Youssouph Cheikh Sylla

Youssouph Cheikh Sylla
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-02-20) 20 February 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Mbacké, Senegal
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Monopoli
Number 45
Youth career
–2016 Parma
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Colorno 28 (14)
2017–2020 Piacenza 35 (2)
2017–2018 → Vigor Carpaneto (loan) 19 (12)
2020–2021 Gozzano 34 (19)
2021–2023 Pordenone 14 (0)
2021 → Siena (loan) 0 (0)
2022–2023 → Alessandria (loan) 22 (5)
2023–2024 Vis Pesaro 18 (5)
2024–2025 Perugia 26 (4)
2025– Monopoli 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 January 2025

Youssouph Cheikh Sylla (born 20 February 1998) is a Senegalese football player who plays for Italian Serie C Group C club Monopoli. He played all of his career so far in Italy, advancing from the fifth tier to the second.

Club career

He started his senior career in the fifth and fourth tier (Eccellenza and Serie D).[1]

He made his professional Serie C debut for Piacenza on 22 September 2018, against Pontedera.[2]

On 5 August 2021, he signed a three-year contract with Serie B club Pordenone.[3] On 18 August 2021, Pordenone loaned him to Serie C club Siena.[4] However, Italian Football Federation did not approve the loan and he returned to Pordenone on 28 August.[5]

He made his Serie B debut for Pordenone on 18 September 2021 in a game against Cittadella.[6]

On 31 August 2022, Sylla was loaned to Alessandria, with an option to buy.[7]

On 20 July 2023, Sylla signed a two-year contract with Vis Pesaro.[8]

References

  1. ^ Youssouph Cheikh Sylla at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)
  2. ^ "Piacenza v Pontedera game report". Soccerway. 22 September 2018.
  3. ^ ""PAPE" SYLLA, UN GIGANTE PER L'ATTACCO DEL PORDENONE" (in Italian). Pordenone. 5 August 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  4. ^ "L'ATTACCANTE "PAPE" SYLLA IN PRESTITO AL SIENA" (in Italian). Pordenone. 18 August 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Arriva Pezzella, Sylla saluta e torna a Pordenone" (in Italian). Siena. 28 August 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  6. ^ "Cittadella v Pordenone game report". Soccerway. 18 September 2021.
  7. ^ "SYLLA È UN NUOVO CALCIATORE GRIGIO" (in Italian). Alessandria. 31 August 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  8. ^ "YOSSOUPH SYLLA E' UN ATTACCANTE DELLA VIS PESARO!" [YOSSOUPH SYLLA IS A FORWARD FOR VIS PESARO!] (in Italian). Vis Pesaro dal 1898. 20 July 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2023.


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