| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 12 February 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Agboville, Ivory Coast | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position | Right back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | União Leiria | ||
| Number | 52 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Olympic Abobo | |||
| 2017–2020 | Vitória Guimarães | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2021 | Marinhense | 19 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | União Leiria | 27 | (3) |
| 2022–2024 | Chaves | 16 | (0) |
| 2024– | União Leiria | 40 | (1) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14:52, 31 October 2025 (UTC) | |||
Habib Sylla (born 12 February 1999) is an Ivorian footballer who plays as a right back for Liga Portugal 2 club União de Leiria. He has spent his entire senior career in Portugal, including two seasons with Chaves in the Primeira Liga.
Career
Born in Agboville, Sylla was playing for Stars Olympic Football Club d'Abobo when he signed for Portugal's Vitória de Guimarães on 30 August 2017. Fellow teenage Ivorian fullback Kouya Mabea joined on the same day from SOA.[1]
Sylla played up to under-23 level at Vitória, leaving in 2020 for A.C. Marinhense of the third-tier Campeonato de Portugal.[2] In 2021–22 he represented União de Leiria in the new Liga 3, totalling 31 games, three goals and four assists.[2]
On 29 June 2022, 23-year-old Sylla jumped two divisions by signing for G.D. Chaves in the Primeira Liga.[3] In October 2023, he suffered a long-term injury, for which Carraça was signed as cover.[4]
Sylla returned to Leiria, now in Liga Portugal 2, on a two-year contract on 8 July 2024.[5]
References
- ↑ "OFICIAL: V. Guimarães contrata dois laterais marfinenses" [OFFICIAL: V. Guimarães sign two Ivorian fullbacks] (in Portuguese). CNN Portugal. 30 August 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2025.
- 1 2 "OFICIAL: depois da Liga 3, Habib Sylla é reforço do Desp. Chaves" [OFFICIAL: after Liga 3, Habib Sylla is addition to Desp. Chaves] (in Portuguese). CNN Portugal. 29 June 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2025.
- ↑ Silva Reis, Paulo (29 June 2022). "Oficial: Sylla reforça o Chaves" [Official: Sylla strengthens Chaves]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 31 October 2025.
- ↑ "Carraça para lançar na Taça de Portugal" [Carraça to launch in the Taça de Portugal]. Record (in Portuguese). 16 October 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2025.
- ↑ Pedrosa Marques, Eduardo (8 July 2024). "Oficial: UD Leiria confirma o regresso de Habib Sylla" [Official: UD Leiria confirm the return of Habib Sylla]. A Bola (in Portuguese). Retrieved 31 October 2025.