Dominique Da Sylva
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File:Dominique Da Sylva - Match entre le Wydad et Al Ahly-1 (cropped).jpg Da Sylva with Al-Ahly in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Dominique Da Sylva[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 16 August 1989[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Nouakchott, Mauritania | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[3] | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2006–2007 | Académie de Football Nouakchott | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2011 | CS Sfaxien | 27 | (11) |
| 2011–2013 | Al-Ahly | 31 | (5) |
| 2013–2014 | Zamalek | 10 | (3) |
| 2014–2016 | Al Urooba | 27 | (21) |
| 2016–2017 | Ermis Aradippou | 21 | (4) |
| 2017 | Hồ Chí Minh City | 13 | (5) |
| 2018–2019 | Sài Gòn | 35 | (12) |
| 2020 | Terengganu | 4 | (6) |
| 2021 | Kuala Lumpur City | 6 | (3) |
| 2023–2024 | ASC Jaraaf | ||
| 2024 | Radwa | ||
| 2025 | Al-Fao | ||
| International career | |||
| 2007– | Mauritania | 4 | (4) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13 April 2021 (UTC) | |||
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Dominique Da Sylva (born 16 August 1989) is a Mauritanian professional footballer who plays as a forward former the Mauritanian national team.[3]
Early life
[edit | edit source]Da Silva was born in Nouakchott, Mauritania[3] to Guinea-Bissau parents.[4] He is Catholic.[5]
Club career
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He spent the 2006–07 season at the city's Académie de Football before joining Tunisian club CS Sfaxien in 2007.[3] In his second season with Sfaxien, he scored four goals in ten appearances in Tunisia's top division, the Ligue Professionnelle 1.[2][3] He scored three league goals in the 2009–10 campaign and two more the following season before joining Egyptian side Al-Ahly for $600,000 in January 2011.[2] Da Silva scored three more goals during the 2010–11 campaign and helped Al-Ahly win the Egyptian Premier League for the seventh successive season.[2] On 9 September 2012, he came on as a late substitute in Al-Ahly's 2–1 win over ENPPI in the Egyptian Super Cup.[6] In January 2014, Da Silva moved to Zamalek SC.[2] He made an immediate impression, scoring in each of his first four games.[2]
In June 2017, he joined Vietnamese club Hồ Chí Minh City F.C., scoring two free-kicks on his debut. At the end of 2019, Da Sylva left Vietnam for Malaysia, signing with Terengganu F.C.[7]
On 26 September 2023, Da Silva signed a contract with Senegalese football club ASC Jaraaf.
On 26 January 2024, Da Silva joined Saudi Third Division club Radwa.[8]
International career
[edit | edit source]He made his debut for the Mauritania national team in 2007 and scored 45 goals.[3] He scored his first goal for his country against Morocco in 2008.[9]
Honours
[edit | edit source]- CS Sfaxien
- Al-Ahly
- Egyptian Premier League: 2010–11[2]
- Egyptian Super Cup: 2011[2]
- CAF Champions League: 2012,[2] 2013[2]
- Zamalek
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External links
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- 1989 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Nouakchott
- Mauritanian people of Bissau-Guinean descent
- Mauritanian Roman Catholics
- Mauritanian men's footballers
- Mauritanian expatriate men's footballers
- Mauritania men's international footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- CS Sfaxien players
- Al Ahly SC players
- Zamalek SC players
- Al Orooba Club players
- Kuala Lumpur City F.C. players
- Saigon FC players
- Cong An Ho Chi Minh City FC players
- Radwa Club players
- Al-Fao FC players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Tunisia
- Expatriate men's footballers in Egypt
- Expatriate men's footballers in the United Arab Emirates
- Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus
- Expatriate men's footballers in Vietnam
- Expatriate men's footballers in Malaysia
- Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia
- Mauritanian expatriate sportspeople in Tunisia
- Mauritanian expatriate sportspeople in Egypt
- Mauritanian expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates
- Mauritanian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus
- Mauritanian expatriate sportspeople in Vietnam
- Mauritanian expatriate sportspeople in Malaysia
- Mauritanian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia
- Cypriot First Division players
- Ermis Aradippou FC players
- Egyptian Premier League players
- UAE First Division League players
- Saudi Third Division players
- CAF Champions League–winning players
- Mauritanian football biography stubs
- Bissau-Guinean football biography stubs