Djibril Sylla
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1 January 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Guinea | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–1999 | Hamrun Spartans | ||
| 2000 | Gozo | ||
| 2000– | Sliema Wanderers | ||
| Msida Saint-Joseph | |||
| 2003–2004 | Sliema Wanderers | ||
| 2004– | Hibernians | ||
| 2006 | Rhyl | ||
| CA Bastia | |||
| International career | |||
| 2000 | Malta | 4 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Djibril Sylla (born 1 January 1980) is a retired professional footballer. Born in Guinea, he was capped at international level by Malta and during his career played for teams in Malta, Wales and France.
Career
[edit | edit source]Malta
[edit | edit source]He joined Sliema Wanderers in July 2003[1] Sylla made his unofficial debut for the Wanderers in a friendly 5-1 drubbing of the Nigerian Stars.[2] After playing for the club infrequently over the next season he was released by club and joined Hibernians on transfer deadline day in August 2004.[3]
Wales
[edit | edit source]He then moved to Wales, signing for Rhyl in March 2006.[4][5]
France
[edit | edit source]He finished his career in France, playing for Corsican side CA Bastia.
International
[edit | edit source]Sylla made four appearances for the Malta national football team during 2000, his debut was a second-half substitute's appearance in a friendly against South Africa. He started in Malta's 2002 World Cup qualifier at Northern Ireland in September 2000.[6][7]
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Djibril Sylla at National-Football-Teams.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- 1980 births
- Living people
- Naturalised citizens of Malta
- Maltese men's footballers
- Malta men's international footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Rhyl F.C. players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Wales
- Hibernians F.C. players
- CA Bastia players
- Expatriate men's footballers in France
- Msida Saint-Joseph F.C. players
- Sliema Wanderers F.C. players
- Hamrun Spartans F.C. players
- Guinean emigrants to Malta
- Maltese football biography stubs
- Guinean football biography stubs