Sylvain Deslandes

Sylvain Boris Nabil Deslandes (born 25 April 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Sabail. Born in Cameroon, he has represented France at under-16 through under-20 level.

Sylvain Deslandes
Personal information
Full nameSylvain Boris Nabil Deslandes[1]
Date of birth (1997-04-25) 25 April 1997 (age 27)[2]
Place of birthKouoptamo, Cameroon
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position(s)Left back
Team information
Current team
Sabail
Number3
Youth career
2007–2008AM. S. Soliers
2008–2010USON Mondeville
2010–2015Caen
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013–2015Caen II8(1)
2015–2020Wolverhampton Wanderers4(0)
2017Bury (loan)0(0)
2018Portsmouth (loan)2(0)
2018–2019FC Jumilla (loan)12(0)
2020–2021Argeș Pitești26(2)
2021–2023Debrecen43(2)
2023–Sabail8(0)
International career
2013France U161(0)
2013–2014France U177(0)
2014France U183(0)
2016France U193(0)
2016France U201(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 April 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 07:00, 31 July 2019 (UTC)

Career

Deslandes moved upon the expiry of his contract with French club Caen to join English side Wolverhampton Wanderers in July 2015, agreeing a two-year deal (with the option of a third year).[3] He made his club debut on 25 August 2015 in a League Cup win over Barnet.[4]

On 31 January 2017, he joined Bury on loan until the end of the season.[5]He returned to Wolves at the end of the 2016–17 season having made no appearances for Bury.

He appeared regularly under Nuno Espírito Santo in pre-season before the 2017–18 campaign and played the full 90 minutes of a 2–0 EFL Cup win at Premier League side Southampton.[6] He also came on as a substitute during Wolves' 2–1 Championship victory against Nottingham Forest in September 2017, en route to winning promotion as champions.[6]

On 3 January 2018, he agreed to join Portsmouth on loan until the end of the season where he reunited with former Wolves manager Kenny Jackett.[7] However, he returned to Wolves at the end of the season having made only two appearances there after Jackett had said that Deslandes' future was not at left-back but centre-back as he is a player with "power" and "athleticism".[8]

Deslandes was supposedly loaned out again for the 2019–20 season to Bulgarian side Lokomotiv Plovdiv with fellow Wolves player Jordan Graham on a season-long loan.[9] However, it was announced that both Deslandes' and Graham's loan spells had failed to receive the necessary FIFA clearance in due time.

On 31 January 2020, Deslandes left Wolves permanently to join Romanian club Argeș Pitești.[10]

On 15 July 2021, Deslandes signed a two-year contract with Hungarian club Debreceni VSC containing a possible one-year extension.[11]

On 28 September 2023, Azerbaijan Premier League club Sabail announced the signing of Deslandes.[12]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 15 May 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Caen II2013–14[13]Championnat National 3400040
2014–15[13]Championnat National 3410041
Total8100000081
Wolverhampton Wanderers2015–16[14]Championship3000200050
2016–17[15]Championship0000000000
2017–18[16]Championship1000200030
Total4000400080
Bury (loan)2016–17[15]League One0000000000
Portsmouth (loan)2017–18[16]League One2000000020
FC Jumilla (loan)2018–19[13]Segunda División B – Group 4120000000120
Argeș Pitești2019–20[13]Liga II6000000060
2020–21[13]202000000202
Total262000000262
Debrecen2020–21[13]Nemzeti Bajnokság I311200000331
Career totals734204000894

References