Sylvester Igboun
Sylvester Emeka Igbonu (usually known as Sylvester Igboun; born 8 September 1990) is a Nigerian professional association football player. He currently plays for FC Ufa in Russia. His last name is Igbonu, but was misspelled when registering for a passport.[1] He has also played for the Danish club, FC Midtjylland.
 Sly with Dynamo Moscow in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sylvester Emeka Igbonu | ||
| Date of birth | 8 September 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Lagos, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2006 | Ebedei | ||
| 2006–2010 | Midtjylland | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2015 | Midtjylland | 147 | (41) |
| 2015–2020 | Ufa | 110 | (26) |
| 2019–2020 | → Dynamo Moscow (loan) | 20 | (2) |
| 2020–2021 | Dynamo Moscow | 27 | (1) |
| 2022 | Nizhny Novgorod | 1 | (0) |
| 2022 | NorthEast United | 1 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2015 | Nigeria | 6 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 October 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 November 2015 | |||
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Midtjylland | 2009–10 | Danish Superliga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2010–11 | 31 | 6 | 5[a] | 2 | — | — | 36 | 8 | ||||
| 2011–12 | 31 | 8 | 1[a] | 0 | 4[b] | 1 | — | 36 | 9 | |||
| 2012–13 | 25 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2[b] | 1 | — | 27 | 9 | |||
| 2013–14 | 28 | 10 | 1[a] | 0 | — | — | 29 | 10 | ||||
| 2014–15 | 31 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2[b] | 1 | — | 33 | 10 | |||
| Total | 147 | 41 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 162 | 46 | ||
| Ufa | 2015–16 | Russian Premier League | 25 | 4 | 1[c] | 0 | — | — | 26 | 4 | ||
| 2016–17 | 24 | 3 | 2[c] | 0 | — | — | 26 | 3 | ||||
| 2017–18 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 7 | ||||
| 2018–19 | 27 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6[b] | 1 | 2[d] | 1 | 35 | 11 | ||
| 2019–20 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 108 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 119 | 27 | ||
| Dynamo Moscow (loan) |
2019–20 | Russian Premier League | 20 | 2 | 1[c] | 0 | — | — | 21 | 2 | ||
| Dynamo Moscow | 2020–21 | 17 | 1 | 2[c] | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | — | 20 | 1 | ||
| 2021–22 | 10 | 0 | 2[c] | 1 | — | — | 12 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 27 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 2 | ||
| Nizhny Novgorod | 2021–22 | Russian Premier League | 1 | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| NorthEast United | 2022–23 | Indian Super League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 304 | 69 | 16 | 3 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 337 | 77 | ||
International
| Nigeria | ||
| Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 6 | 0 |
| Total | 6 | 0 |
Statistics accurate as of match played 17 November 2015[3]
Honours
Midtjylland
References
- ↑ "IGBOUN REVEALS HOW DANISH CLUB CHANGED HIS NAME". Africanfootball.com. 10 September 2015. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
- ↑ Sylvester Igboun at Soccerway
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Sylvester Igboun at National-Football-Teams.com
Other websites
- FC Midtjylland profile Archived 2014-12-27 at the Wayback Machine
- Career statistics Archived 2012-03-09 at the Wayback Machine at Danmarks Radio