Dominique Da Sylva (born 16 August 1989) is a

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who currently plays as a

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for

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and the Mauritanian national team. He spent time at the Académie de Football Nouakchott before joining Tunisian club CS Sfaxien in 2007. Four years later, he was transferred to Egyptian club Al-Ahly.

Early life

Da Silva was born in

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parents. He is

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Club career

He spent the 2006–07 season at the city's Académie de Football before joining

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n club CS Sfaxien in 2007. In his second season with Sfaxien, he scored four goals in ten appearances in Tunisia's top division, the Ligue Professionnelle 1. He scored three league goals in the 2009–10 campaign and two more the following season before joining

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediter ...

ian side Al-Ahly for $600,000 in January 2011. Da Silva scored three more goals during the 2010–11 campaign and helped the Al-Ahly win the

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for the seventh successive season. On 9 September 2012, he came on as a late substitute in Al-Ahly's 2–1 win over ENPPI in the

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. In January 2014, Da Silva moved to

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. He made an immediate impression, scoring in each of his first four games. In June 2017, he joined Vietnamese club Hồ Chí Minh City F.C., scoring two free-kicks on his debut. At the end of 2019, Da Sylva left Vietnam for Malaysia, signing with

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International career

He made his debut for the Mauritania national team in 2007 and scored 45 goals. He scored his first goal for his country against

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in 2008.

Honours

;CS Sfaxien *

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: 2009 ;Al-Ahly *

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: 2011 *

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* * 1989 births Living people People from Nouakchott Mauritanian people of Bissau-Guinean descent Mauritanian Roman Catholics Mauritanian footballers Mauritanian expatriate footballers Mauritania international footballers Association football forwards CS Sfaxien players Al Ahly SC players Zamalek SC players Al Urooba Club players Expatriate footballers in Tunisia Expatriate footballers in Egypt Expatriate footballers in the United Arab Emirates Expatriate footballers in Cyprus Expatriate footballers in Vietnam Expatriate footballers in Malaysia Mauritanian expatriate sportspeople in Tunisia Mauritanian expatriate sportspeople in Egypt Mauritanian expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates Mauritanian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Mauritanian expatriate sportspeople in Vietnam Mauritanian expatriate sportspeople in Malaysia Cypriot First Division players Ermis Aradippou FC players Egyptian Premier League players UAE First Division League players Kuala Lumpur City F.C. players Saigon FC players Ho Chi Minh City FC players {{GuineaBissau-footy-bio-stub