 On 31 January 2012, free agent Djaló signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with Benfica.Exactly seven months later, in the last hours of the summer transfer window, he moved to another team in France's top flight, Toulouse FC, joining on loan with an option to make the move permanent at the end of the season.Djaló was loaned to Major League Soccer side San Jose Earthquakes on 10 March 2014, until the end of the campaign.