Silas Gnaka (born 18 December 1998) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as left-back for German 2. Bundesliga club Magdeburg.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 18 December 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Ouragahio, Ivory Coast | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Magdeburg | ||
| Number | 25 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Aspire Academy | |||
| Eupen | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2022 | Eupen | 63 | (0) |
| 2022– | Magdeburg | 81 | (5) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | Ivory Coast U23 | 5 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 December 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 05:05, 3 May 2022 (UTC) | |||
Club career
editA product of Aspire Academy in Senegal, Gnaka signed a professional football contract with Belgian club Eupen in January 2017.[2][3] He became a regular left-sided defender for the club under manager Claude Makélélé.[4]
In June 2022, German club 1. FC Magdeburg, newly promoted to the 2. Bundesliga, announced that Gnaka would join the club for the 2022–23 season.[5][6]
International career
editIn March 2019, Gnaka earned his first call-up to the Ivory Coast under-23 team for a pair of 2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations qualification matches against Niger.[7][8] He was named in the squad for the Africa U-23 Cup of Nations finals, which took place in November 2019 in Egypt.[9] He played every minute of the five tournament games, as the team finished runners-up after a 2–1 defeat in the final against Egypt.[10]
In 2021, Gnaka was named in the Ivory Coast squad for the Olympic football tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[11] He did not make an appearance during the competition, while the team got eliminated in the quarter-final against Spain.
Honours
editIvory Coast U23
- Africa U-23 Cup of Nations: runner-up 2019[12]
References
edit- ^ Silas Gnaka at Soccerway
- ^ "Silas Gnaka, new player for KAS Eupen". as-eupen.be. K.A.S. Eupen. 10 February 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
- ^ "Gnaka prolonge à Eupen". sport.be (in French). Golazo Media. 19 March 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
- ^ "Eupen: Gnaka, la solution côté gauche?". La Dernière Heure (in French). 13 August 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
- ^ Nowak, Patrick (6 June 2022). "Silas Gnaka verstärkt den FCM". Volksstimme (in German). Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ^ "1. FC Magdeburg verpflichtet Silas Gnaka". 1.fc-magdeburg.de. 1. FC Magdeburg. 6 June 2022. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
- ^ Marc, ALLA Jean (14 March 2019). "CAN U23 : Nicolas Tié, Kouamé Christian, Guiagon Parfait… les surprises du chef Kamara". Mondialsport.net.
- ^ "CAF - Competitions - Qualifiers of Total U-23 Africa Cup of Nations - Match Details". www.cafonline.com.
- ^ "CAN U23 "Egypte 2019" : Voici les Eléphants sélectionnés". www.fifciv.com (in French). 30 October 2019. Archived from the original on 22 October 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
- ^ "Africa U23 Cup of Nations". soccerway.com. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
- ^ "Men's Olympic Football Tournament Tokyo 202 - Ivory Coast". fifa.com. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
- ^ "Matches | Total U-23 Africa Cup of Nations Egypt 2019". cafonline.com. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
External links
edit- Silas Gnaka at Soccerway
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