Sylvain Boris Nabil Deslandes (born 25 April 1997) is a professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays as a defender. Born in Cameroon, he has represented France at under-16 through under-20 level.

Career

Deslandes moved upon the expiry of his contract with French club

Caen Caen (; ; ) is a Communes of France, commune inland from the northwestern coast of France. It is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Calvados (department), Calvados. The city proper has 105,512 inha ...

to join English side

Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club ( ), commonly referred to as Wolves, is a professional association football, football club based in Wolverhampton, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football league s ...

in July 2015, agreeing a two-year deal (with the option of a third year). He made his club debut on 25 August 2015 in a League Cup win over

Barnet Barnet may refer to: People *Barnet (surname) *Barnet (given name) Places United Kingdom *Chipping Barnet or High Barnet, commonly known as Barnet, one of three focal towns of the borough below. *East Barnet, a district of the borough below; anc ...

. On 31 January 2017, he joined Bury on loan until the end of the season. 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 Nuno Herlander Simões Espírito Santo (born 25 January 1974), known as Nuno Espírito Santo or simply Nuno, is a Portuguese-São Toméan Manager (association football), football manager and former Football player, player who played as a Goalkee ...

in pre-season before the 2017–18 campaign and played the full 90 minutes of a 2–0

EFL Cup The English Football League Cup, often referred to as the League Cup and currently known as the Carabao Cup for sponsorship reasons, is an annual Single-elimination tournament, knockout competition in men's domestic football in England. Orga ...

win at

Premier League The Premier League is a professional association football league in England and the highest level of the English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Football Lea ...

side

Southampton Southampton is a port City status in the United Kingdom, city and unitary authority in Hampshire, England. It is located approximately southwest of London, west of Portsmouth, and southeast of Salisbury. Southampton had a population of 253, ...

. He also came on as a substitute during Wolves' 2–1

Championship In sport, a championship is a competition in which the aim is to decide which individual or team is the champion. Championship systems Various forms of competition can be referred to by the term championship. Title match system In this sys ...

victory against

Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest Football Club is a professional association football club based in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football league system, English football. Founde ...

in September 2017, en route to winning promotion as champions. On 3 January 2018, he agreed to join

Portsmouth Portsmouth ( ) is a port city status in the United Kingdom, city and unitary authority in Hampshire, England. Most of Portsmouth is located on Portsea Island, off the south coast of England in the Solent, making Portsmouth the only city in En ...

on loan until the end of the season where he reunited with former Wolves manager

Kenny Jackett Kenneth Francis Jackett (born 5 January 1962) is an English football manager and former player who played for Watford. He was most recently director of football at club Gillingham. A skilful left-footed player, able to play in defence or midf ...

. 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 In the sport of association football, a defender is an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield player whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Defenders fall into four main categ ...

but

centre-back In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Defenders fall into four main categories: centre-backs, full-backs, sweepers ...

as he is a player with "power" and "athleticism". Deslandes was supposedly loaned out again for the 2019–20 season to

Bulgaria Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west of the Black Sea. Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey t ...

n side

Lokomotiv Plovdiv PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv (), commonly known as Loko Plovdiv, is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Plovdiv. Lokomotiv's home ground is the Stadion Lokomotiv (Plovdiv), Lokomotiv Stadium which is situated in Lauta Park and ha ...

with fellow Wolves player Jordan Graham on a season-long loan. 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 Arges or Argeș may refer to: Places and jurisdictions Romania * Argeș County, a county in Muntenia, with its capital at Pitești * Argeș Region, an administrative division from 1950 to 1952 * Argeș River, which flows through the Southern ...

. On 15 July 2021, Deslandes signed a two-year contract with Hungarian club

Debreceni VSC Debreceni Vasutas Sport Club is a Hungarian professional football club based in Debrecen that competes in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, the first tier of Hungarian football. They are best known internationally for reaching the group stages of the U ...

containing a possible one-year extension. On 28 September 2023,

Azerbaijan Premier League The Azerbaijan Premier League (), also known as Misli Premyer Liqası for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Azerbaijan and the highest level of the Azerbaijani football league system. It is contested by twelve ...

club Sabail announced the signing of Deslandes.

Career statistics

Club

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Deslandes, Sylvain 1997 births Living people Naturalized citizens of France French sportspeople of Cameroonian descent Cameroonian men's footballers French men's footballers Men's association football fullbacks France men's youth international footballers Championnat National players Liga II players English Football League players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Azerbaijan Premier League players Cypriot First Division players Stade Malherbe Caen players Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. players Bury F.C. players Portsmouth F.C. players FC Jumilla players FC Argeș Pitești players Debreceni VSC players Sabail FK players PAC Omonia 29M players Cameroonian expatriate men's footballers French expatriate men's footballers Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in England French expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate men's footballers in England Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Romania French expatriate sportspeople in Romania Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary French expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Azerbaijan French expatriate sportspeople in Azerbaijan Expatriate men's footballers in Azerbaijan Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus French expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus 21st-century French sportsmen Sportspeople from West Region (Cameroon)