Yacouba Sylla

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Yacouba Sylla
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Sylla playing for Aston Villa in 2013
Personal information
Full name Yacouba Sylla[1]
Date of birth (1990-11-29) 29 November 1990 (age 33)
Place of birth Étampes, France
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Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Rennes
Number 20
Youth career
1995–2002 Étampes
2002–2006 CSF Brétigny
2006–2007 Montferrand
2007–2008 Malesherbes
2008–2009 SM Caen
2009–2010 Clermont
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2013 Clermont 65 (0)
2013–2015 Aston Villa 22 (0)
2014–2015 → Kayseri Erciyesspor (loan) 27 (1)
2015– Rennes 17 (0)
International career‡
2011 France U21 1 (0)
2013– Mali 17 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01:54, 22 December 2015 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 June 2013

Yacouba Sylla (born 29 November 1990) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Rennes and the Mali national football team, having represented France as a youth international.

Club career

Youth career

Prior to joining Clermont Foot where Sylla signed his first professional contract he had a year's stint with first division club SM Caen. Before that, Sylla had started his career with hometown Parisian club Étampes FC before joining nearby club CSF Brétigny, which produced France internationals Patrice Evra and Jimmy Briand. After four years in Brétigny, Sylla spent the next four years roaming around clubs in the Lower Normandy region such as AS Montferrand, SC Malesherbes, and Caen.[2] And then in 2009, he signed an amateur contract with Clermont where he was inserted into Clermont's reserve team for the 2009–10 season. He appeared in 17 matches scoring one goal.[3]

Clermont Foot

For the 2010–11 season, Sylla was promoted to the senior team by manager Michel Der Zakarian. He made his professional debut on 15 October 2010 in a league match against Le Mans playing the entire match in a 2–0 defeat.[4] Sylla subsequently appeared as a starter in the team's next seven matches. His performances domestically led to interest from German club VfB Stuttgart and Italian club Udinese.[5] In order to decrease the interest Clermont signed Sylla to his first professional contract, which ran from 22 November 2010 until June 2014.[6][7]

Aston Villa

On 31 January 2013, Aston Villa completed the signing of Sylla on a three-and-a-half-year deal, subject to international clearance, after passing a medical.[8]

Kayseri Erciyesspor (loan)

On 14 July 2014, Sylla joined Turkish Super Lig club Kayseri Erciyesspor on a season-long loan.[9]

Rennes

On 22 June 2015, Sylla joined Rennes on a four-year deal, after 2 years at Aston Villa where he made only 22 league appearances.[10]

International career

France

Sylla was born in France but has Malian heritage, which meant that he was eligible to represent either France or Mali. He made one appearance for France's under-21 team on 24 March 2011, in a 3–2 friendly victory over Spain. Sylla was a late substitute for Antoine Griezmann and played the final few minutes of the game.

Mali

Following his move to Aston Villa and positive form towards the end to the 2012–13 season, Sylla was called up to represent Mali for the first time. He first played in an unofficial friendly against the national team of Brittany, France, a side not affiliated with FIFA or UEFA on 28 May 2013. Mali lost 1–0.[11][12]

Sylla's official, full international début for Mali came on 9 June 2012 in a 1–1 FIFA World Cup qualification draw with Rwanda. Sylla replaced Wolverhampton Wanderers player Tongo Doumbia in the 70th minute.[13] Sylla started and played the full 90 minutes in Mali's 2–2 draw with Benin seven days later, but Mali were unfortunately eliminated from the competition.

Career statistics

As of match played 22 December 2015[14][15]
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Clermont Foot 2010–11 Ligue 2 20 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 21 0
2011–12 Ligue 2 24 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 27 0
2012–13 Ligue 2 21 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 23 0
Total 65 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 71 0
Aston Villa 2012–13 Premier League 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
2013–14 Premier League 11 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 13 0
Total 22 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 24 0
Kayseri Erciyesspor 2014–15 Süper Lig 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 1
Stade Rennais F.C. 2015–16 Ligue 1 17 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 20 0
Career total 131 1 3 0 5 0 0 0 142 1

References

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