Issiaga Sylla

Issiaga Sylla
	Sylla with Guinea at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations
Personal information
Date of birth	1 January 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth	Conakry, Guinea
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Left-back
Team information
Current team	Montpellier
Number	3
Youth career
0000–2011	Horoya AC
Senior career*
Years	Team
2011–2012	Horoya AC
2012–2015	Toulouse B
2013–2023	Toulouse
2015–2016	→ Gazélec Ajaccio (loan)
2020–2021	→ Lens (loan)
2020	→ Lens B (loan)
2023–	Montpellier
International career‡
2011–	Guinea
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 December 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:39, 2 February 2024 (UTC)~

Issiaga Sylla (born 1 January 1994) is a Guinean professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Ligue 1 club Montpellier and the Guinea national team.^[1]

Club career

Sylla was born in Conakry, Guinea. He made his debut for Toulouse on 4 May 2013, starting as a left midfielder in a 4–2 win over Lille.^{[citation needed]}

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

On 31 January 2023, Sylla signed for Ligue 1 club Montpellier.^[3]

Sylla made his international debut for the Guinea national team at 7 September 2011 against Venezuela.^{[citation needed]} He played with the national team in 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, where the team reached the quarter-finals.^[4]

As of match played 8 March 2024

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Horoya	2012	CAF Champions League	—		—		—		1^[a]	0	—		1	0
Toulouse II	2012–13	Championnat National 3	12	1	—		—		—		—		12	1
	2013–14	Championnat National 3	1	0	—		—		—		—		1	0
	2014–15	Championnat National 3	5	0	—		—		—		—		5	0
	Total		18	1	—		—		—		—		18	1
Toulouse	2012–13	Ligue 1	4	1	0	0	—		—		—		4	1
	2013–14	Ligue 1	32	3	2	0	2	1	—		—		36	4
	2014–15	Ligue 1	12	1	0	0	0	0	—		—		12	1
	2016–17	Ligue 1	27	1	1	0	2	0	—		—		30	1
	2017–18	Ligue 1	25	1	1	0	2	1	—		0	0	28	2
	2018–19	Ligue 1	24	2	3	0	1	0	—		—		28	2
	2019–20	Ligue 1	28	0	0	0	1	0	—		—		29	0
	2021–22	Ligue 2	25	0	1	0	—		—		—		26	0
	2022–23	Ligue 1	17	0	1	0	—		—		—		18	0
	Total		194	9	9	0	8	2	—		0	0	211	11
Ajaccio (loan)	2015–16	Ligue 1	34	0	3	0	1	0	—		—		38	0
Lens (loan)	2020–21	Ligue 1	20	1	1	0	—		—		—		21	1
Lens II (loan)	2020–21	Championnat National 2	1	0	—		—		—		—		1	0
Montpellier	2022–23	Ligue 1	15	1	—		—		—		—		15	1
	2023–24	Ligue 1	14	1	0	0	—		—		—		14	1
	Total		29	2	0	0	—		—		—		29	2
Career total			296	13	13	0	9	2	1	0	0	0	319	15

As of match played 2 February 2024^[5]

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Guinea	2011	1	0
	2012	0	0
	2013	5	0
	2014	7	0
	2015	11	0
	2016	5	0
	2017	8	1
	2018	5	0
	2019	12	1
	2020	1	0
	2021	6	0
	2022	9	1
	2023	5	0
	2024	5	0
Total		80	3

Scores and results list Guinea's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sylla goal.^[5]

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
3	10 January 2022	Kouekong Stadium, Bafoussam, Cameroon	Malawi	1–0	1–0	2021 Africa Cup of Nations

Horoya AC

Toulouse

^ Issiaga Sylla at Soccerway
^ "Issiaga Sylla loaned to GFC Ajaccio (in French)". corsematin.com. 4 July 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
^ "Issiaga Sylla rejoint le MHSC" (in French). Montpellier HSC. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
^ 2015 Africa Cup of Nations. int.soccerway.com./
^ ^a ^b "Issiaga Sylla". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
^ "Le Toulouse Football Club est champion de Ligue 2 BKT" [Toulouse Football Club is Ligue 2 BKT champion] (in French). Toulouse FC. 7 May 2022. Retrieved 9 May 2022.