Abdoul Karim Sylla (footballer, Born 1981)
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Abdoul Karim Sylla (born 10 January 1981) is a Guinean former professional
footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...
who played as a
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.


Club career

Sylla was born in
Fria Fria is a town and Sub-prefecture in Lower Guinea, lying north of Conakry near the Amaria Dam on the Konkouré River. As of 2014 it had a population of 61,691 people. Overview There are some variations in the name of the town: Friguia, Kimb ...
. He previously played for
KSC Lokeren Koninklijke Sporting Club Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen (), often simply called Sporting Lokeren or Lokeren, was a Belgian professional football club based in the city of Lokeren, in the province of East Flanders. The club was founded in 1923 but ce ...
in the
Belgian First Division The Belgian Pro League (; ; ), officially the Jupiler Pro League () for sponsor Jupiler, is a professional association football league in Belgium and the highest level of the Belgian football league system. Contested by 16 clubs from the 2023– ...
and Diyarbakirspor in the Turkish
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.


International career

He was part of the Guinean
2004 African Nations Cup The 2004 African Cup of Nations was held from January 24, 24 January to February 14, 14 February 2004 in Tunisia. It was the 24th edition of the biennial international men's football championship of Africa, organized by the Confederation of Afri ...
team, who finished second in their group in the first round of competition, before losing in the quarter-finals to
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.


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- Lokeren 1981 births Living people People from Fria Men's association football midfielders Guinean men's footballers 21st-century Guinean sportsmen Guinean expatriate men's footballers Belgian Pro League players Süper Lig players AS Kaloum Star players ASEC Mimosas players Ashanti Gold S.C. players Satellite FC players K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen players R.W.D.M. Brussels F.C. players Diyarbakırspor footballers Hafia FC players Abdoul Karim Sylla Expatriate men's footballers in Ivory Coast Expatriate men's footballers in Ghana Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Ivory Coast 2004 African Cup of Nations players Guinea men's international footballers Guinean emigrants to Belgium {{Guinea-footy-bio-stub