Sylvester Igboun

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Sylvester Igboun
Sylvester Igboun 2019 Dynamo.jpg
Sly with Dynamo Moscow in 2019
Personal information
Full name Sylvester Emeka Igbonu
Date of birth (1990-09-08) 8 September 1990 (age 31)
Place of birth Lagos, Nigeria
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Striker/Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Dynamo Moscow
Number 10
Youth career
2004–2006 Ebedei
2006–2010 Midtjylland
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2015 Midtjylland 147 (41)
2015–2020 Ufa 108 (25)
2019–2020 → Dynamo Moscow (loan) 20 (2)
2020– Dynamo Moscow 27 (1)
National team‡
2015 Nigeria 6 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 December 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 November 2015

Sylvester Emeka Igbonu, commonly known as Sylvester Igboun (born 8 September 1990) is a Nigerian professional football player, who currently plays as a striker or an attacking midfielder for the Russian Premier League club FC Dynamo Moscow. Igboun is known for his blistering speed. His surname is Igbonu but was misspelled when registering a passport.[1] His shirt lists his nickname "Sly" on the back instead of his last name.[2]

Career[]

Club[]

On 13 July 2015, Igbonu signed for Russian Premier League side FC Ufa.[3]

On 2 September 2019, he joined FC Dynamo Moscow on loan for the 2019–20 season.[4] He was voted player of the month for September 2019 by Dynamo fans.[5] On 4 August 2020, Dynamo Moscow announced that they had signed Igboun on a permanent transfer from FC Ufa.[6]

International[]

He made his international debut in a 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification game against Tanzania on 5 September 2015, replacing Moses Simon as a substitute in the 69th minute.[7]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of match played 12 December 2021[8][9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Midtjylland 2009–10 Danish Superliga 1 0 0 0 - - 1 0
2010–11 31 6 5 2 - - 36 8
2011–12 31 8 1 0 4 1 - 36 9
2012–13 25 8 0 0 2 1 - 27 9
2013–14 28 10 1 0 - - 29 10
2014–15 31 9 0 0 2 1 - 33 10
Total 147 41 7 2 8 3 - - 162 46
Ufa 2015–16 Russian Premier League 25 4 1 0 - - 26 4
2016–17 24 3 2 0 - - 26 3
2017–18 26 7 0 0 - - 26 7
2018–19 27 9 0 0 6 1 2 1 35 11
2019–20 6 2 0 0 - - 6 2
Total 108 25 3 0 6 1 2 1 119 27
Dynamo Moscow 2019–20 Russian Premier League 20 2 1 0 - - 21 2
2020–21 17 1 2 0 1 0 - 20 1
2021–22 10 0 2 1 - - 12 1
Total 47 3 5 1 1 0 0 0 53 4
Career total 302 69 15 3 15 4 2 1 334 77

International[]

Nigeria national team
Year Apps Goals
2015 6 0
Total 6 0

Statistics accurate as of match played 17 November 2015[9]

Honours[]

Midtjylland

References[]

  1. ^ "IGBOUN REVEALS HOW DANISH CLUB CHANGED HIS NAME". Africanfootball.com. 10 September 2015. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  2. ^ "Russian Premier League player page" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  3. ^ "Сильвестер Игбун переходит в ФК "Уфа"" (in Russian). FC Ufa. 13 July 2015.
  4. ^ "Сильвестр Игбун – в "Динамо"" [Sylvester Igboun at Dynamo] (in Russian). FC Dynamo Moscow. 2 September 2019.
  5. ^ "Сильвестр Игбун стал лучшим игроком сентября" [Sylvester Igboun is the best player of September] (in Russian). FC Dynamo Moscow. 4 October 2019.
  6. ^ "Сильвестр Игбун остаётся в "Динамо"" (in Russian). FC Dynamo Moscow. 4 August 2020.
  7. ^ "Tanzania vs. Nigeria". weltfussballarchiv.com. 5 September 2015.
  8. ^ Sylvester Igboun at Soccerway
  9. ^ a b c "Sylvester Igboun". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 5 December 2016.

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