Yacouba Diori Hamani Magagi

Yac Magagi
Personal information
Full name	Yacouba Diori Hamani Magagi
Date of birth	8 September 1997 (age 26)
Place of birth	Niamey, Niger
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Algeciras
Number	15
Youth career
	Kandadji Sport
Senior career*
Years	Team
2012–2016	Kandadji Sport
2016	Internacional Amistad
2016–2017	Ponferradina B
2017–2021	Ponferradina
2020	→ Getafe B (loan)
2021–2023	Castellón
2023–	Algeciras
International career‡
2016–	Niger
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:46, 19 September 2023 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 October 2020

Yacouba "Yac" Diori Hamani Magagi (born 8 September 1997) is a Nigerien professional footballer who plays for Algeciras and the Niger national team. Mainly a central defender, he can also play as a right back.

Club career[edit]

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 in the Segunda División B.^[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]

Upon returning, Magagi featured rarely before joining Primera División RFEF side CD Castellón on 22 July 2021.^[5] On 25 September, he scored his first goal for the side, netting a last-minute equalizer in a 1–1 draw against UE Cornellà.

International career[edit]

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.^[6]

References[edit]

^ "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.
^ "COMUNICADO OFICIAL | Yac" [OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT | Yac] (in Spanish). CD Castellón. 22 July 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
^ "Namibia 1–0 Niger". Confederation of African Football. Retrieved 6 November 2017.

External links[edit]

Yac Magagi at BDFutbol
Yac Magagi at National-Football-Teams.com
Yac Magagi at Soccerway

[1] "Yac" (in Spanish). SD Ponferradina. Retrieved 6 November 2017.

[2] "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.

[3] "SD Ponferradina 0 – CD Tudelano 0" (in Spanish). SD Ponferradina. 14 May 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2017.

[4] "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.

[5] "COMUNICADO OFICIAL | Yac" [OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT | Yac] (in Spanish). CD Castellón. 22 July 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.

[6] "Namibia 1–0 Niger". Confederation of African Football. Retrieved 6 November 2017.

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