{{Short description|Guinean footballer (born 1994)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Issiaga Sylla | image = Issiaga Sylla1.jpg | caption = Sylla with [[Guinea national football team|Guinea]] at the [[2023 Africa Cup of Nations]] | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1994|01|01}} | birth_place = [[Conakry]], Guinea | height = 1.80 m | position = [[Left-back]] | currentclub = [[Asteras Tripolis F.C.|Asteras Tripolis]] | clubnumber = 4 | youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2011 | youthclubs1 = [[Horoya AC]] | years1 = 2011–2012 | clubs1 = [[Horoya AC]] | caps1 = 1 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2012–2015 | clubs2 = [[Toulouse FC|Toulouse B]] | caps2 = 18 | goals2 = 1 | years3 = 2013–2023 | clubs3 = [[Toulouse FC|Toulouse]] | caps3 = 194 | goals3 = 9 | years4 = 2015–2016 | clubs4 = → [[Gazélec Ajaccio]] (loan) | caps4 = 34 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2020–2021 | clubs5 = → [[RC Lens|Lens]] (loan) | caps5 = 20 | goals5 = 1 | years6 = 2020 | clubs6 = → [[RC Lens|Lens B]] (loan) | caps6 = 1 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 2023–2025 | clubs7 = [[Montpellier HSC|Montpellier]] | caps7 = 53 | goals7 = 3 | years8 = 2025– | clubs8 = [[Asteras Tripolis F.C.|Asteras Tripolis]] | caps8 = 22 | goals8 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 2011– | nationalteam1 = [[Guinea national football team|Guinea]] | nationalcaps1 = 92 | nationalgoals1 = 3 | club-update = 22 March 2026 | nationalteam-update = 31 March 2026 }}
'''Issiaga Sylla''' (born 1 January 1994) is a Guinean professional [[Association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[left-back]] for [[Super League Greece]] club [[Asteras Tripolis F.C.|Asteras Tripolis]] and the [[Guinea national football team|Guinea national team]].<ref>[https://int.soccerway.com/players/issiaga-sylla/212489/ Issiaga Sylla] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505010038/https://int.soccerway.com/players/issiaga-sylla/212489/ |date=5 May 2021 }} at Soccerway</ref>
==Club career== Sylla was born in [[Conakry]], Guinea. He made his debut for [[Toulouse FC|Toulouse]] on 4 May 2013, starting as a [[left midfielder]] in a 4–2 win over [[Lille OSC|Lille]].{{Citation needed|date=May 2022}}
Sylla was loaned out to promoted side [[Gazélec Ajaccio]] for the [[2015–16 Ligue 1]] season.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.corsematin.com/article/derniere-minute/issiaga-sylla-toulouse-prete-au-gfc-ajaccio.1855421.html|title=Issiaga Sylla loaned to GFC Ajaccio (in French)|publisher=corsematin.com|date=4 July 2015|access-date=6 July 2015|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304034816/http://www.corsematin.com/article/derniere-minute/issiaga-sylla-toulouse-prete-au-gfc-ajaccio.1855421.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
On 31 January 2023, Sylla signed for [[Ligue 1]] club [[Montpellier HSC|Montpellier]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=31 January 2023 |title=Issiaga Sylla rejoint le MHSC |url=https://www.mhscfoot.com/articles/2022-2023/equipe-pro/issiaga-sylla-rejoint-le-mhsc |access-date=31 January 2023 |publisher=[[Montpellier HSC]] |language=Fr}}</ref>
On 15 July 2025, he signed for [[Super League Greece|Greek]] side [[Asteras Tripolis F.C.|Asteras Tripolis]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 July 2025 |title=Ο διεθνής ποδοσφαιριστής Issiaga Sylla στον ASTERAS AKTOR! |url=https://www.asterastripolis.gr/first-team/5105-o-diethnis-podosfairistis-issiaga-sylla-ston-asteras-aktor.html |access-date=15 July 2025 |publisher=asterastripolis.gr|language=el}}</ref>
==International career== Sylla made his international debut for the [[Guinean national football team|Guinea national team]] at 7 September 2011 against [[Venezuela national football team|Venezuela]].{{Citation needed|date=May 2022}} He played with the national team in [[2015 Africa Cup of Nations]], where the team reached the quarter-finals.<ref>[https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2015/02/01/africa/africa-cup-of-nations/ 2015 Africa Cup of Nations]. ''int.soccerway.com''./</ref>
==Career statistics== ===Club=== {{updated|match played 22 March 2026}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup !colspan="2"|League cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |[[Horoya AC|Horoya]] |[[2012 CAF Champions League|2012]] |[[CAF Champions League]] |colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||1{{efn|Appearance in [[CAF Champions League]]}}||0||colspan="2"|—||1||0 |- |rowspan="4"|[[Toulouse FC|Toulouse II]] |[[2012–13 Championnat de France Amateur 2|2012–13]] |[[Championnat National 3]] |12||1||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||12||1 |- |[[2013–14 Championnat de France Amateur 2|2013–14]] |Championnat National 3 |1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||1||0 |- |[[2014–15 Championnat de France Amateur 2|2014–15]] |Championnat National 3 |5||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||5||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !18!!1!!colspan="2"|—!!colspan="2"|—!!colspan="2"|—!!colspan="2"|—!!18!!1 |- |rowspan="10"|[[Toulouse FC|Toulouse]] |[[2012–13 Toulouse FC season|2012–13]] |[[Ligue 1]] |4||1||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||4||1 |- |[[2013–14 Toulouse FC season|2013–14]] |Ligue 1 |32||3||2||0||2||1||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||36||4 |- |[[2014–15 Toulouse FC season|2014–15]] |Ligue 1 |12||1||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||12||1 |- |[[2016–17 Toulouse FC season|2016–17]] |Ligue 1 |27||1||1||0||2||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||30||1 |- |[[2017–18 Toulouse FC season|2017–18]] |Ligue 1 |25||1||1||0||2||1||colspan="2"|—||0||0||28||2 |- |[[2018–19 Toulouse FC season|2018–19]] |Ligue 1 |24||2||3||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||28||2 |- |[[2019–20 Toulouse FC season|2019–20]] |Ligue 1 |28||0||0||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||29||0 |- |[[2021–22 Toulouse FC season|2021–22]] |[[Ligue 2]] |25||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||26||0 |- |[[2022–23 Toulouse FC season|2022–23]] |Ligue 1 |17||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||18||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !194!!9!!9!!0!!8!!2!!colspan="2"|—!!0!!0!!211!!11 |- |[[Gazélec Ajaccio|Ajaccio]] (loan) |[[2015–16 Gazélec Ajaccio season|2015–16]] |Ligue 1 |34||0||3||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||38||0 |- |[[RC Lens|Lens]] (loan) |[[2020–21 RC Lens season|2020–21]] |Ligue 1 |20||1||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||21||1 |- |[[RC Lens|Lens II]] (loan) |[[2020–21 Championnat National 2|2020–21]] |[[Championnat National 2]] |1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||1||0 |- |rowspan="4"|[[Montpellier HSC|Montpellier]] |[[2022–23 Montpellier HSC season|2022–23]] |Ligue 1 |15||1||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||15||1 |- |[[2023–24 Montpellier HSC season|2023–24]] |Ligue 1 |19||1||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||19||1 |- |[[2024–25 Montpellier HSC season|2024–25]] |Ligue 1 |19||1||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||20||1 |- !colspan="2"|Total !108!!4!!5!!0!!colspan="2"|—!!colspan="2"|—!!colspan="2"|—!!114!!4 |- |[[Asteras Tripolis F.C.|Asteras Tripolis]] |[[2025–26 Super League Greece|2025–26]] |[[Super League Greece]] |18 |0 |1 |0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |3 |0 |22 |0 |- ! colspan="3" |Career total !339!!14!!15!!0!!9!!2!!1!!0!!3!!0!!365!!16 |}
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===International=== {{Updated|match played 31 March 2026}}<ref name="nft">{{NFT|45033|access-date=26 March 2017}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by national team and year |- !National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals |- | rowspan="16" |[[Guinea national football team|Guinea]] |2011||1||0 |- |2012||0||0 |- |2013||5||0 |- |2014||7||0 |- |2015||11||0 |- |2016||5||0 |- |2017||8||1 |- |2018||5||0 |- |2019||12||1 |- |2020||1||0 |- |2021||6||0 |- |2022||9||1 |- |2023||5||0 |- |2024||11||0 |- |2025||4||0 |- |2026 |2 |0 |- ! colspan="2" |Total!!92!!3 |}
:''Scores and results list Guinea's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sylla goal''.<ref name="nft"/>
{| class="wikitable sortable" |+ List of international goals scored by Issiaga Sylla |- !scope="col"|No. !scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Venue !scope="col"|Opponent !scope="col"|Score !scope="col"|Result !scope="col"|Competition |- | align="center"|1 || 24 March 2017 || [[Stade Océane]], [[Le Havre]], France || {{fb|GAB}} || align="center"|2–1 || align="center"|2–2 || [[Exhibition game#Association football|Friendly]] |- | align="center"|2 || 17 November 2019 || [[Stade du 28 Septembre]], [[Conakry]], Guinea || {{fb|NAM}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|2–0 || [[2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group A|2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification]] |- | align="center"|3 || 10 January 2022 || [[Kouekong Stadium]], [[Bafoussam]], Cameroon || {{fb|MWI}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|1–0 || [[2021 Africa Cup of Nations Group B|2021 Africa Cup of Nations]] |}
== Honours == '''Horoya AC'''
* [[Guinée Championnat National]]: 2011–12{{Citation needed|date=May 2022}}
'''Toulouse'''
* [[Ligue 2]]: [[2021–22 Ligue 2|2021–22]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=7 May 2022 |title=Le Toulouse Football Club est champion de Ligue 2 BKT |trans-title=Toulouse Football Club is Ligue 2 BKT champion |url=https://www.toulousefc.com/fr/le-toulouse-football-club-est-champion-de-ligue-2-bkt |access-date=9 May 2022 |publisher=[[Toulouse FC]] |language=fr |archive-date=3 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221203224615/https://www.toulousefc.com/fr/le-toulouse-football-club-est-champion-de-ligue-2-bkt |url-status=live }}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{Lequipe|47953}}
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