Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 19 July 1996 | ||
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 | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2019– | Gambia | 5 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:48, 6 January 2024 (UTC) ‡ 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]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
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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 |
External links
- Sheriff Sinyan at National-Football-Teams.com
References
- ^ Dobloug-Holm, Thomas (20 April 2016). "Sheriff Sinyan har signert kontrakt med LSK". Sporten.com (in Norwegian). Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ^ "Fotball-NM: Rælingen - Lillestrøm 3-9" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 22 April 2015.
- ^ "Fakta NM fotball menn tirsdag" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 12 April 2016.
- ^ "Fakta NM fotball menn onsdag" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 27 April 2016.
- ^ Claussen, Simon Kolstad (13 September 2018). "- Jeg har virkelig savnet dette". Romerikes Blad (in Norwegian). p. 26.
- ^ "SHERIFF SINYAN ER KLAR FOR MOLDE FK". moldefk.no/ (in Norwegian). Molde FK. 30 June 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Morocco v Gambia game report". ESPN. 12 June 2019.
- ^ "Sheriff Sinyan". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
- 1996 births
- Living people
- Norwegian people of Gambian descent
- Naturalized citizens of The Gambia
- Footballers from Oslo
- Gambian men's footballers
- Norwegian men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- The Gambia men's international footballers
- Holmlia SK players
- Lillestrøm SK players
- Molde FK players
- SK Slavia Prague players
- Odds BK players
- Norwegian Third Division players
- Eliteserien players
- Norwegian First Division players
- Czech First League players
- Norwegian expatriate men's footballers
- Gambian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic
- Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic
- Gambian expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic
- Norwegian football midfielder stubs
- Gambian football biography stubs