Habib Sylla

Habib Sylla
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-02-12) 12 February 1999 (age 27)
Place of birth Agboville, Ivory Coast
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position Right back
Team information
Current team
 Oțelul Galați
Number 5
Youth career
–2017 Olympic Abobo
2017–2018 Vitória Guimarães
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2020 Vitória Guimarães U23 13 (0)
2020–2021 Marinhense 19 (0)
2021–2022 União Leiria 27 (3)
2022–2024 Chaves 16 (0)
2024–2026 União Leiria 54 (1)
2026– Oțelul Galați 11 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 November 2026

Habib Sylla (born 12 February 1999) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a right back for Liga I club Oțelul Galați.

Career

Born in Agboville, Sylla was playing for Stars Olympic Football Club d'Abobo [fr] 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.

Sylla played up to under-23 level at Vitória, leaving in 2020 for A.C. Marinhense of the third-tier Campeonato de Portugal. In 2021–22 he represented União de Leiria in the new Liga 3, totalling 31 games, three goals and four assists.

On 29 June 2022, 23-year-old Sylla jumped two divisions by signing for G.D. Chaves in the Primeira Liga. In October 2023, he suffered a long-term injury, for which Carraça was signed as cover.

Sylla returned to Leiria, now in Liga Portugal 2, on a two-year contract on 8 July 2024.

On 17 June 2026, the player moved to Oțelul Galați from Liga I, signing a two-year contract.

References

  1. 1 2 "Sylla, noul fundaș dreapta al Oțelului!" [Sylla, Oțelul's new right back!] (in Romanian). ASC Oțelul Galați. 17 June 2026. Retrieved 19 June 2026.
  2. ↑ "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.
  3. 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.
  4. ↑ Silva Reis, Paulo (29 June 2022). "Oficial: Sylla reforça o Chaves" [Official: Sylla strengthens Chaves]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 31 October 2025.
  5. ↑ "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.
  6. ↑ 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.