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Yacouba Sylla
Yacouba Sylla (born 29 November 1990) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for CFR Cluj and the Mali national football team, having represented France as a youth international.
Club career.
Club career Youth career.
Prior to joining Clermont Foot where Sylla signed his first professional contract he had a year's stint with Ligue 1 club Stade Malherbe Caen. Before that, Sylla had started his career with hometown Parisian club Étampes FC before joining nearby club CSF Brétigny, which produced France internationals Patrice
for Mali instead. Kanouté, the biggest Malian star at the moment, currently plays for Sevilla FC in Spain's La Liga. Mahamadou Diarra, the captain of the Mali national team, played for Real Madrid for four seasons before moving to AS Monaco and Seydou Keita plays for AS Roma. Other notable players currently on European squads include, Drissa Diakité (SC Bastia), Modibo Maïga (West Ham United), Adama Coulibaly (Valenciennes FC), Cheick Diabaté (FC Girondins de Bordeaux), and Yacouba Sylla (