Sylvester Igboun

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Sylvester Igboun
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Sly with Dynamo Moscow in 2019
Personal information
Full name Sylvester Emeka Igbonu
Date of birth (1990-09-08) 8 September 1990 (age 33)
Place of birth Lagos, Nigeria
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
2004–2006 Ebedei
2006–2010 Midtjylland
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2010–2015 Midtjylland 147 (41)
2015–2020 Ufa 110 (26)
2019–2020 → Dynamo Moscow (loan) 20 (2)
2020–2021 Dynamo Moscow 27 (1)
2022 Nizhny Novgorod 1 (0)
2022 NorthEast United 1 (0)
International career‡
2015 Nigeria 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 October 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 November 2015

Sylvester Emeka Igbonu (born 8 September 1990), commonly known as Sylvester Igboun, is a Nigerian professional football player who plays as a forward.

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Igboun is known for his blistering speed. His surname is Igbonu but was misspelled when registering a passport. [1] His shirt lists his nickname "Sly" on the back instead of his last name. [2]

Club career

On 13 July 2015, Igbonu signed for Russian Premier League side FC Ufa. [3]

On 2 September 2019, he joined FC Dynamo Moscow on loan for the 2019–20 season. [4] He was voted player of the month for September 2019 by Dynamo fans. [5] On 4 August 2020, Dynamo Moscow announced that they had signed Igboun on a permanent transfer from FC Ufa. [6] On 7 January 2022, his contract with Dynamo was terminated by mutual consent. [7]

On 20 February 2022, Igboun joined Russian Premier League club Nizhny Novgorod until the end of the season. [8] On 16 March 2022, the contract was terminated by mutual consent. [9]

In September 2022, Igboun signed a two-year contract with Indian Super League club NorthEast United. [10] On 20 October, he made his debut for the club against East Bengal, coming on as a 71st-minute substitute for Michael Jakobsen. The match ended in a 3–1 defeat. [11] [12] Three days later, According to Igboun, he left due to the poor facilities and accommodations provided by the team. [13]

International career

He made his international debut in a 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification game against Tanzania on 5 September 2015, replacing Moses Simon as a substitute in the 69th minute. [14]

Career statistics

Club

As of 20 October 2022 [15] [16]
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Midtjylland 2009–10 Danish Superliga 1000——10
2010–11 3165 [lower-alpha 1] 2——368
2011–12 3181 [lower-alpha 1] 04 [lower-alpha 2] 1—369
2012–13 258002 [lower-alpha 2] 1—279
2013–14 28101 [lower-alpha 1] 0——2910
2014–15 319002 [lower-alpha 2] 1—3310
Total1474172830016246
Ufa 2015–16 Russian Premier League 2541 [lower-alpha 3] 0——264
2016–17 2432 [lower-alpha 3] 0——263
2017–18 26700——267
2018–19 279006 [lower-alpha 2] 12 [lower-alpha 4] 13511
2019–20 6200——62
Total1082530612111927
Dynamo Moscow
(loan)		 2019–20 Russian Premier League2021 [lower-alpha 3] 0——212
Dynamo Moscow 2020–21 1712 [lower-alpha 3] 01 [lower-alpha 2] 0—201
2021–22 1002 [lower-alpha 3] 1——121
Total271411000322
Nizhny Novgorod 2021–22 Russian Premier League101 [lower-alpha 3] 0——20
NorthEast United 2022–23 Indian Super League 1000——10
Career total304691631542133777
  1. 1 2 3 Appearance(s) in Danish Cup
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Appearance(s) in Russian Cup
  4. ↑ Appearance(s) in Relegation play-offs

International

Nigeria
YearAppsGoals
201560
Total60

Statistics accurate as of match played 17 November 2015 [16]

Honours

Midtjylland

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References

  1. ↑ "IGBOUN REVEALS HOW DANISH CLUB CHANGED HIS NAME". Africanfootball.com. 10 September 2015. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  2. ↑ "Russian Premier League player page" (in Russian). Russian Premier League . Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  3. ↑ "Сильвестер Игбун переходит в ФК "Уфа"" (in Russian). FC Ufa. 13 July 2015.
  4. ↑ "Сильвестр Игбун – в "Динамо"" [Sylvester Igboun at Dynamo] (in Russian). FC Dynamo Moscow. 2 September 2019.
  5. ↑ "Сильвестр Игбун стал лучшим игроком сентября" [Sylvester Igboun is the best player of September] (in Russian). FC Dynamo Moscow. 4 October 2019.
  6. ↑ "Сильвестр Игбун остаётся в "Динамо"" (in Russian). FC Dynamo Moscow. 4 August 2020.
  7. ↑ "Сильвестр Игбун покидает "Динамо"" (in Russian). FC Dynamo Moscow. 7 January 2022.
  8. ↑ "Сильвестр Игбун – в "Нижнем"" (Press release) (in Russian). FC Dynamo Moscow. 20 February 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  9. ↑ "Контракт с Олденом Ларсеном приостановлен, а с Игбуном – расторгнут" (Press release) (in Russian). FC Nizhny Novgorod. 16 March 2022. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  10. ↑ "NorthEast United have completed the signings of Nigerian Striker Sylvester Emeka Igboun and Australian defender Aaron Evans". @IFTWC. 20 September 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  11. ↑ "East Bengal earn dominating win over NorthEast United". khelnow.com. 20 October 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  12. ↑ "NorthEast United 1 – 3 East Bengal". Soccerway. 20 October 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  13. ↑ "Breaking: Nigerian forward Sylvester Igboun leaves NorthEast United". khelnow.com. 23 October 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  14. ↑ "Tanzania vs. Nigeria". weltfussballarchiv.com. 5 September 2015.
  15. ↑ Sylvester Igboun at Soccerway
  16. 1 2 3 "Sylvester Igboun". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 5 December 2016.


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