Vincent Da Sylva

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Vincent Da Sylva, Born on January 8 1973 in Ziguinchor Senegal, is a Senegalese basketball player. He represented Senegal at the 1998 FIBA World Championship.

Carte d'identité

Height : 1m97
Weight : 90 kg
Post: 2-3 Guard-Forward
Usual Number : 9

Biography

Vincent Da Sylva gains the Championship of Senegal Espoir Junior in 1992 with Casasport while being better marker and MVP of the finale.

In Team of Senegal of basketball, he gained a Bronze Medal with the Championship of Africa of the nations of less than 22 years, then leaves its formative club to join the capital, Dakar, for the ACE Customs.

The same year he will be Champion of Africa of the Nations Senior and will leave Senegal for Lebanon where he will play during 4 years as a Pro A.

He will accumulate the distinctions such as Better interceptor of the league, 2nd better marker of the league and 3rd with the evaluation (the most effective Player), he will be also selected in All Stars.

He took part in the World Basketball ChampionShip in Athens in 1998.

uccessive Clubs

* 1991-92 : flag|Senegal Casa Sport (D2)
* 1992-95 : flag|Senegal Casa Sport (D1)
* 1995-97 : flag|Senegal AS Douanes (D1)
* 1997-01 : flag|Lebanon Lebanon (Pro A)
* 2001-02 : flag|France Maurienne (Pro B)
* 2002-04 : flag|France Aix-les-Bains (Nationale 2)Since 2004: flag|France Union Sportive Avignon Le Pontet (Nationale 2)

Career in team of Senegal

International basketball player, it took part in the Championship of Africa in 1997 (Dakar, Senegal) like with the Championship of the World in Athens in 1998 and with the Championship of Africa in Angola in 1999.

Prize list

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Individual Capacities

* Better Scorer of the Championship of Senegal of the season 1996-97
* All Star FLB (Lebanon) 1998

External links

* [http://www.basket-stats.info/worldbasket/1998/teams/senegal.htm Senegal at the 1998 World Championship]
* [http://www.eurobasket.com/player.asp?Cntry=FRA&PlayerID=19622 Eurobasket profile]