Morlaye Sylla
 Sylla in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 27 July 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Conakry, Guinea | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Damac | ||
| Number | 2 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2016 | Espoirs Tanènè | ||
| 2016–2017 | FC Arouca | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2018 | Fello Star | ||
| 2018–2019 | SOAR | ||
| 2019–2022 | Horoya | ||
| 2022–2025 | Arouca | 97 | (9) |
| 2025– | Damac Club | 32 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015 | Guinea U17 | 3 | (1) |
| 2017 | Guinea U20 | 8 | (2) |
| 2019– | Guinea | 44 | (7) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21 May 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 6 June 2024 | |||
Morlaye Sylla (born 27 July 1998) is a Guinean international footballer who plays as a midfielder for Damac and the Guinea national team.
Club career
[edit]On 26 August 2025, Sylla joined Saudi Pro League club Damac.[1]
International career
[edit]Sylla made his debut with the Guinea national team in a 1–0 2020 African Nations Championship qualification loss to Liberia on 21 September 2019.[2]
Career statistics
[edit]International
[edit]- As of match played 4 June 2026[3]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guinea | 2019 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020 | – | ||
| 2021 | 15 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 10 | 4 | |
| 2025 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 44 | 7 | |
- Scores and results list Guinea's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sylla goal.[3]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19 January 2021 | Limbe Stadium, Limbé, Cameroon |  Namibia |
2–0 | 3–0 | 2020 African Nations Championship |
| 2 | 31 January 2021 | Limbe Stadium, Limbé, Cameroon |  Rwanda |
1–0 | 1–0 | 2020 African Nations Championship |
| 3 | 6 February 2021 | Reunification Stadium, Douala, Cameroon |  Cameroon |
1–0 | 2–0 | 2020 African Nations Championship |
| 4 | 21 March 2024 | King Abdullah Sports City Stadium, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |  Vanuatu |
1–0 | 6–0 | 2024 FIFA Series |
| 5 | 6–0 | |||||
| 6 | 25 March 2024 | King Abdullah Sports City Stadium, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |  Bermuda |
1–0 | 5–1 | 2024 FIFA Series |
| 7 | 6 June 2024 | Nelson Mandela Stadium, Algiers, Algeria |  Algeria |
1–0 | 2–1 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
References
[edit]- ↑ "رسميًا.. الغيني مورلاي سيلا يدعّم صفوف ضمك".
- ↑ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin (21 Sep 2019). "Senegal vs. Guinea (1:0)". National Football Teams. Retrieved 26 Mar 2021.
- 1 2 Morlaye Sylla at National-Football-Teams.com
External links
[edit]- Morlaye Sylla at Soccerway
- Morlaye Sylla at National-Football-Teams.com
- Morlaye Sylla at Horoya.com
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