Issiaga Sylla

Issiaga Sylla
	Sylla in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth	1 January 1994 (age 28)
Place of birth	Conakry, Guinea
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Left-back
Club information
Current team	Toulouse
Number	12
Youth career
0000–2011	Horoya AC
Senior career*
Years	Team
2011–2012	Horoya AC
2012–	Toulouse
2015–2016	→ Gazélec Ajaccio (loan)
2020–2021	→ Lens (loan)
2020–2021	→ Lens B (loan)
National team‡
2011–	Guinea
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:28, 9 July 2021 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:58, 17 November 2019 (UTC)

Issiaga Sylla (born 1 January 1994) is a Guinean professional footballer who plays as a left back for Ligue 2 club Toulouse FC.^[1]

Club career[]

Sylla was born in Conakry, Guinea. He made his debut for Toulouse FC, starting as a left-midfielder, in the 4–2 win over Lille on 4 May 2013.

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

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.^[3]

As of matches played on 17 November 2019^[4]

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Guinea	2011	1	0
	2012	0	0
	2013	4	0
	2014	7	0
	2015	9	0
	2016	5	0
	2017	8	1
	2018	5	0
	2019	12	1
Total		51	2

Scores and results list Guinea's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sylla goal.^[4]

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

^ Issiaga Sylla at Soccerway
^ "Issiaga Sylla loaned to GFC Ajaccio (in French)". corsematin.com. 4 July 2015. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
^ https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2015/02/01/africa/africa-cup-of-nations/ ghana / guinea / 1994425 /
^ ^a ^b "Issiaga Sylla". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 26 March 2017.

Personal information
Sylla in 2018
Date of birth	(1994-01-01) 1 January 1994 (age 28)
Place of birth	Conakry, Guinea
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Left-back
Club information
Current team	Toulouse
Number	12
Youth career
0000–2011	Horoya AC
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–2012	Horoya AC	1	(0)
2012–	Toulouse	152	(9)
2015–2016	→ Gazélec Ajaccio (loan)	34	(0)
2020–2021	→ Lens (loan)	20	(1)
2020–2021	→ Lens B (loan)	1	(0)
National team^‡
2011–	Guinea	51	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:28, 9 July 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:58, 17 November 2019 (UTC)