Personal information | |||
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Full name | Roy Syla[1] | ||
Date of birth | 20 June 2000 | ||
Place of birth | London, England[2] | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[3] | ||
Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Ayr United | ||
Number | 20 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2018 | Barnet | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018–2020 | Barnet | 0 | (0) |
2018–2019 | → Kings Langley (loan) | 17 | (0) |
2019 | → Hampton & Richmond Borough (loan) | 5 | (0) |
2021–2022 | Brentford | 0 | (0) |
2022–2023 | Brentford | 0 | (0) |
2023– | Ayr United | 24 | (1) |
International career | |||
2016 | Albania U17 | 1 | (0) |
2018 | Albania U19 | 4 | (0) |
Albania U20 | |||
2022 | Albania U21 | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:42, 21 July 2024 (UTC) |
Roy Syla (born 9 October 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Scottish Championship club Ayr United.
Syla is a product of the Barnet academy, but failed to break into the first team squad prior to his release in 2020. Following more than a year as a free agent, he transferred to Brentford in 2021. After two seasons of exclusively B team football, Syla began his professional career in earnest with Ayr United in 2023. He was capped by Albania at youth level.
Club career
editBarnet
editA defensive midfielder,[4] Syla began his career with Barnet at the age of 12 and he progressed through the club's academy to sign a professional contract in March 2018.[5][6] He spent a large portion of the 2018–19 season away on loan at fellow non-League clubs Kings Langley and Hampton & Richmond Borough and remained at The Hive for 2019–20.[7][8] Syla was released at the end of the the COVID-19-affected 2019–20 season.[9] He made two senior appearances for Barnet, both in Middlesex Senior Cup matches.[10]
Brentford
editOn 23 October 2021, Syla joined the B team at Premier League club Brentford on a one-year contract, with the option of a further year, on a free transfer.[11] He had spent periods of the 2020–21 and 2021–22 seasons on trial with the team and was a part of the 2021–22 London Senior Cup-winning squad.[11][12] Late in the 2021–22 season, he participated in a first team training session.[5] Following 26 appearances for the B team during the 2021–22 season, Syla was released when his contract expired.[13]
Syla was re-signed as a free agent on 20 October 2022 and signed a one-year contract, with a one-year option.[14] Despite being a B team player, Syla was named in Brentford's 25-man Premier League squad for the second half of the 2022–23 season, by virtue of being overage.[1] He was released at the end of the 2022–23 season.[15]
Ayr United
editOn 29 August 2023, Syla signed a two-year contract with Scottish Championship club Ayr United on a free transfer.[16] He made 28 appearances and scored two goals during a mid-table 2023–24 season.[17][18]
International career
editSyla was capped by Albania at U17, U19, U20 and U21 level.[11][19][20] He was a member of the U17 team's 2016 Kazakhstan President Cup squad and captained the U19 team to the final of the 2018 Roma Caput Mundi International Tournament.[7][21]
Personal life
editCareer statistics
edit- As of match played 20 July 2024
Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Barnet | 2018–19[10] | National League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ― | 1[c] | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
2019–20[10] | National League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ― | 1[c] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ― | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
Kings Langley (loan) | 2018–19[10] | Southern League Premier Division South | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ― | 1[d] | 0 | 20 | 0 | |
Hampton & Richmond Borough (loan) | 2018–19[22] | National League South | 5 | 0 | ― | ― | 1[e] | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
Ayr United | 2023–24[17] | Scottish Championship | 24 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ― | 1[f] | 0 | 28 | 2 | |
2024–25[23] | Scottish Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
Total | 24 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 2 | ||
Career total | 36 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 58 | 2 |
- ^ Includes FA Cup, Scottish Cup
- ^ Includes EFL Cup, Scottish League Cup
- ^ a b Appearance in Middlesex Senior Cup
- ^ Appearance in FA Trophy
- ^ Appearance in Middlesex Senior Charity Cup
- ^ Appearance in Scottish Challenge Cup
Honours
editBrentford B
References
edit- ^ a b "Updated Premier League squad lists for 2022/23". www.premierleague.com. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
- ^ a b Beatpoet/sandboxSyla at Soccerway. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
- ^ "Roy Syla". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
- ^ "Roy Syla: Making every minute count". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
- ^ a b c Harris, Jay. "Brentford youngster Roy Syla: 'I was coming from Barnet and there were players from Inter, Juventus and Olympiakos'". The Athletic. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
- ^ "News | Roy Syla signs professional Barnet contract". Barnet Football Club. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b "Loan | Roy Syla joins Kings Langley". Barnet Football Club. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Loan | Nana Kyei and Roy Syla join Hampton & Richmond Borough". Barnet Football Club. 7 March 2021. Archived from the original on 7 March 2021. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
- ^ "Twelve players departing Barnet". Non League Daily. 23 August 2020. Archived from the original on 23 August 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Roy Syla Profile". Aylesbury United FC. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b c "Roy Syla joins Brentford B". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
- ^ a b "Match Report: Brentford B win London Senior Cup on penalties". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- ^ "Brentford B Squad Update". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
- ^ @BrentfordFC (20 October 2022). "✍️ We can confirm that midfield player Roy Syla has returned to #BrentfordB and has signed a one-year contract with an option of an additional year. Welcome back, Roy! #BrentfordFC" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Brentford B squad update". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
- ^ "Roy Syla Signs". Ayr United FC. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
- ^ a b "Games played by Beatpoet/sandboxSyla in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
- ^ Ayr United F.C. at the Football Club History Database
- ^ "International Recap: March 2022". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
- ^ Beatpoet/sandboxSyla at Soccerway. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
- ^ "Kombëtarja U-17, grumbullohet për në Kazakistan". FSHF (in Albanian). 29 July 2016. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ "Roy Syla – Hampton & Richmond Borough FC 1st". www.hamptonfc.net. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Games played by Beatpoet/sandboxSyla in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ^ "Brentford B 2 Blackburn U21 1". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
External links
edit- Beatpoet/sandboxSyla at Soccerbase
- Beatpoet/sandboxSyla – UEFA competition record (archive)
Category:Living people
Category:Brentford F.C. players
Category:Southern Football League players
Category:2000 births
Category:Barnet F.C. players
Category:National League (English football) players
Category:Kings Langley F.C. players
Category:Hampton & Richmond Borough F.C. players
Category:Sportspeople from London
Category:English people of Albanian descent
Category:Scottish Professional Football League players
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Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Albania men's youth international footballers
Category:Albania men's under-21 international footballers