Tony Sylva

Personal information
Tony Sylva
Full name	Tony Mario Sylva
Date of birth	May 17, 1975 (age 31)
Place of birth	Guédiawaye, Senegal
Height	1.85m
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Lille
Number	1
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1995-2004 1996-1997 2000-2001 2004-	Monaco Épinal (loan) Ajaccio (loan) Lille	24 (0) 10 (0) 31 (0) 81 (0)
National team²
1999-	Senegal	29 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12/11/06. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 12/11/06. * Appearances (Goals)

Tony Mario Sylva (b. May 17, 1975 in Guediawaye, Senegal) is a Senegalese football international goalkeeper currently playing for Lille OSC in French Ligue 1. Sylva has also been on the books at AC Ajaccio and AS Monaco. He is greatly admired by his women followers, The T-Club. He is remembered for leading his country through the 2002 FIFA World Cup, where they managed to get all the way to the Quarter-finals, losing to Turkey by a Golden Goal.

He received a yellow card in a UEFA Champions League match after arguing with the referee about Ryan Giggs's goal.

[edit] Honors

Lille OSC - Current Squad
1 Sylva \| 2 Debuchy \| 4 Tavlaridis \| 5 Schmitz \| 7 Cabaye \| 8 Bastos \| 9 Audel \| 11 Youla \| 12 Bodmer \| 13 Fauvergue \| 14 Odemwingie \| 14 da Conceição \| 16 Malicki \| 17 Makoun \| 19 Franquart \| 20 Tafforeau \| 21 Chalme \| 22 Vitakić \| 23 Keïta \| 25 Plestan \| 26 Lichtsteiner \| 27 Mirallas \| 29 Dumont \| 30 Pichon \| 31 Ewane-Elong \| 35 Obraniak \| -- Chedjou \| -- Makiese \| coach Puel

	Senegal squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup Quarter-finalists
1 Sylva \| 2 Daf \| 3 Sarr \| 4 Malick Diop \| 5 N'Dour \| 6 Cissé \| 7 H. Camara \| 8 Traoré \| 9 S. Camara \| 10 Fadiga \| 11 Diouf \| 12 Faye \| 13 Diatta \| 14 Moussa N'Diaye \| 15 Diao \| 16 Diallo \| 17 Coly \| 18 Thiaw \| 19 Bouba Diop \| 20 S. N'Diaye \| 21 Beye \| 22 Cissokho \| 23 Makhtar N'Diaye \| Coach: Metsu