Sekou Sylla (footballer, born 1999)

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Sekou Sylla
Personal information
Full name Sekou Oumar Sylla [1]
Date of birth (1999-01-09) 9 January 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Schiedam, Netherlands
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Full-back, central midfielder, winger
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2021 Excelsior Maassluis 62 (8)
2021–2022 TOP Oss 8 (0)
2022–2024 Cambuur 27 (1)
International career‡
2022– Guinea 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:15, 20 January 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 04:25, 20 January 2024 (UTC)

Sekou Oumar Sylla (born 9 January 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a full-back, central midfielder or winger. Born in the Netherlands, he plays for the Guinea national team.

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Career

Born in Schiedam, [1] Sylla started his career at Excelsior Maassluis before signing for Eerste Divisie side TOP Oss on an amateur contract in summer 2021. [2] [3]

He transferred on a free transfer to Eredivisie club SC Cambuur in January 2022, signing an 18-month contract. [3] [4] At the end of the 2023–24 season, Sylla left the club as his contract expired. [5]

International career

Born in the Netherlands, Sylla is Guinean by descent. [6] He debuted with the Guinea national team in a friendly 0–0 tie with South Africa on 25 March 2022. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Sekou Sylla". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  2. ↑ "Excelsior Maassluis raakt Sekou Sylla kwijt aan profvoetbal". Voetbal Rotterdam (in Dutch). 20 June 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  3. 1 2 Boeringa, Reon (7 January 2022). "Van amateurs naar Eredivisie: razendsnelle promotie voor Cambuur-aanwinst". Voetbal International (in Dutch). Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  4. ↑ van der Doelen, Jaap (7 January 2022). "Amateur Sekou Sylla van TOP Oss naar de eredivisie" . Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  5. ↑ "Drietal spelerscontracten formeel opgezegd". SC Cambuur (in Dutch). 27 March 2024. Archived from the original on 28 June 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  6. ↑ "Sekou Sylla: "Kan nog niet geloven dat het zo snel is gegaan"". CambuurFront.
  7. ↑ "Starting Lineups - S. Africa vs Guinea - 25.03.2022". Sky Sports. 25 March 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
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