Morciré Sylla
{{short description|Guinean footballer}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Morciré Sylla
| image =
| fullname = Morciré Sylla
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1948|3|3|df=y}}
| birth_place = Kindia, French Guinea
| height =
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2005|8|12|1948|3|3|df=y}}
| death_place = Rabat, Morocco
| position = Forward
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 = ?–?
| clubs1 = Hafia
| caps1 =
| goals1 =
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| nationalyears1 = 1968
| nationalteam1 = Guinea U23
| nationalcaps1 = 0
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 1974–1977
| nationalteam2 = Guinea{{cite web |last1=Mamrud |first1=Roberto |title=Guinea - Record International Players |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/guinea-recintlp.html |website=RSSSF}}
| nationalcaps2 = 20
| nationalgoals2 = 4
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Morciré Sylla (3 March 1948{{Cite web |url=http://www.guineeconakry.info/article/detail/hommage-funerailles-de-morcire-sylla/ |title=guineeconakry.info |access-date=2015-12-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105100026/http://www.guineeconakry.info/article/detail/hommage-funerailles-de-morcire-sylla/ |archive-date=2016-01-05 |url-status=usurped }} or 22 September 1948[https://www.maliweb.net/category.php?NID=49762 Maliweb.net]– 12 August 2005) was a Guinea international football forward.
Career
Born in Kindia, Sylla played several youth sports, including football, volleyball, basketball and handball. He started playing senior football with local side Hafia F.C., and would play any field position.{{cite web|publisher=GuineeConakry.info|title=HOMMAGE : Funérailles de Morciré Sylla|author=Sylla, Ibrahima|url=http://www.guineeconakry.info/index.php?id=118&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=28&cHash=2c9281269c152d58bc1c7fb52e6e4360|language=French|date=17 August 2005|access-date=12 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120428010600/http://www.guineeconakry.info/index.php?id=118&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=28&cHash=2c9281269c152d58bc1c7fb52e6e4360|archive-date=28 April 2012|url-status=usurped}}
Sylla represented Guinea at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City where, in the opening ceremony, he was the first ever Olympic flag bearer for Guinea.{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/flagbearers?country_id=GUI |title=Flagbearers for Guinea |website=www.olympedia.org |access-date=28 December 2023}} He also made several appearances for the senior Guinea national football team, and played at the 1974{{cite web|author1=Boesenberg, Eric |author2=Stokkermans, Karel |author3=Mazet, François |name-list-style=amp |title=African Nations Cup 1974|website=RSSSF |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/74a.html|date=1 May 2003}} and 1976 African Cup of Nations finals.{{cite web|author1=Boesenberg, Eric |author2=Stokkermans, Karel |author3=Mazet, François |name-list-style=amp |title=African Nations Cup 1976|website=RSSSF |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/76a.html|date=1 May 2003}}
Personal
Sylla died at age 57 on 12 August 2005.{{cite web|publisher=GuineeConakry.info|author=Morel Junior, Justin|title=DOULEUR: Mort de MORCIRE SYLLA, le grand sociétaire du Hafia Football Club|url=http://www.guineeconakry.info/index.php?id=118&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=21&cHash=d258c990b052efcb2a878b0ae2e9d4de|language=French|date=12 August 2005|access-date=12 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120428010809/http://www.guineeconakry.info/index.php?id=118&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=21&cHash=d258c990b052efcb2a878b0ae2e9d4de|archive-date=28 April 2012|url-status=usurped}}{{cite web|publisher=Panapress|title=Décès de Morciré Sylla, ancien international guinéen|url=http://www.panapress.com/pana-17-lang1-index.html|language=French|date=21 February 2007}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
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{{Guinea Squad 1968 Summer Olympics}}
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Category:Guinean men's footballers
Category:Guinea men's international footballers
Category:Olympic footballers for Guinea
Category:Footballers at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Category:1974 African Cup of Nations players
Category:1976 African Cup of Nations players
Category:Men's association football forwards
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