In
2017, he made his first appearance at a
WSL Men's Championship Tour event at the
Saquarema stage of the Oi Rio Pro as a wildcard, where he performed surprisingly well, finishing 3rd and defeating big names in world surfing such as
Gabriel Medina,
Mick Fanning and
John John Florence. That same year, he placed 6th in the Qualifying Series and qualified for the
2018 CT for the first time in his career. In the following years, Yago quickly gained prominence on the world circuit, but his rise was interrupted after tearing the ligament in his left ankle, which left him out of the first 5 events on the world circuit in
2022. In the following 2 years, Yago demonstrated a significant improvement on his surfing and figured among the top 10 surfers in the league. In
2023, Yago reached his first final and won the VIVO Rio Pro, beating
Ethan Ewing in the final. He finished 7th in the final Ranking. In
2024 Yago had a complicated start to the season and almost fell into the mid-season cut, but he recovered in the final part of the season making 2 finals in a row, in El Salvador and again at the VIVO Rio Pro, he came close to qualifying for the
2024 WSL Finals, but lost the spot in the last stage to his compatriot
Ítalo Ferreira finishing the season in 6th place. In 2025, Yago reached the
WSL Finals in the first position in the rank. After defeating
Griffin Colapinto, Yago won the WSL Championship Tour - widely considered the most important title in the sport. == Career Victories ==