Abdel Kader Sylla
Appearance
![]() Sylla with Élan Béarnais in 2015 | |||||||||||||||
No. 13 – Hermine Nantes | |||||||||||||||
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Position | Center | ||||||||||||||
League | LNB Pro B | ||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
Born | Victoria, Seychelles | 10 April 1990||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) | ||||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||||
Playing career | 2009–present | ||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||
2005–2006 | Premium Cobras | ||||||||||||||
2006–2007 | Baya | ||||||||||||||
2007–2013 | SLUC Nancy | ||||||||||||||
2013–2015 | Élan Béarnais Pau-Lacq-Orthez | ||||||||||||||
2015–2017 | Orléans Loiret | ||||||||||||||
2017–2018 | AS Monaco | ||||||||||||||
2018 | JL Bourg | ||||||||||||||
2018–2019 | Élan Béarnais Pau-Lacq-Orthez | ||||||||||||||
2019 | Union Neuchâtel | ||||||||||||||
2019–present | Hermine Nantes | ||||||||||||||
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Abdel Kader Sylla (born 10 April 1990), is a Seychellois professional basketball player. He is known as being the first professional player from the Seychelles.[1] He currently plays for Hermine Nantes of the LNB Pro B.
Sylla joined Hermine Nantes in 2019 and averaged 5.7 points, 4.6 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game. He re-signed with the team on 11 June 2020.[2]
He represented the Seychelles national basketball team on several occasions.[3] In 2022, he was invited to meet President Wavel Ramkalawan.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Seychelles: The President Receives Professional Basketball Player Abdel Sylla at State House". African Business. 2022-07-22. Retrieved 2022-07-26.
- ^ Burstert, Phlippe (11 June 2020). "Sylla re-signs at Nantes". Afrobasket. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
- ^ Seychelles | 2015 FIBA Africa Championship for Men Qualifying Round, ARCHIVE.FIBA.COM. Retrieved 6 June 2016.