Tony Sylva
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Tony Mario Sylva | ||
| Date of birth | 17 May 1975 | ||
| Place of birth | Guédiawaye, Senegal | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1993–2004 | Monaco | 24 | (0) |
| 1995–1996 | → Gazélec (loan) | 33 | (0) |
| 1996–1997 | → Épinal (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | → Ajaccio (loan) | 31 | (0) |
| 2004–2008 | Lille | 133 | (0) |
| 2008–2010 | Trabzonspor | 39 | (0) |
| Total | 270 | (0) | |
| National team | |||
| 1999–2008 | Senegal | 83 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Tony Mario Sylva (born 17 May 1975) is a Senegalese retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
He spent the vast majority of his 16-year professional career in France, playing in 157 Ligue 1 games during eight seasons and representing in the competition Monaco and Lille.
Sylva appeared with Senegal in the 2002 World Cup and four Africa Cup of Nations tournaments.
Born in Guédiawaye, Sylva spent nearly a decade at the service of AS Monaco FC, but featured mainly for the reserve team during his spell, being successively backup to Fabien Barthez and Flavio Roma in the main squad. He made his debut in Ligue 1 on 12 September 1999 in a 1–2 away against Stade Rennais FC, contributing with six appearances as the club won the national championship; he also served loans at Gazélec Ajaccio, SAS Épinal and AC Ajaccio before leaving in 2004, the latter two sides competing in Ligue 2.
Sylva subsequently signed for Lille OSC on a free transfer, never appearing in less than 30 league games in his four years and helping his team to the second position in 2004–05. He retired in June 2010 at the age of 35, after two seasons in Turkey with Trabzonspor; although his contract with the former was due to expire in June 2009, according to Article 17 of FIFA's regulations for the status and transfer of players he was allowed to leave the club.
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