Sheriff Sinyan

Sheriff Sinyan

Personal information
Date of birth	(1996-07-19) 19 July 1996 (age 28)
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	12	(1)
International career^‡
2019–	Gambia	5	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 December 2024 ‡ 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]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		Continental		Total
		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

1. Dobloug-Holm, Thomas (20 April 2016). "Sheriff Sinyan har signert kontrakt med LSK". Sporten.com (in Norwegian). Retrieved 27 July 2016.
2. "Fotball-NM: Rælingen - Lillestrøm 3-9" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 22 April 2015.
3. "Fakta NM fotball menn tirsdag" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 12 April 2016.
4. "Fakta NM fotball menn onsdag" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 27 April 2016.
5. Claussen, Simon Kolstad (13 September 2018). "- Jeg har virkelig savnet dette". Romerikes Blad (in Norwegian). p. 26.
6. "SHERIFF SINYAN ER KLAR FOR MOLDE FK". moldefk.no/ (in Norwegian). Molde FK. 30 June 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
7. "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.
8. "Morocco v Gambia game report". ESPN. 12 June 2019.
9. "Sheriff Sinyan". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 12 May 2019.