Sekou Sylla

Sekou Sylla (born 1 January 1992) is a Guinean professional association footballer who plays as a forward for Indian I-League club Churchill Brothers. He is known for his tenaciousness, close ball control, dribbling ability, and speed.

Club Career

Sriracha

Sylla began his professional career at Sriracha of Thai Division 1 League in March 2012 and played until December 2012.

Chanthaburi

In January 2014, he signed with another Thai side Chanthaburi, that competes in the League 3 but has not appeared in any league match.

Magwe

In 2014, Sylla moved to Myanmar National League and signed with Magwe. He represented the club in 2017 AFC Cup, where he made four appearances, notching an equalizer to tie with Malaysian side Johor Darul Ta'zim 1–1, and another goal to salvage a 1–1 draw with Cambodian side Boeung Ket.

With Magwe, he appeared in 88 league matches between 2014 and 2017, scoring 18 goals. He also won the 2016 General Aung San Shield with them, defeating Yangon 2–1.

Global Cebu

Traded to Filipino side Global Cebu in 2017, the Guinean authored a brace for his new club in a 3–1 win over Kaya FC-Makati, and earning the man of the match award. He played only 3 matches for the Philippines Football League side and scored 5 goals.

Yangon United

In December 2017, he moved to another Burmese side Yangon United and appeared in domestic tournaments such as Myanmar National League,General Aung San Shield, and MPT Charity Cup. With Yangon, he played in the 2018 AFC Cup and scored 10 goals in 7 matches. He was in the squad of United, that won 2018 General Aung San Shield defeating Hanthawaddy United 2–1, where he scored a goal.

In 2018, Yangon also won the Myanmar National League title and Sylla emerged as second highest goalscorer with 17 goals, behind Joseph Mpande. Between 2017 and 2019, he scored a total of 41 goals in 53 matches.

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