Domestic-league season · Al Riyadh.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Pro League | 30 | 10 | 1 | 2066 | 6.81 |
Following his move to Al Riyadh, Sylla's current-season form is up 61% on last season (Season 23→37), while his Rating eased 41→24. His peak season for form remains 2020/21 (Season 41).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Al Riyadh · 15th | 30 | 10 | 1 | 6.81 | 24 | 37 |
| 2024/25 | Valladolid · 20th | 29 | 5 | 1 | 6.7 | 41 | 23 |
| 2023/24 | Valladolid · 2nd | 29 | 8 | 2 | 6.94 | 44 | 30 |
| 2022/23 | Alaves · 4th | 23 | 5 | 1 | 6.66 | 43 | 15 |
| 2021/22 | Alaves · 20th | 25 | 0 | 0 | 6.41 | 50 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | Girona · 5th | 40 | 11 | 6 | 7.01 | 63 | 41 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
M. Sylla is a 32-year-old centre-forward at Al Riyadh, rated 24.4 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 229th of 300 in the Pro League. A seasoned veteran, he has been a regular starter this season (67.5% of available minutes). He brings 0.48 goal contributions per 90 (0.44 goals, 0.04 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Sylla.
Judged on this season alone, Sylla graded 37 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 16th of 39 of the 39 centre-forwards in the Pro League, on 10 goals and 1 assist in 30 appearances (0.479 involvements per 90).
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 23 → 37). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2020/21.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 24, 28th of 39 of the 39 centre-forwards in the Pro League. At 32 Sylla is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 8 reflects that trajectory.
Below his 2020/21 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
10 goals in 30 appearances (0.33 per game) is double figures — and for a lower-table side (15th of 18), a real standout. Weaker sides create and score less, so carrying double-figure output there says more than the raw number alone. Add 1 assist for 11 goal contributions in all.
With a Rating of 24.4, Sylla carries the 28th-highest potential of the centre-forwards in the Pro League of 39, and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Al Riyadh finished 15th of 18) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. In the final third he profiles as a productive contributor (0.48 goal contributions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.8× and falling).
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around ages 23–27 (~20), then tapers with age. At 32, Sylla sits on 8, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Sylla's projected Rating — 24.4 today — recomputed at each age, so it follows the same rise-and-fall as a career matures and declines. Solid = up to today; dashed = projected.
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