Boubacar Sylla (born 17 April 1991) is a Malian

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defender.

Career

Sylla started his career in his home city of

Bamako Bamako ( bm, ߓߡߊ߬ߞߐ߬ ''Bàmakɔ̌'', ff, 𞤄𞤢𞤥𞤢𞤳𞤮 ''Bamako'') is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Mali, with a 2009 population of 1,810,366 and an estimated 2022 population of 2.81 million. It is located on t ...

with

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during the 2008–09 season. He joined French

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side Châteauroux in the summer of 2009, but mostly featured in the reserve side during his first two seasons at the club. He made his professional debut in the 1–0 win against Sedan on 20 May 2011, and kept his place in the team for the following match away at

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. He went on to make three further first-team appearances during the first half of the 2011–12 season. On 30 January 2012, it was announced that Sylla had joined

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side Cherbourg on a six-month loan deal, along with

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. Sylla indicated that he hoped to gain from the experience of playing at a lower level. In September 2012 Sylla joined to the reserve team of

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. He played during the CFA Season 2012–2013 in twelve games for RC Lens B. On 10 October 2013, Sylla signed a professional two-year contract with Lens.

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* 1991 births Living people Footballers from Bamako Malian men's footballers Mali men's international footballers Mali men's under-20 international footballers Malian expatriate men's footballers Men's association football defenders Stade Malien players LB Châteauroux players AS Cherbourg Football players RC Lens players Ligue 2 players Expatriate men's footballers in France 21st-century Malian people {{Mali-footy-bio-stub