Sylvester Emeka Igbonu (born 8 September 1990), commonly known as Sylvester Igboun, is a Nigerian professional

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player who plays as a

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. Igboun is known for his blistering speed. His surname is Igbonu but was misspelled when registering a passport. His shirt lists his nickname "Sly" on the back instead of his last name.

Club career

On 13 July 2015, Igbonu signed for

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. On 2 September 2019, he joined

FC Dynamo Moscow FC Dynamo Moscow (''FC Dynamo Moskva'', russian: Дина́мо Москва́ ) is a Russian football club based in Moscow. Dynamo returned to the Russian Premier League for the 2017–18 season after one season in the second-tier Russian Footb ...

on loan for the 2019–20 season. He was voted player of the month for September 2019 by Dynamo fans. On 4 August 2020, Dynamo Moscow announced that they had signed Igboun on a permanent transfer from

. On 7 January 2022, his contract with Dynamo was terminated by mutual consent. On 20 February 2022, Igboun joined

club

Nizhny Novgorod Nizhny Novgorod ( ; rus, links=no, Нижний Новгород, a=Ru-Nizhny Novgorod.ogg, p=ˈnʲiʐnʲɪj ˈnovɡərət ), colloquially shortened to Nizhny, from the 13th to the 17th century Novgorod of the Lower Land, formerly known as Gork ...

until the end of the season. On 16 March 2022, the contract was terminated by mutual consent. In September 2022, Igboun signed a two-year contract with

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club

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. On 20 October, he made his debut for the club against

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, coming on as a 71st-minute substitute for

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. The match ended in a 3–1 defeat. Three days later, Igboun left due to the poor facilities and accommodations provided by the team.

International career

He made his international debut in a

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game against

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on 5 September 2015, replacing Moses Simon as a substitute in the 69th minute.

Career statistics

Club

International

''Statistics accurate as of match played 17 November 2015''

Honours

Midtjylland *

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: 2014–15

References

External links

FC Midtjylland profile

Career statistics
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* 1990 births Living people Nigerian footballers Nigeria international footballers Association football midfielders F.C. Ebedei players FC Midtjylland players FC Ufa players FC Dynamo Moscow players FC Nizhny Novgorod (2015) players Danish Superliga players Russian Premier League players Nigerian expatriate footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Expatriate footballers in Russia Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Russia {{Nigeria-footy-midfielder-stub