Yacouba Sylla
Sylla with Rennes in 2016
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Yacouba Sylla | ||
| Date of birth | 29 November 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Étampes, France | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Montpellier (on loan from Rennes) | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1995–2002 | Étampes | ||
| 2002–2006 | CSF Brétigny | ||
| 2006–2007 | Montferrand | ||
| 2007–2008 | Malesherbes | ||
| 2008–2009 | SM Caen | ||
| 2009–2010 | Clermont | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2013 | Clermont | 65 | (0) |
| 2013–2015 | Aston Villa | 22 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | → Kayseri Erciyesspor (loan) | 27 | (1) |
| 2015– | Rennes | 20 | (0) |
| 2016– | → Montpellier (loan) | 14 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2011 | France U21 | 1 | (0) |
| 2013– | Mali | 17 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 05 March 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 June 2013 |
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Yacouba Sylla (born 29 November 1990) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Montpellier on loan from Rennes, and the Mali national football team, having represented France as a youth international.
Prior to joining Clermont Foot where Sylla signed his first professional contract he had a year's stint with first division club SM Caen. Before that, Sylla had started his career with hometown Parisian club Étampes FC before joining nearby club CSF Brétigny, which produced France internationals Patrice Evra and Jimmy Briand. After four years in Brétigny, Sylla spent the next four years roaming around clubs in the Lower Normandy region such as AS Montferrand, SC Malesherbes, and Caen. And then in 2009, he signed an amateur contract with Clermont where he was inserted into Clermont's reserve team for the 2009–10 season. He appeared in 17 matches scoring one goal.
For the 2010–11 season, Sylla was promoted to the senior team by manager Michel Der Zakarian. He made his professional debut on 15 October 2010 in a league match against Le Mans playing the entire match in a 2–0 defeat. Sylla subsequently appeared as a starter in the team's next seven matches. His performances domestically led to interest from German club VfB Stuttgart and Italian club Udinese. In order to decrease the interest Clermont signed Sylla to his first professional contract, which ran from 22 November 2010 until June 2014.
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