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.jpg) Da Sylva with Al-Ahly in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Dominique Da Sylva | ||
| Date of birth | (1989-08-16) 16 August 1989 (age 35) | ||
| Place of birth | Nouakchott, Mauritania | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
| Current team | Kuala Lumpur City | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2006–2007 | Académie de Football Nouakchott | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2011 | CS Sfaxien | 27 | (11) |
| 2011–2013 | Al-Ahly | 31 | (5) |
| 2013–2014 | Zamalek | 10 | (3) |
| 2014–2016 | Al Urooba | 27 | (21) |
| 2016–2017 | Ermis Aradippou | 21 | (4) |
| 2017 | Hồ Chí Minh City | 13 | (5) |
| 2018–2019 | Sài Gòn | 35 | (12) |
| 2020 | Terengganu | 4 | (6) |
| 2021– | Kuala Lumpur City | 6 | (3) |
| International career | |||
| 2007– | Mauritania | 4 | (4) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 April 2021 (UTC) | |||
Dominique Da Sylva (born 16 August 1989) is a Mauritanian footballer who currently plays as a forward for Kuala Lumpur City and the Mauritanian national team. He spent time at the Académie de Football Nouakchott before joining Tunisian club CS Sfaxien in 2007. Four years later, he was transferred to Egyptian club Al-Ahly.
Early life
Da Silva was born in Nouakchott, Mauritania to Guinea-Bissau parents. He is Catholic.
Club career
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He spent the 2006–07 season at the city's Académie de Football before joining Tunisian club CS Sfaxien in 2007. In his second season with Sfaxien, he scored four goals in ten appearances in Tunisia's top division, the Ligue Professionnelle 1. He scored three league goals in the 2009–10 campaign and two more the following season before joining Egyptian side Al-Ahly for $600,000 in January 2011. Da Silva scored three more goals during the 2010–11 campaign and helped the Al-Ahly win the Egyptian Premier League for the seventh successive season. On 9 September 2012, he came on as a late substitute in Al-Ahly's 2–1 win over ENPPI in the Egyptian Super Cup. In January 2014, Da Silva moved to Zamalek SC. He made an immediate impression, scoring in each of his first four games.
In June 2017, he joined Vietnamese club Hồ Chí Minh City F.C., scoring two free-kicks on his debut. At the end of 2019, Da Sylva left Vietnam for Malaysia, signing with Terengganu F.C..
International career
He made his debut for the Mauritania national team in 2007 and scored 45 goals. He scored his first goal for his country against Morocco in 2008.
Honours
- CS Sfaxien
- Tunisian President Cup: 2009
- Al-Ahly
References
- ^ "Dominique Da Sylva". Soccerway. Global Sports Media. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
- ^ "Dominique Da Sylva". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
- "Vers la fin de la carrière internationale de Dominique Da Silva ?". Mauritanie Football. YouFoot. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
- "Football : Dominique Da Sylva, un Mauritanien au Caire". Jeune Afrique. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
- "Al Ahly 2 – 1 ENPPI". Soccerway. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
- Malik Muhamad (6 December 2019). "Da Sylva mahu menyinar bersama Terengganu". Harian Metro (in Malay). Kuala Lumpur: Media Prima Group. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
- "Rwanda take Ethiopia scalp". BBC Sport. 8 June 2008. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
External links
- Dominique Da Sylva – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Dominique Da Sylva at National-Football-Teams.com
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- 1989 births
- Living people
- People from Nouakchott
- Mauritanian people of Bissau-Guinean descent
- Mauritanian Roman Catholics
- Mauritanian footballers
- Mauritanian expatriate footballers
- Mauritania international footballers
- Association football forwards
- CS Sfaxien players
- Al Ahly SC players
- Zamalek SC players
- Al Urooba Club players
- Expatriate footballers in Tunisia
- Expatriate footballers in Egypt
- Expatriate footballers in the United Arab Emirates
- Expatriate footballers in Cyprus
- Expatriate footballers in Vietnam
- Expatriate footballers in Malaysia
- Mauritanian expatriate sportspeople in Tunisia
- Mauritanian expatriate sportspeople in Egypt
- Mauritanian expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates
- Mauritanian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus
- Mauritanian expatriate sportspeople in Vietnam
- Mauritanian expatriate sportspeople in Malaysia
- Cypriot First Division players
- Ermis Aradippou FC players
- Egyptian Premier League players
- UAE First Division League players
- Kuala Lumpur City F.C. players
- Saigon FC players
- Ho Chi Minh City FC players
- Mauritanian football biography stubs
- Bissau-Guinean football biography stubs