Issiaga Sylla

Issiaga Sylla
	Sylla in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth	1 January 1994
Place of birth	Conakry, Guinea
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Left-back
Team information
Current team	Montpellier
Number	3
Youth career
0000–2011	Horoya AC
Senior career*
Years	Team
2011–2012	Horoya AC
2012–2015	Toulouse B
2013–2023	Toulouse
2015–2016	→ Gazélec Ajaccio (loan)
2020–2021	→ Lens (loan)
2020	→ Lens B (loan)
2023–	Montpellier
International career‡
2011–	Guinea
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 July 2023; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:39, 11 May 2022 (UTC)~

Issiaga Sylla (born 1 January 1994) is a Guinean professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Ligue 1 club Montpellier and the Guinea national team.[1]

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.

Sylla was loaned out to promoted side Gazélec Ajaccio for the 2015–16 Ligue 1 season.[2]

On 31 January 2023, Sylla signed for Ligue 1 club Montpellier.[3]

Sylla made his international debut for the Guinea national team at 7 September 2011 against Venezuela. He played with the national team in 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, where the team reached the quarter-finals.[4]

As of match played 25 March 2022[5]

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Guinea	2011	1	0
	2012	0	0
	2013	5	0
	2014	7	0
	2015	11	0
	2016	5	0
	2017	8	1
	2018	5	0
	2019	12	1
	2020	1	0
	2021	6	0
	2022	6	1
Total		67	3

Scores and results list Guinea's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sylla goal.[5]

List of international goals scored by Issiaga Sylla
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	24 March 2017	Stade Océane, Le Havre, France	Gabon	2–1	2–2	Friendly
2	17 November 2019	Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry, Guinea	Namibia	1–0	2–0	2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
3	10 January 2022	Kouekong Stadium, Bafoussam, Cameroon	Malawi	1–0	1–0	2021 Africa Cup of Nations

Horoya AC

Toulouse

Issiaga Sylla at Soccerway
"Issiaga Sylla loaned to GFC Ajaccio (in French)". corsematin.com. 4 July 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
"Issiaga Sylla rejoint le MHSC" (in French). Montpellier HSC. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2015/02/01/africa/africa-cup-of-nations/ ghana / guinea / 1994425 /
"Issiaga Sylla". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
"Le Toulouse Football Club est champion de Ligue 2 BKT" [Toulouse Football Club is Ligue 2 BKT champion] (in French). Toulouse FC. 7 May 2022. Retrieved 9 May 2022.

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