Abdoulaye Sylla... soccer family (brother Mohamed)... both of his parents were born in Guinea... speaks French, Soussou and a little bit of English... he was five years old when he started playing soccer for A.S Mouté... he and his brother moved to Canada in 2001 to rejoin their mother (Abdoulaye was eight years old)... his first club in Canada was Lakers de Lac St-Louis... grew up playing soccer and tennis... enjoys movies, reading, television... favourites have included Zinédine Zidane, Didier Drogba, Samuel Eto’o, Chelsea, FC Barcelona... other favourites have included Kobe Bryant...

For Country

he was 14 years old when he made his debut in the Canadian youth program in 2006 with coach Sean Fleming... represented Canada at the 2009 CONCACAF Under-17 Championship in Mexico...