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[1][a] Guinea
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Bengally Sylla, also known as Bangaly Sylla[2] and Bangally Sylla,[1] (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.[2] 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.[3]

International career

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

He retired after the 1982 Cameroon Tournament in May 1982.[2]

Honours

Hafia

Guinea

Notes

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

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.


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