Sylla started his career with local team Hafia Conakry. scoring many goals at Gabonese league side USM Libreville he caught the eye of Dutch side Willem II. He was the first Guinean footballer to play in the Netherlands and stayed six years in Tilburg before moving on to the lower French leagues and short spells in Scotland and Greece. He famously scored two goals for Willem II in an away game at FC Twente played in the snow; it is said it was the first time he ever saw snow.[1]
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^. De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 10 June 2010. Archived from the original on 7 October 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
^"Transfert : Pascal Feindouno Et Abdoul Karim Sylla Au CS Sedan (Officiel)". Le Grand Debát de Football (in French). 18 November 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
^"FEINDOUNO officiel à Sedan (National) avec son fils adoptif Socrates Junior". Guineefoot.info (in French). 18 November 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
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mohamed, sylla, footballer, born, 1971, people, with, similar, names, mohamed, sylla, mohamed, sylla, february, 1971, june, 2010, guinean, professional, footballer, played, forward, mohamed, syllapersonal, informationfull, namemohamed, lamine, sylladate, birth. For people with similar names see Mohamed Sylla Mohamed Sylla 22 February 1971 9 June 2010 was a Guinean professional footballer who played as a forward Mohamed SyllaPersonal informationFull nameMohamed Lamine SyllaDate of birth 1971 02 22 22 February 1971Place of birthConakry GuineaDate of death9 June 2010 2010 06 09 aged 39 Height1 81 m 5 ft 11 in Position s ForwardSenior career YearsTeamApps Gls 1986 1987Hafia Conakry33 22 1988 1989USM Libreville36 23 1989 1995Willem II145 24 1995 1997FC Martigues46 6 1997 1998Ayr United3 0 1998 2000Paniliakos15 1 2000Niort4 0 2000 2001Istres0 0 2001 2002Stade Tunisien0 0 Total282 76 International career1988 1999Guinea23 5 Club domestic league appearances and goals Contents 1 Club career 2 International career 3 Death 4 Personal life 5 External links 6 ReferencesClub career EditSylla started his career with local team Hafia Conakry scoring many goals at Gabonese league side USM Libreville he caught the eye of Dutch side Willem II He was the first Guinean footballer to play in the Netherlands and stayed six years in Tilburg before moving on to the lower French leagues and short spells in Scotland and Greece He famously scored two goals for Willem II in an away game at FC Twente played in the snow it is said it was the first time he ever saw snow 1 International career EditSylla played for the Guinea national team for several years Death EditSylla died on 9 June 2010 in a hospital in Marseille after a long battle against lung and pancreatic cancer 2 Personal life EditHis son Abdoul Karim Sylla is also a professional footballer 3 4 External links EditMohamed Sylla at National Football Teams com Chamois Niort profileReferences Edit Uit de oude doos aflevering 81 100 Willem II in Dutch Retrieved 25 August 2020 Oud Willem II speler Sylla overleden De Telegraaf in Dutch 10 June 2010 Archived from the original on 7 October 2012 Retrieved 12 March 2019 Transfert Pascal Feindouno Et Abdoul Karim Sylla Au CS Sedan Officiel Le Grand Debat de Football in French 18 November 2015 Retrieved 12 March 2019 FEINDOUNO officiel a Sedan National avec son fils adoptif Socrates Junior Guineefoot info in French 18 November 2015 Retrieved 12 March 2019 This biographical article related to Guinean football is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mohamed Sylla footballer born 1971 amp oldid 1103758873, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
