Sheriff Sinyan (born 19 July 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Molde FK. Born in Norway, he represents The Gambia internationally.
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1996-07-19) 19 July 1996 (age 26) | ||
Place of birth | Oslo, Norway | ||
Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Molde | ||
Number | 5 | ||
Youth career | |||
Oppsal | |||
–2013 | Holmlia | ||
2014–2015 | Lillestrøm | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013 | Holmlia | 9 | (3) |
2015–2020 | Lillestrøm | 29 | (1) |
2020– | Molde | 43 | (3) |
National team‡ | |||
2019– | Gambia | 5 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 September 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 September 2019 |
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]
Sinyan made his Gambia national team debut on 12 June 2019 in a friendly against Morocco, as a half-time substitute for Ebou Adams.[7]
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 | ||
Total | 43 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 58 | 3 | ||
Career total | 81 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 103 | 7 |
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