Abdel Kader Sylla

{{short description|Seselwa basketball player}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Abdel Kader Sylla

| image = JLB-EB - 20150328 - Abdel Kader Sylla.jpg

| caption = Sylla with Élan Béarnais in 2015

| position = Center

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 9

| weight_lb =

| number = 13

| team = Hermine Nantes

| league = LNB Pro B

| nationality =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|4|10|df=y}}

| birth_place = Victoria, Seychelles

| high_school =

| college =

| draft_year =

| career_start = 2009

| career_end =

| years1 = 2005–2006

| team1 = Premium Cobras

| years2 = 2006–2007

| team2 = Baya

| years3 = 2007–2013

| team3 = SLUC Nancy

| years4 = 2013–2015

| team4 = Élan Béarnais Pau-Lacq-Orthez

| years5 = 2015–2017

| team5 = Orléans Loiret

| years6 = 2017–2018

| team6 = AS Monaco

| years7 = 2018

| team7 = JL Bourg

| years8 = 2018–2019

| team8 = Élan Béarnais Pau-Lacq-Orthez

| years9 = 2019

| team9 = Union Neuchâtel

| years10 = 2019–present

| team10 = Hermine Nantes

| highlights = * LNB Pro B Leaders Cup winner (2019)

• LNB Pro A champion (2011)

| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's basketball}}

{{MedalCountry| {{SEY}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|Indian Ocean Island Games}}

{{MedalGold|2011 Victoria|}}

}}

Abdel Kader Sylla (born 10 April 1990), is a Seychellois professional basketball player. He is known as being the first professional player from the Seychelles.{{Cite web |last= |date=2022-07-22 |title=Seychelles: The President Receives Professional Basketball Player Abdel Sylla at State House |url=https://african.business/2022/07/apo-newsfeed/seychelles-the-president-receives-professional-basketball-player-abdel-sylla-at-state-house/ |access-date=2022-07-26 |website=African Business |language=en-GB}} He currently plays for Hermine Nantes of the LNB Pro B.

Sylla joined Hermine Nantes in 2019 and averaged 5.7 points, 4.6 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game. He re-signed with the team on 11 June 2020.{{cite web |last1=Burstert |first1=Phlippe |title=Sylla re-signs at Nantes |url=https://www.afrobasket.com/Seychelles/news/630653/Sylla-re-signs-at-Nantes |website=Afrobasket |accessdate=14 September 2020 |date=11 June 2020}}

He represented the Seychelles national basketball team on several occasions.[https://web.archive.org/web/20160807080254/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/team/p/sid/10466/tid/359/_/2015_Afrobasket_/index.html Seychelles | 2015 FIBA Africa Championship for Men Qualifying Round], ARCHIVE.FIBA.COM. Retrieved 6 June 2016. In 2022, he was invited to meet President Wavel Ramkalawan.