Bengally Sylla

Bengally Sylla
Personal information
Date of birth 1951 (1951)
Place of birth Guinea
Date of death 2013 (aged 61–62)
Position Left winger
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1972–1982 Hafia
International career
1973–1982 Guinea
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Bengally Sylla, also known as Bangaly Sylla and Bangally Sylla, (1951 – 2013) was a Guinean footballer who played as a left winger during the 1970s and 1980s.

Club career

A left-winger with pace and skill, Sylla was a star of the successful Hafia FC between 1972 and 1982. He is regarded as being one of Guinea's top players during this period.

Sylla finished fourth in the voting for the 1976 African Footballer of the Year award.

International career

He played for Guinea between 1973 and 1982, and he has anywhere from 22 to 27 caps and anywhere from 2 to 6 goals. He played at the 1976, 1978, and 1980 African Cup of Nations and finished as a runner-up with Guinea in 1976. He also won the 1981 Amílcar Cabral Cup with Guinea.

He retired after the 1982 Cameroon Tournament in May 1982.

Honours

Hafia

Guinea

Notes

  1. 1 2 RSSSF states Sylla has 27 caps and 2 goals for Guinea, while National Football Teams states Sylla has 22 caps and 6 goals for Guinea. RSSSF also misses that he also played internationally in 1973 and 1982.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Guinea - Record International Players". RSSSF.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Bangaly Sylla". National Football Teams.
  3. ↑ Pierrend, José Luis. "African Player of the Year 1976". RSSSF. Retrieved 2009-07-10.