Habib Sylla

Habib Sylla is an Ivorian footballer who plays as a right back for Liga Portugal 2 club União de Leiria. He has spent his entire senior career in Portugal, including two seasons with Chaves in the Primeira Liga.

Career

Born in Agboville, Sylla was playing for when he signed for Portugal's Vitória de Guimarães on 30 August 2017. Fellow teenage Ivorian fullback Kouya Mabea joined on the same day from SOA.
Sylla played up to under-23 level at Vitória, leaving in 2020 for A.C. Marinhense of the third-tier Campeonato de Portugal. In 2021–22 he represented União de Leiria in the new Liga 3, totalling 31 games, three goals and four assists.
On 29 June 2022, 23-year-old Sylla jumped two divisions by signing for G.D. Chaves in the Primeira Liga. In October 2023, he suffered a long-term injury, for which Carraça was signed as cover.
Sylla returned to Leiria, now in Liga Portugal 2, on a two-year contract on 8 July 2024.