{{Short description|Senegalese footballer (born 1996)}} {{Use Philippine English|date=March 2024}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Abou Sy | fullname = Abou Mouhamed Sy<ref name="globalsports">{{cite web|url=https://globalsportsarchive.com/people/soccer/abou-mouhamed-sy/323437/|title=Abou Mouhamed Sy - Global Sports Archive|website=Global Sports Archive|accessdate=16 March 2024}}</ref> | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1996|2|2|df=y}} | birth_place = Nioro du Rip, Senegal | height = 1.88 m | currentclub = Dynamic Herb Cebu | clubnumber = 77 | position = Striker | years1 = 2016–2018 | clubs1 = Jamono Fatick | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 2018–2023 | clubs2 = Stallion Laguna | caps2 = 63 | goals2 = 22 | years3 = 2023–2024 | clubs3 = Kaya–Iloilo | caps3 = 10 | goals3 = 10 | years4 = 2024– | clubs4 = Dynamic Herb Cebu | caps4 = 41 | goals4 = 25 | pcupdate = 11 March 2026 }}
'''Abou Mouhamed Sy''' (born 2 February 1996) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a striker for Philippines Football League club Cebu.<ref>{{Soccerway|abou-mouhamed-sy/929964}}</ref>
==Personal life== Sy was born in the city of Nioro du Rip in Senegal. At 20 years old, he played for first team of Senegalese Ligue 1 club Jamono Fatick.<ref name="globalsports" />
==Club career== ===Stallion Laguna=== In 2018, Sy went to the Philippines to trial for PFL club Stallion Laguna, where he made the cut for the first-team.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=723636822001582|title=Take a look at some of our longest serving players when they first joined the club.|website=Stallion Laguna FC on Facebook|date=23 April 2022|access-date=16 March 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Sevilla |first1=Jeremiah|url=https://www.manilatimes.net/2019/02/02/sports/football-times/deyto-headlines-stallion-lagunas-new-signings/505472|title=Deyto headlines Stallion Laguna's new signings|publisher=The Manila Times|date=2 February 2019|accessdate=16 March 2024}}</ref> He stayed with the club for 5 years until departing in 2023,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Saldajeno |first1=Ivan|url=https://www.dugout.ph/2018/05/laguna-adds-more-woes-to-marikina.html|title=Laguna adds more woes to Marikina with blowout win|publisher=Dugout PH|date=19 May 2018|accessdate=16 March 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=del Carmen |first1=Lorenzo |url=https://tiebreakertimes.com.ph/tbt/pfl-united-city-returns-to-action-with-win-over-stallion-laguna/249661|title=PFL: United City returns to action with win over Stallion Laguna|publisher=Tiebreaker Times|date=10 September 2022|accessdate=16 March 2024}}</ref> leading the club to two third-place finishes in the Copa Paulino Alcantara and an AFC Cup spot in the PFL.<ref>{{cite news |last1=del Carmen |first1=Lorenzo |url=https://tiebreakertimes.com.ph/tbt/pfl-abou-sy-brace-powers-stallion-laguna-past-adt-for-third-win/250721|title=PFL: Abou Sy brace powers Stallion Laguna past ADT for third win|publisher=Tiebreaker Times|date=24 September 2022|accessdate=16 March 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Valderrama |first1=Aeron Paul |url=https://tiebreakertimes.com.ph/tbt/abou-sy-stallion-laguna-spoil-cebus-copa-alcantara-debut/224514|title=Abou Sy, Stallion-Laguna spoil Cebu's Copa Alcantara debut|publisher=Tiebreaker Times|date=10 November 2021|accessdate=16 March 2024}}</ref>
===Kaya–Iloilo=== Sy signed with 2022–23 PFL champions Kaya–Iloilo in the offseason as a foreign reinforcement for the club's 2023–24 AFC Champions League campaign.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.kayafc.com/player/abou-mouhamed-sy/|title=Player – Abou Sy|work=kayafc.com|accessdate=16 March 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=708014251340249&set=a.469107621897581|title=Welcome, Abou Sy!|website=Kaya Futbol Club on Facebook|date=9 August 2023|access-date=16 March 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Suing|first1=Ivan|url=https://sports.tribune.net.ph/2023/08/12/kaya-hires-uk-coach/|title=Kaya Hires UK Coach|publisher=Daily Tribune|date=12 August 2023|accessdate=16 March 2024}}</ref> In the 2023 edition of the Copa Paulino Alcantara, he won the golden boot by scoring 10 goals in 10 matches<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.kayafc.com/match/13085-kaya-fc%e2%80%93iloilo-v-inter-manila-fc/|title=Kaya FC-Iloilo 8–0 CF Manila|work=kayafc.com |date=3 September 2023|accessdate=16 March 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.kayafc.com/match/13083-kaya-fc%E2%80%93iloilo-v-don-bosco-garelli-united/|title=Kaya FC-Iloilo 11–0 Don Bosco Garelli United|work=kayafc.com |date=19 August 2023|accessdate=16 March 2024}}</ref> and was in the starting XI that won the title.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.philstar.com/sports/2023/12/10/2317883/kaya-fc-iloilo-edges-davao-aguilas-umak-penalty-shootout-win-copa-alcantara-title|title=Kaya FC Iloilo edges Davao Aguilas-UMak in penalty shootout to win Copa Alcantara title|publisher=Philippine Star|date=10 December 2023|accessdate=16 March 2024}}</ref>
===Cebu=== In early 2024, Kaya announced Sy's departure from the club, having been with them for only half a season.<ref>{{cite web |title=Thank you, Abou Sy! |url=https://twitter.com/KayaFC/status/1750785926928945574|website=Twitter |publisher=KayaFC |accessdate=26 January 2024}}</ref> Sy signed with another PFL side, Dynamic Herb Cebu.
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==External links== * {{Soccerway|abou-mouhamed-sy/929964}}
{{Cebu F.C. squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sy, Abou}} Category:1996 births Category:Living people Category:Senegalese men's footballers Category:Cebu F.C. players Category:Kaya F.C.–Iloilo players Category:Stallion Laguna F.C. players Category:Senegalese expatriate men's footballers Category:Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in the Philippines Category:Expatriate men's footballers in the Philippines Category:Men's association football forwards Category:Philippines Football League players Category:21st-century Senegalese sportsmen