| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 24 August 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Dakar, Senegal [1] | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) [2] | ||
| Position(s) | Left-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Diambars | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2017 | Diambars | ||
| 2017–2020 | União da Madeira | 31 | (2) |
| 2018–2019 | →Famalicão (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 2020 | Cova da Piedade | 7 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Annecy | 5 | (1) |
| 2021–2022 | Rio Ave | 15 | (0) |
| 2022–2024 | Moreirense | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016 | Senegal U20 | 11 | (1) |
| 2015 | Senegal U23 | 1 | (0) |
| 2016 | Senegal | 1 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20 August 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 04:04, 27 February 2025 (UTC) | |||
Alhassane Sylla (born 24 August 1995) is a Senegalese retired professional footballer who played left-back for the Senegal national team.
A youth product of the Senegalese club Diambars, Sylla began his senior career with them in 2011 and helped them win the 2013 Senegalese Ligue 1. [3] In 31 July 2017, he moved to Portugal with União da Madeira in the Liga Portugal 2. [4] He went on loan to Famalicão for the 2018–19 season before returning to União, and in 2020 had a short stint with Cova da Piedade. [1] On 23 September 2020, he joined the French club Annecy in the Championnat National. [5] On 24 August 2021, he returned to Portugal with Rio Ave. [6] After winning the 2021–22 Liga Portugal 2 season with Rio Ave, on 4 July 2024 he signed with Moreirense on a 2-year contract. [1] A couple weeks into preseason with Moreirense, Sylla was sidelined with a ligament injury in his right knee. [7]
Born in Senegal, Sylla is of Guinean descent. [8] He was called up to the Senegal U20s for the 2015 African U-20 Championship where they were finalists, and then played for the U20s at the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup. [9] He played for the Senegal U23s at the 2015 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations. [10] On 10 February 2016, he debuted with the senior Senegal national team in a friendly 2–0 loss to Mexico. [5]
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