Career
He spent the vast majority of his 16-year professional career in France, playing in 157 Ligue 1 games during eight seasons and representing in the competition and Lille. Sylva appeared with Senegal in the 2002 World Cup and four Africa Cup of Nations tournaments. Born in Guédiawaye, Sylva spent nearly a decade at the service of AS Football Club, but featured mainly for the reserve team during his spell, being successively backup to Fabien Barthez and Flavio Roma in the main squad.
Sylva subsequently signed for Lille OSC on a free transfer, never appearing in less than 30 league games in his four years and helping his team to the second position in 2004-2005.
He retired in June 2010 at the age of 35, after two seasons in Turkey with. Although his contract with the former was due to expire in June 2009, according to Article 17 of Fédération internationale de football association"s regulations for the status and transfer of players he was allowed to leave the club
Sylva gained 83 caps for Senegal, during nine years. His debut came on 6 June 1999, in a 2–2 draw in Burkina Faso for the 2000 African Cup of Nations qualifiers.
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