Jean Marie Sylla

Jean Sylla
Personal information
Full name Jean Marie Sylla
Date of birth (1983-04-22)22 April 1983
Place of birth Conakry, Guinea
Date of death 26 July 2025(2025-07-26) (aged 42)
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Left midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001−2003 Horoya Conakry
2003–2005 Ergotelis 48 (4)
2005–2006 Kallithea 22 (1)
2006 OFI 11 (0)
2007 Apollon Kalamarias 10 (1)
2007–2009 PAS Giannina 29 (2)
2009–2010 Kalamata 15 (1)
2011–2012 Villemomble Sports 26 (2)
2012–2014 ES Viry-Châtillon 48 (4)
Total 209 (15)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jean Marie Sylla (22 April 1983 – 26 July 2025) was a Guinean professional footballer who played as a left midfielder.

Biography

Sylla was born in Conakry.[2] He began his football career at Horoya Conakry, with whom he won the Guinea National Championship in 2001.[3] He then spent most of his professional career in Greece. He played for Heraklion-based Beta Ethniki side Ergotelis, most notably helping them achieve promotion to the Super League Greece for the first time in their history, scoring the winning injury time goal vs. Akratitos during the 2003−04 Alpha Ethniki relegation play-off match.[4] He left the club after the 2004–05 season following contractual disputes after the club was relegated back to the Beta Ethniki, and eventually joined Super League Greece side Kallithea. After one season in top-flight at the El Paso, Sylla stayed in Greece until 2011, playing for OFI, Apollon Kalamarias, PAS Giannina and Kalamata at various levels of the Greek football league system.

In 2011, Sylla moved to France and continued his career with CFA clubs Villemomble Sports and ES Viry-Châtillon. Having left the club in 2014 to tend to a family-related issue,[3] Sylla was diagnosed with Charcot's disease in September 2014, and was forced to retire at age 31.[3]

On 26 July 2025, Sylla's former club Ergotelis announced that he had died that day. He was 42.[5]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Ergotelis 2003–04 Beta Ethniki 25 2 0 0 1[a] 1 26 3
2004–05 Alpha Ethniki 22 1 0 0 — 22 1
Total 47 3 0 0 1 1 48 4
Kallithea 2005–06 Alpha Ethniki 22 1 0 0 — 22 1
OFI 2006–07 Super League Greece 11 0 2 0 — 13 0
Apollon Kalamaria 2006–07 Super League Greece 10 1 0 0 — 10 1
PAS Giannina 2007–08 Beta Ethniki 16 2 1 0 — 17 2
2008–09 13 0 0 0 — 13 0
Total 29 2 1 0 — 30 2
Kalamata 2009–10 Beta Ethniki 15 1 0 0 — 15 1
Villemomble Sports 2011–12 CFA 26 2 0 0 — 26 2
Viry-Châtillon 2012–13 CFA 31 3 0 0 — 31 3
2013–14 17 1 0 0 — 17 1
Total 48 4 0 0 — 48 4
Career total 208 14 3 0 1 1 212 15
  1. ^ Alpha Ethniki Promotion Play-Off

Honours

Horoya

References

  1. ^ TOMH GROUP - Jean Marie Sylla Archived 21 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "ΥΠΟΘΕΣΗ JEAN MARIE SYLLA - ΠΣΑΠ". Archived from the original on 1 March 2018. Retrieved 24 November 2009.
  3. ^ a b c Tournoux, Gilles (7 January 2016). "Viry se mobilise pour son ancien joueur gravement malade" [Viry rallies for its seriously ill former player]. Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 4 April 2025.
  4. ^ "Η... πτήση είχε... καθυστέρηση ΜΕ ΓΚΟΛ-ΠΟΙΗΜΑ ΤΟΥ ΣΙΛΑ ΣΤΟ 91' Ο ΕΡΓΟΤΕΛΗΣ "ΠΕΤΑΞΕ" ΣΤΗΝ Α' ΕΘΝΙΚΗ (Greek)". patris.gr. 2 June 2004.
  5. ^ Kouveli, Maria (27 July 2025). "Πέθανε ο Ζαν Μαρί Σιλά" [Jean Marie Sylla has died]. sport24.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 27 July 2025.
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