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Youssouph Cheikh Sylla

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Youssouph Cheikh Sylla
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-02-20) 20 February 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Mbacké, Senegal
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Perugia
Number 45
Youth career
0000–2016 Parma
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Colorno 28 (14)
2017–2020 Piacenza 35 (2)
2017–2018 → Vigor Carpaneto (loan) 19 (12)
2020–2021 Gozzano 34 (19)
2021–2023 Pordenone 14 (0)
2021Siena (loan) 0 (0)
2022–2023Alessandria (loan) 22 (5)
2023–2024 Vis Pesaro 18 (5)
2024– Perugia 25 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 December 2024

Youssouph Cheikh Sylla (born 20 February 1998) is a Senegalese football player who plays for Italian Serie C Group B club Perugia. He played all of his career so far in Italy, advancing from the fifth tier to the second.

Club career

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He started his senior career in the fifth and fourth tier (Eccellenza and Serie D).[1]

He made his professional Serie C debut for Piacenza on 22 September 2018, against Pontedera.[2]

On 5 August 2021, he signed a three-year contract with Serie B club Pordenone.[3] On 18 August 2021, Pordenone loaned him to Serie C club Siena.[4] However, Italian Football Federation did not approve the loan and he returned to Pordenone on 28 August.[5]

He made his Serie B debut for Pordenone on 18 September 2021 in a game against Cittadella.[6]

On 31 August 2022, Sylla was loaned to Alessandria, with an option to buy.[7]

On 20 July 2023, Sylla signed a two-year contract with Vis Pesaro.[8]

References

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  1. ^ Youssouph Cheikh Sylla at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)
  2. ^ "Piacenza v Pontedera game report". Soccerway. 22 September 2018.
  3. ^ ""PAPE" SYLLA, UN GIGANTE PER L'ATTACCO DEL PORDENONE" (in Italian). Pordenone. 5 August 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  4. ^ "L'ATTACCANTE "PAPE" SYLLA IN PRESTITO AL SIENA" (in Italian). Pordenone. 18 August 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Arriva Pezzella, Sylla saluta e torna a Pordenone" (in Italian). Siena. 28 August 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  6. ^ "Cittadella v Pordenone game report". Soccerway. 18 September 2021.
  7. ^ "SYLLA È UN NUOVO CALCIATORE GRIGIO" (in Italian). Alessandria. 31 August 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  8. ^ "YOSSOUPH SYLLA E' UN ATTACCANTE DELLA VIS PESARO!" [YOSSOUPH SYLLA IS A FORWARD FOR VIS PESARO!] (in Italian). Vis Pesaro dal 1898. 20 July 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
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