Youssouph Cheikh Sylla

Senegalese footballer

Youssouph Cheikh Sylla
Personal information
Date of birth	(1998-02-20) 20 February 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth	Mbacké, Senegal
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Perugia
Number	45
Youth career
0000–2016	Parma
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2016–2017	Colorno	28	(14)
2017–2020	Piacenza	35	(2)
2017–2018	→ Vigor Carpaneto (loan)	19	(12)
2020–2021	Gozzano	34	(19)
2021–2023	Pordenone	14	(0)
2021	→ Siena (loan)	0	(0)
2022–2023	→ Alessandria (loan)	22	(5)
2023–2024	Vis Pesaro	18	(5)
2024–	Perugia	17	(3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 May 2024

Youssouph Cheikh Sylla (born 20 February 1998) is a Senegalese football player who plays for Italian Serie C Group B club Perugia. He played all of his career so far in Italy, advancing from the fifth tier to the second.

Club career

He started his senior career in the fifth and fourth tier (Eccellenza and Serie D).^[1]

He made his professional Serie C debut for Piacenza on 22 September 2018, against Pontedera.^[2]

On 5 August 2021, he signed a three-year contract with Serie B club Pordenone.^[3] On 18 August 2021, Pordenone loaned him to Serie C club Siena.^[4] However, Italian Football Federation did not approve the loan and he returned to Pordenone on 28 August.^[5]

He made his Serie B debut for Pordenone on 18 September 2021 in a game against Cittadella.^[6]

On 31 August 2022, Sylla was loaned to Alessandria, with an option to buy.^[7]

On 20 July 2023, Sylla signed a two-year contract with Vis Pesaro.^[8]

References

^ Youssouph Cheikh Sylla at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)
^ "Piacenza v Pontedera game report". Soccerway. 22 September 2018.
^ ""PAPE" SYLLA, UN GIGANTE PER L'ATTACCO DEL PORDENONE" (in Italian). Pordenone. 5 August 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
^ "L'ATTACCANTE "PAPE" SYLLA IN PRESTITO AL SIENA" (in Italian). Pordenone. 18 August 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
^ "Arriva Pezzella, Sylla saluta e torna a Pordenone" (in Italian). Siena. 28 August 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
^ "Cittadella v Pordenone game report". Soccerway. 18 September 2021.
^ "SYLLA È UN NUOVO CALCIATORE GRIGIO" (in Italian). Alessandria. 31 August 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
^ "YOSSOUPH SYLLA E' UN ATTACCANTE DELLA VIS PESARO!" [YOSSOUPH SYLLA IS A FORWARD FOR VIS PESARO!] (in Italian). Vis Pesaro dal 1898. 20 July 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2023.