Sylvester Igboun

Sylvester Emeka Igbonu, commonly known as Sylvester Igboun (born 8 September 1990) is a Nigerian professional football player, who currently plays as a striker or an attacking midfielder for the Russian Premier League club FC Dynamo Moscow. Igboun is known for his blistering speed. His surname is Igbonu but was misspelled when registering a passport.[1] His shirt lists his nickname "Sly" on the back instead of his last name.[2]

Sylvester Igboun
Sly with Dynamo Moscow in 2019
Personal information
Full name Sylvester Emeka Igbonu
Date of birth (1990-09-08) 8 September 1990
Place of birth Lagos, Nigeria
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Striker/Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Dynamo Moscow
Number 10
Youth career
2004–2006 Ebedei
2006–2010 Midtjylland
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2015 Midtjylland 147 (41)
2015–2020 Ufa 108 (25)
2019–2020 → Dynamo Moscow (loan) 20 (2)
2020– Dynamo Moscow 11 (1)
National team‡
2015 Nigeria 6 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 December 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 November 2015

Career

Club

On 13 July 2015, Igbonu signed for Russian Premier League side FC Ufa.[3]

On 2 September 2019, he joined FC Dynamo Moscow on loan for the 2019–20 season.[4] He was voted player of the month for September 2019 by Dynamo fans.[5] On 4 August 2020, Dynamo Moscow announced that they had signed Igboun on a permanent transfer from FC Ufa.[6]

International

He made his international debut in a 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification game against Tanzania on 5 September 2015, replacing Moses Simon as a substitute in the 69th minute.[7]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 22 July 2020[8][9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Midtjylland 2009–10 Danish Superliga 1000--10
2010–11 31652--368
2011–12 3181041-369
2012–13 2580021-279
2013–14 281010--2910
2014–15 3190021-3310
Total 147417283--16246
Ufa 2015–16 Russian Premier League 25410--264
2016–17 24320--263
2017–18 26700--267
2018–19 2790061213511
2019–20 6200--62
Total 1082530612111927
Dynamo Moscow (loan) 2019–20 Russian Premier League 20210--212
Dynamo Moscow 2020–21 Russian Premier League 00000-00
Career total 275681021442130275

International
Nigeria national team
YearAppsGoals
201560
Total60

Statistics accurate as of match played 17 November 2015[9]

Honours
Midtjylland

References
  1. "IGBOUN REVEALS HOW DANISH CLUB CHANGED HIS NAME". Africanfootball.com. 10 September 2015. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  2. "Russian Premier League player page" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  3. "Сильвестер Игбун переходит в ФК "Уфа"" (in Russian). FC Ufa. 13 July 2015.
  4. "Сильвестр Игбун – в «Динамо»" [Sylvester Igboun at Dynamo] (in Russian). FC Dynamo Moscow. 2 September 2019.
  5. "Сильвестр Игбун стал лучшим игроком сентября" [Sylvester Igboun is the best player of September] (in Russian). FC Dynamo Moscow. 4 October 2019.
  6. "Сильвестр Игбун остаётся в «Динамо»" (in Russian). FC Dynamo Moscow. 4 August 2020.
  7. "Tanzania vs. Nigeria". weltfussballarchiv.com. 5 September 2015.
  8. Sylvester Igboun at Soccerway
  9. "Sylvester Igboun". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 5 December 2016.


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