| Yalany Baio | |
| Fullname: | Yalany Cuino Baio |
| Birth Date: | 10 October 1994 |
| Birth Place: | Bissau, Guinea-Bissau |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Currentclub: | Llandudno |
| Clubnumber: | 2 |
| Youthclubs1: | Benfica |
| Youthyears2: | 2011–2014 |
| Youthclubs2: | Liverpool |
| Years1: | 2015 |
| Caps1: | 9 |
| Goals1: | 1 |
| Clubs1: | Sparta Rotterdam |
| Years2: | 2017 |
| Caps2: | 7 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2017–2018 |
| Caps3: | 20 |
| Goals3: | 1 |
| Clubs3: | Gibraltar United |
| Years4: | 2018–2019 |
| Caps4: | 8 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Clubs4: | Bangor City |
| Years5: | 2019 |
| Caps5: | 10 |
| Goals5: | 2 |
| Clubs5: | Llandudno |
| Years6: | 2019 |
| Caps6: | 12 |
| Goals6: | 2 |
| Clubs6: | Bangor City |
| Years7: | 2021–2022 |
| Caps7: | 12 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
| Clubs7: | Cefn Druids |
| Years8: | 2023– |
| Caps8: | 5 |
| Goals8: | 1 |
| Clubs8: | Llandudno |
| Nationalyears1: | 2011 |
| Nationalteam1: | Portugal U18 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 2 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2015 |
| Nationalteam2: | Guinea (unofficial) |
| Nationalcaps2: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 13 September 2023 |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 2 June 2015 (UTC) |
Yalany Cuino Baio (born 10 October 1994) is a Bissau-Guinean footballer who plays as a midfielder for Welsh club Llandudno.
After playing for the youth team of S.L. Benfica, he joined Liverpool in 2011 and played for the team's youth and reserve teams.[1] In February 2014, with his contract due to expire in the summer, he was tracked by clubs in France and the Netherlands.[2]
On 15 January 2015, after having been without a club since his release by Liverpool, he signed for Dutch Eerste Divisie club Sparta Rotterdam for the rest of the season with the option of two further campaigns.[3] He made his professional debut the next day in a 1–1 home draw against Den Bosch.[4] He played nine games – all starts – for Sparta and scored in a 6–0 win over Jong Ajax on 25 January.[5]
In January 2017, Baio went back to Great Britain when he signed a short-term deal at Bangor City in the Welsh Premier League.[6] He was sent off on 25 February in a 2–1 loss at The New Saints in the quarter-finals of the Welsh Cup.[7] He then moved to Gibraltar that September to sign for Gibraltar United, as part of an ambitious project headed by new owner Michel Salgado.[8]
Baio returned to Bangor, now relegated to the Cymru Alliance, in June 2018.[9] The following 31 January, he was one of four players released to cut costs, and signed for Llandudno of the top flight hours later.[10] He played ten matches in his first half-season with the club, and scored twice in a 4–0 win at Llanelli Town on 20 April, with both teams already relegated.[11]
On 18 July 2019, Baio signed for the third time to Bangor.[12] He and Aldair Neto were released in December.[13]
Baio returned to action in August 2021, signing for Cymru Premier side Cefn Druids.[14]
On 14 July 2023, Baio signed for his former club Llandudno.[15]
Baio was born in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau to a Guinean father and a Bissau-Guinean mother.[16] He holds citizenship of Portugal, and played twice for their under-18 team in 2011.[17]
On 6 June 2015, he played in an international friendly for Guinea, replacing Lass Bangoura after 54 minutes of a 2–2 draw with Chad in Saint-Leu-la-Forêt, France.[18] This was not a FIFA sanctioned game, as FIFA records still classify him as declared for Guinea-Bissau.