Dominique Da Sylva

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Dominique Da Sylva
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Da Sylva with Al-Ahly in 2011
Personal information
Full name Dominique Da Sylva [1]
Date of birth (1989-08-16) 16 August 1989 (age 35) [2]
Place of birth Nouakchott, Mauritania
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) [3]
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
2006–2007 Académie de Football Nouakchott
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2007–2011 CS Sfaxien 27 (11)
2011–2013 Al-Ahly 31 (5)
2013–2014 Zamalek 10 (3)
2014–2016 Al Urooba 27 (21)
2016–2017 Ermis Aradippou 21 (4)
2017 Hồ Chí Minh City 13 (5)
2018–2019 Sài Gòn 35 (12)
2020 Terengganu 4 (6)
2021 Kuala Lumpur City 6 (3)
2023–2024 ASC Jaraaf
2024 Radwa
International career
2007– Mauritania 4 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 April 2021 (UTC)

Dominique Da Sylva (born 16 August 1989) is a Mauritanian professional footballer who plays as a forward former the Mauritanian national team. [3]

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Early life

Da Silva was born in Nouakchott, Mauritania [3] to Guinea-Bissau parents. [4] He is Catholic. [5]

Club career

He spent the 2006–07 season at the city's Académie de Football before joining Tunisian club CS Sfaxien in 2007. [3] In his second season with Sfaxien, he scored four goals in ten appearances in Tunisia's top division, the Ligue Professionnelle 1. [2] [3] He scored three league goals in the 2009–10 campaign and two more the following season before joining Egyptian side Al-Ahly for $600,000 in January 2011. [2] Da Silva scored three more goals during the 2010–11 campaign and helped the Al-Ahly win the Egyptian Premier League for the seventh successive season. [2] On 9 September 2012, he came on as a late substitute in Al-Ahly's 2–1 win over ENPPI in the Egyptian Super Cup. [6] In January 2014, Da Silva moved to Zamalek SC. [2] He made an immediate impression, scoring in each of his first four games. [2]

In June 2017, he joined Vietnamese club Hồ Chí Minh City F.C., scoring two free-kicks on his debut. At the end of 2019, Da Sylva left Vietnam for Malaysia, signing with Terengganu F.C. [7]

On 26 September 2023, Da Silva signed a contract with Senegalese football club ASC Jaraaf.

On 26 January 2024, Da Silva joined Saudi Third Division club Radwa. [8]

International career

He made his debut for the Mauritania national team in 2007 and scored 45 goals. [3] He scored his first goal for his country against Morocco in 2008. [9]

Honours

CS Sfaxien
Al-Ahly
Zamalek

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References

  1. ↑ "FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2012 presented by Toyota: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 29 November 2012. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Dominique Da Sylva". Soccerway. Global Sports Media. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Dominique Da Sylva". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
  4. ↑ "Vers la fin de la carrière internationale de Dominique Da Silva ?". Mauritanie Football. YouFoot. Archived from the original on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
  5. ↑ "Football : Dominique Da Sylva, un Mauritanien au Caire". Jeune Afrique. 20 March 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
  6. ↑ "Al Ahly 2 – 1 ENPPI". Soccerway. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  7. ↑ Malik Muhamad (6 December 2019). "Da Sylva mahu menyinar bersama Terengganu". Harian Metro (in Malay). Kuala Lumpur: Media Prima Group. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  8. ↑ ""المقنع" يقود هجوم #رضوى".
  9. ↑ "Rwanda take Ethiopia scalp". BBC Sport. 8 June 2008. Retrieved 17 January 2011.


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