Sekou Sylla (born 1 January 1992) is a Guinean professional

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who plays as a

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for

Myanmar National League The MPT Myanmar National League ( my, မြန်မာ နေရှင်နယ် လိဂ်; abbreviated MNL) is the premier national professional football league of Myanmar. In 2009, the league replaced the Myanmar Premier League, which co ...

club

Yangon United Yangon United Football Club ( my, ရန်ကုန် ယူနိုက်တက် ဘောလုံးအသင်း ) is a Burmese football club, based at Yangon United Sports Complex, in Yangon, Myanmar. Owned by Tay Za, a prominent Burme ...

.He is

's all-time Third-highest goalscorer with 46 Goals.

Club career

Sriracha

Sylla began his professional career at

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Thai Division 1 League Thai League 2 ( th, ไทยลีก 2), commonly known as the T2, formally called Thai Division 1 League, is the second-tier professional league in the Thai football league system. The top 3 are promoted to Thai League 1 at the end of the s ...

in March 2012 and played until December 2012.

Chanthaburi

In January 2014, he signed with another Thai side

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, that competes in the League 3 but has not appeared in any league match.

Magwe

In 2014, Sylla moved to

and signed with Magwe. He represented the club in

2017 AFC Cup The 2017 AFC Cup was the 14th edition of the AFC Cup, Asia's secondary club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). Defending champions Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya defeated Istiklol in the final to win their second AFC Cu ...

, where he made four appearances, notching an equalizer to tie with Malaysian side

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1–1, and another goal to salvage a 1–1 draw with Cambodian side Boeung Ket. With Magwe, he appeared in 88 league matches between 2014 and 2017, scoring 18 goals. He also won the

2016 General Aung San Shield The 2016 General Aung San Shield ( my, Bogyoke Aung San Shield) is the second season of Myanmar knockout football competition. The tournament is organized by the Myanmar Football Federation The Myanmar Football Federation (MFF) ( my, မြန� ...

with them, defeating Yangon 2–1.

Global Cebu

Traded to Filipino side Global Cebu in 2017, the Guinean authored a brace for his new club in a 3–1 win over Kaya FC-Makati, and earning the man of the match award. He played only 3 matches for the

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side and scored 5 goals.

Yangon United

In December 2017, he moved to another Burmese side

and appeared in domestic tournaments such as

General Aung San Shield General Aung San Shield (formerly ''MFF Cup'') is the top football knockout tournament in Myanmar. On 26 March 2014, MFF League Committee Meeting decides the knock-out cup (General Aung San Shield) winner would compete in ''Toyota Mekong Champion ...

, and MPT Charity Cup. With Yangon, he played in the

2018 AFC Cup The 2018 AFC Cup was the 15th edition of the AFC Cup, Asia's secondary club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya won the title for the third consecutive year, defeating Altyn Asyr in the fin ...

and scored 10 goals in 7 matches. He was in the squad of United, that won

2018 General Aung San Shield The 2018 General Aung San Shield ( my, Bogyoke Aung San Shield) was the fourth season of Myanmar knockout football competition. The tournament is organized by the Myanmar Football Federation. It is the league cup competition started in 2018 Mya ...

defeating Hanthawaddy United 2–1, where he scored a goal. In 2018, Yangon also won the Myanmar National League title and Sylla emerged as second highest goalscorer with 17 goals, behind Joseph Mpande. Between 2017 and 2019, he scored a total of 41 goals in 53 matches.

Haiphong

In 2020, he moved to Vietnamese

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side

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Churchill Brothers

In July 2021, Sylla signed for

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outfit

Churchill Brothers Churchill Brothers FC Goa, or simply known as Churchill Brothers, is an Indian professional football club based in Margao, Goa, that competes in the I-League, alongside Goa Professional League. Founded in 1988 in Margao, the club usually part ...

for their 2021–22 I-League season. He is the first foreign recruit of the season for the

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-based side. He made his debut in their 1–0 defeat to Gokulam Kerala on 26 December.

Honours

Magwe *

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Yangon United *

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Myanmar National League
''themnl.com''. Retrieved 18 July 2021 *

References

External links

Sekou Sylla profile
at flashscore.in
Churchill Brothers rope in Sekou Sylla
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sylla, Sekou Living people 1992 births Guinean footballers Expatriate footballers in the Philippines Expatriate footballers in Myanmar Myanmar National League players Association football forwards Guinean expatriate footballers Yangon United F.C. players Global Makati F.C. players Expatriate footballers in India I-League players Churchill Brothers FC Goa players