![]() Da Sylva with
Al-Ahly in 2011 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Dominique Da Sylva [1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 16 August 1989||
Place of birth | Nouakchott, Mauritania | ||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) [3] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Radwa | ||
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 | ||
International career | |||
2007– | Mauritania | 4 | (4) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 April 2021 (UTC) |
Dominique Da Sylva (born 16 August 1989) is a Mauritanian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Saudi Third Division club Radwa and the Mauritanian national team. [3]
Da Silva was born in Nouakchott, Mauritania [3] to Guinea-Bissau parents. [4] He is Catholic. [5]
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He spent the 2006–07 season at the city's Académie de Football before joining Tunisian club CS Sfaxien in 2007. [3] In his second season with Sfaxien, he scored four goals in ten appearances in Tunisia's top division, the Ligue Professionnelle 1. [2] [3] He scored three league goals in the 2009–10 campaign and two more the following season before joining Egyptian side Al-Ahly for $600,000 in January 2011. [2] Da Silva scored three more goals during the 2010–11 campaign and helped the Al-Ahly win the Egyptian 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 over ENPPI in the Egyptian Super Cup. [6] In January 2014, Da Silva moved to Zamalek SC. [2] He made an immediate impression, scoring in each of his first four games. [2]
In June 2017, he joined Vietnamese club Hồ Chí Minh City F.C., scoring two free-kicks on his debut. At the end of 2019, Da Sylva left Vietnam for Malaysia, signing with Terengganu F.C. [7]
On 26 September 2023, Da Silva signed a contract with Senegalese football club ASC Jaraaf.
On 26 January 2024, Da Silva joined Saudi Third Division club Radwa. [8]
He made his debut for the Mauritania national team in 2007 and scored 45 goals. [3] He scored his first goal for his country against Morocco in 2008. [9]