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Sylvain Boris Nabil Deslandes (born 25 April 1997) is a professional
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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
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to join English side
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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
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. 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
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in pre-season before the 2017–18 campaign and played the full 90 minutes of a 2–0
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win at
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side
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. He also came on as a substitute during Wolves' 2–1
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victory against
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in September 2017, en route to winning promotion as champions. On 3 January 2018, he agreed to join
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on loan until the end of the season where he reunited with former Wolves manager
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. 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
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but
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as he is a player with "power" and "athleticism". Deslandes was supposedly loaned out again for the 2019–20 season to
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n side
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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
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. On 15 July 2021, Deslandes signed a two-year contract with Hungarian club
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containing a possible one-year extension. On 28 September 2023,
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club Sabail announced the signing of Deslandes.


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* * * {{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)