
2020 | → Getafe B (loan) | 7 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
Niger U20 | |||
2016– | Niger | 10 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 October 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 October 2020 |
Club career
Born in Niamey, Magagi started his career abroad in 2016, with Spanish side Club Internacional de la Amistad in the regional leagues. On 12 September of that year he moved to SD Ponferradina, initially assigned to the reserves.[2]
Magagi made his first team debut on 14 May 2017, starting in a 0–0 home draw against CD Tudelano for the Segunda División B championship.[3] He was promoted to the first team for the 2017–18 season, but only appeared rarely in the club's promotion campaign.
Magagi made his professional debut on 19 October 2019, starting in a 1–1 home draw against CD Numancia. The following 20 January, he moved to Getafe CF's reserves on loan for the remainder of the season.[4]
International career
Magagi made his full international debut with the Niger national team on 4 June 2016, starting in a 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers 0–1 loss against Namibia.[5]
References
- "Yac" (in Spanish). SD Ponferradina. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
- "La SD Ponferradina incorpora al internacional sub'20 por Níger Yacouba Magagi" [SD Ponferradina sign the under-20 internacional for Niger Yacouba Magagi] (in Spanish). SD Ponferradina. 12 September 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
- "SD Ponferradina 0 – CD Tudelano 0" (in Spanish). SD Ponferradina. 14 May 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
- "La SD Ponferradina cede a Yac Diori al Getafe B" [SD Ponferradina loan Yac Diori to Getafe B] (in Spanish). SD Ponferradina. 20 January 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- "Namibia 1–0 Niger". Confederation of African Football. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
External links
- Yac Magagi at BDFutbol
- Yac Magagi at National-Football-Teams.com
- Yac Magagi at Soccerway