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Issiaga Sylla

{{Short description|Guinean footballer (born 1994)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Issiaga Sylla

| image = Issiaga Sylla1.jpg

| caption = Sylla with Guinea at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1994|01|01}}

| birth_place = Conakry, Guinea

| height = 1.80 m

| position = Left-back

| currentclub = Montpellier

| clubnumber = 3

| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2011

| youthclubs1 = Horoya AC

| years1 = 2011–2012 | clubs1 = Horoya AC | caps1 = 1 | goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2012–2015 | clubs2 = Toulouse B | caps2 = 18 | goals2 = 1

| years3 = 2013–2023 | clubs3 = Toulouse | caps3 = 194 | goals3 = 9

| years4 = 2015–2016 | clubs4 = → Gazélec Ajaccio (loan) | caps4 = 34 | goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2020–2021 | clubs5 = → Lens (loan) | caps5 = 20 | goals5 = 1

| years6 = 2020 | clubs6 = → Lens B (loan) | caps6 = 1 | goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2023– | clubs7 = Montpellier | caps7 = 45 | goals7 = 3

| nationalyears1 = 2011–

| nationalteam1 = Guinea

| nationalcaps1 = 80

| nationalgoals1 = 3

| club-update = 20 December 2024

| nationalteam-update = 18:39, 2 February 2024 (UTC)~

}}

Issiaga Sylla (born 1 January 1994) is a Guinean professional footballer who plays as a left-back for {{French football updater|Montpellier}} club Montpellier and the Guinea national team.[https://int.soccerway.com/players/issiaga-sylla/212489/ Issiaga Sylla] at Soccerway

Club career

Sylla was born in Conakry, Guinea. He made his debut for Toulouse on 4 May 2013, starting as a left midfielder in a 4–2 win over Lille.{{Citation needed|date=May 2022}}

Sylla was loaned out to promoted side Gazélec Ajaccio for the 2015–16 Ligue 1 season.{{cite news|url=http://www.corsematin.com/article/derniere-minute/issiaga-sylla-toulouse-prete-au-gfc-ajaccio.1855421.html|title=Issiaga Sylla loaned to GFC Ajaccio (in French)|publisher=corsematin.com|date=4 July 2015|access-date=6 July 2015|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304034816/http://www.corsematin.com/article/derniere-minute/issiaga-sylla-toulouse-prete-au-gfc-ajaccio.1855421.html|url-status=dead}}

On 31 January 2023, Sylla signed for Ligue 1 club Montpellier.{{Cite web |date=31 January 2023 |title=Issiaga Sylla rejoint le MHSC |url=https://www.mhscfoot.com/articles/2022-2023/equipe-pro/issiaga-sylla-rejoint-le-mhsc |access-date=31 January 2023 |publisher=Montpellier HSC |language=Fr}}

International career

Sylla made his international debut for the Guinea national team at 7 September 2011 against Venezuela.{{Citation needed|date=May 2022}} He played with the national team in 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, where the team reached the quarter-finals.[https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2015/02/01/africa/africa-cup-of-nations/ 2015 Africa Cup of Nations]. int.soccerway.com./

Career statistics

=Club=

{{updated|match played 8 March 2024}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

rowspan="2"|Club

!rowspan="2"|Season

!colspan="3"|League

!colspan="2"|National cup

!colspan="2"|League cup

!colspan="2"|Continental

!colspan="2"|Other

!colspan="2"|Total

DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Horoya

|2012

|CAF Champions League

|colspan="2"|—

colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—1{{efn|Appearance in CAF Champions League}}0colspan="2"|—10
rowspan="4"|Toulouse II

|2012–13

|Championnat National 3

|12

1colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—121
2013–14

|Championnat National 3

|1

0colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—10
2014–15

|Championnat National 3

|5

0colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—50
colspan="2"|Total

!18

1colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—181
rowspan="10"|Toulouse

|2012–13

|Ligue 1

|4

100colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—41
2013–14

|Ligue 1

|32

32021colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—364
2014–15

|Ligue 1

|12

10000colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—121
2016–17

|Ligue 1

|27

11020colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—301
2017–18

|Ligue 1

|25

11021colspan="2"|—00282
2018–19

|Ligue 1

|24

23010colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—282
2019–20

|Ligue 1

|28

00010colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—290
2021–22

|Ligue 2

|25

010colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—260
2022–23

|Ligue 1

|17

010colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—180
colspan="2"|Total

!194

99082colspan="2"|—0021111
Ajaccio (loan)

|2015–16

|Ligue 1

|34

03010colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—380
Lens (loan)

|2020–21

|Ligue 1

|20

110colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—211
Lens II (loan)

|2020–21

|Championnat National 2

|1

0colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—10
rowspan="3"|Montpellier

|2022–23

|Ligue 1

|15

1colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—151
2023–24

|Ligue 1

|14

100colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—141
colspan="2"|Total

!29

200colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—292
colspan="3"|Career total

!296

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=International=

{{Updated|match played 2 February 2024}}{{NFT|45033|access-date=26 March 2017}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year

National teamYearAppsGoals
rowspan="14"|Guinea

|2011

10
201200
201350
201470
2015110
201650
201781
201850
2019121
202010
202160
202291
202350
202450
colspan="2"|Total803

:Scores and results list Guinea's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sylla goal.

class="wikitable sortable"

|+ List of international goals scored by Issiaga Sylla

scope="col"|No.

!scope="col"|Date

!scope="col"|Venue

!scope="col"|Opponent

!scope="col"|Score

!scope="col"|Result

!scope="col"|Competition

align="center"|124 March 2017Stade Océane, Le Havre, France{{fb|GAB}}align="center"|2–1align="center"|2–2Friendly
align="center"|217 November 2019Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry, Guinea{{fb|NAM}}align="center"|1–0align="center"|2–02021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
align="center"|310 January 2022Kouekong Stadium, Bafoussam, Cameroon{{fb|MWI}}align="center"|1–0align="center"|1–02021 Africa Cup of Nations

Honours

Horoya AC

Toulouse

  • Ligue 2: 2021–22{{Cite web |date=7 May 2022 |title=Le Toulouse Football Club est champion de Ligue 2 BKT |trans-title=Toulouse Football Club is Ligue 2 BKT champion |url=https://www.toulousefc.com/fr/le-toulouse-football-club-est-champion-de-ligue-2-bkt |access-date=9 May 2022 |publisher=Toulouse FC |language=fr}}

References

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External links

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  • {{Lequipe|47953}}

{{Montpellier HSC squad}}

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