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Sheriff Sinyan

Sheriff Sinyan
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-07-19) 19 July 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Oslo, Norway
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
Odd
Number 14
Youth career
Oppsal
–2013 Holmlia
2014–2015 Lillestrøm
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013 Holmlia 9 (3)
2015–2020 Lillestrøm 29 (1)
2020–2023 Molde 46 (3)
2023–2024 Slavia Prague 4 (0)
2024– Odd 12 (1)
International career
2019– Gambia 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 December 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 September 2019

Sheriff Sinyan (born 19 July 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Odd. Born in Norway, he represents The Gambia internationally.

Club career

Sinyan played youth football for Oppsal IF and Holmlia SK, and also featured briefly in Holmlia's senior team before joining the junior ranks of larger club Lillestrøm.

In April 2016, Sinyan signed a two-year contract with Lillestrøm SK's senior team.[1] Sinyan featured in the first two rounds of both the 2015 and 2016 Norwegian Football Cups,[2][3][4] and made his league debut with substitute appearances against Sarpsborg 08 and Strømsgodset in July 2016.

After 2016 Sinyan suffered a long-time injury period, not making his comeback until September 2018 for Lillestrøm's B team.[5]

On 30 June 2020, Molde FK announced the signing of Sinyan on a three-year contract from Lillestrøm.[6]

On 4 July 2023, Sinyan signed for Czech First League club Slavia Prague on a one-year contract with the option for a further year.[7]

International career

Sinyan made his Gambia national team debut on 12 June 2019 in a friendly against Morocco, as a half-time substitute for Ebou Adams.[8]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 11 June 2023[9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Holmlia 2013 3. divisjon 9 3 0 0 9 3
Lillestrøm 2015 Tippeligaen 0 0 2 0 2 0
2016 10 1 2 0 12 1
2017 Eliteserien 0 0 0 0 0 0
2018 0 0 0 0 0 0
2019 19 0 3 0 22 0
2020 1. divisjon 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 29 1 7 0 0 0 36 1
Molde 2020 Eliteserien 19 0 0 0 6 0 25 0
2021 24 3 2 0 7 0 33 3
2022 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
Total 46 3 3 0 13 0 62 3
Career total 84 7 10 0 13 0 107 7

References

  1. ^ Dobloug-Holm, Thomas (20 April 2016). "Sheriff Sinyan har signert kontrakt med LSK". Sporten.com (in Norwegian). Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  2. ^ "Fotball-NM: Rælingen - Lillestrøm 3-9" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 22 April 2015.
  3. ^ "Fakta NM fotball menn tirsdag" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 12 April 2016.
  4. ^ "Fakta NM fotball menn onsdag" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 27 April 2016.
  5. ^ Claussen, Simon Kolstad (13 September 2018). "- Jeg har virkelig savnet dette". Romerikes Blad (in Norwegian). p. 26.
  6. ^ "SHERIFF SINYAN ER KLAR FOR MOLDE FK". moldefk.no/ (in Norwegian). Molde FK. 30 June 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  7. ^ "Do Slavie přichází stoper Sheriff Sinyan" [Stopper Sheriff Sinyan is coming to Slavia]. SK Slavia Prague (in Czech). 4 July 2023. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  8. ^ "Morocco v Gambia game report". ESPN. 12 June 2019.
  9. ^ "Sheriff Sinyan". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 12 May 2019.