Lago Junior Wakalible (born 31 December 1990), known as Junior, is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Tercera Federación club San Roque.
Club career Numancia Born in Abidjan, Junior began his football career at the Centre de Formation Joël Tiéhi, a school founded by former player Joël Tiéhi. He made his senior debut with Issia Wazy in 2007, scoring at an excellent rate.
On 31 January 2009, Junior moved to Spain and signed a five-and-a-half-year contract with CD Numancia. He made his La Liga debut on 18 April, playing ten minutes in a 3–0 away loss against Atlético Madrid. He only appeared in four more matches until the end of the season, all as a substitute, and the Soria team were relegated as 19th.
Junior joined SD Eibar on 27 August 2010, in a season-long loan. Two days later, he scored twice on his official debut for the Segunda División B club, a 2–1 home win over CF Palencia.
Gimnàstic and Mirandés On 13 July 2013, after a further two Segunda División campaigns with Numancia, Junior remained in the country and signed for Gimnàstic de Tarragona from division three. On 22 July 2015, after achieving promotion, he moved to CD Mirandés of the second tier.
Mallorca On 28 January 2016, Junior agreed to a €300,000 deal at second-division RCD Mallorca. After suffering relegation at the end of the 2016–17 campaign he went on to help the side to earn two consecutive promotions, netting a career-best 11 goals in 2018–19.
Junior subsequently lost his importance in the squad. In December 2021, he was loaned to SD Huesca.
On 11 January 2023, Junior terminated his contract by mutual consent.
Later career Immediately after leaving Mallorca, Junior joined Málaga CF on a free transfer, signing until June 2024 with an option for another year. On 15 June 2023, having been relegated, he moved to fellow second-tier club Racing de Santander on a two-year contract.
Junior agreed to a deal at Primera Federación's CD Lugo in summer 2025. On 14 August 2026, the 35-year-old joined amateurs CD San Roque de Lepe.
International career Junior won his first cap for the Ivory Coast national team on 13 October 2020 at the age of nearly 30, replacing Gervinho late into the 1–0 friendly defeat to Japan in Utrecht, Netherlands.
Career statistics Club
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueCupOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsNumancia2008–09La Liga5000—502009–10Segunda División22310—2332011–12Segunda División26200—2622012–13Segunda División15110—161Total6862000706Eibar (loan)2010–11Segunda División B3290040369Gimnàstic2013–14Segunda División B3710405246122014–15Segunda División B3531042405Total721350948617Mirandés2015–16Segunda División22752—279Mallorca2015–16Segunda División20300—2032016–17Segunda División40600—4062017–18Segunda División B26800413092018–19Segunda División4011004044112019–20La Liga35400—3542020–21Segunda División24420—2642021–22La Liga6000—602022–23La Liga5010—60Total19636308120741Career total3747215221542678
International + Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsIvory Coast202030202120Total50
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