.jpg) Da Sylva withAl-Ahly in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Dominique Da Sylva[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1989-08-16)16 August 1989 (age 36)[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Nouakchott,Mauritania | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[3] | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2006–2007 | Académie de Football Nouakchott | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2011 | CS Sfaxien | 27 | (11) |
| 2011–2013 | Al-Ahly | 31 | (5) |
| 2013–2014 | Zamalek | 10 | (3) |
| 2014–2016 | Al Urooba | 27 | (21) |
| 2016–2017 | Ermis Aradippou | 21 | (4) |
| 2017 | Hồ Chí Minh City | 13 | (5) |
| 2018–2019 | Sài Gòn | 35 | (12) |
| 2020 | Terengganu | 4 | (6) |
| 2021 | Kuala Lumpur City | 6 | (3) |
| 2023–2024 | ASC Jaraaf | ||
| 2024 | Radwa | ||
| 2025 | Al-Fao | ||
| International career | |||
| 2007– | Mauritania | 4 | (4) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13 April 2021 (UTC) | |||
Dominique Da Sylva (born 16 August 1989) is aMauritanian professionalfootballer who plays as aforward former theMauritanian national team.[3]
Da Silva was born inNouakchott,Mauritania[3] toGuinea-Bissau parents.[4] He isCatholic.[5]
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He spent the 2006–07 season at the city's Académie de Football before joiningTunisian clubCS Sfaxien in 2007.[3] In hissecond season with Sfaxien, he scored four goals in ten appearances in Tunisia's top division, theLigue Professionnelle 1.[2][3] He scored three league goals in the 2009–10 campaign and two more the following season before joiningEgyptian sideAl-Ahly for $600,000 in January 2011.[2] Da Silva scored three more goals during the 2010–11 campaign and helped Al-Ahly win theEgyptian Premier League for the seventh successive season.[2] On 9 September 2012, he came on as a late substitute in Al-Ahly's 2–1 win overENPPI in theEgyptian Super Cup.[6] In January 2014, Da Silva moved toZamalek SC.[2] He made an immediate impression, scoring in each of his first four games.[2]
In June 2017, he joined Vietnamese clubHồ Chí Minh City F.C., scoring two free-kicks on his debut. At the end of 2019, Da Sylva left Vietnam for Malaysia, signing withTerengganu F.C.[7]
On 26 September 2023, Da Silva signed a contract with Senegalese football clubASC Jaraaf.
On 26 January 2024, Da Silva joinedSaudi Third Division clubRadwa.[8]
He made his debut for theMauritania national team in 2007 and scored 45 goals.[3] He scored his first goal for his country againstMorocco in 2008.[9]
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