Almamy Saïdou Sylla
Guinea Football Development & Strategic Partnerships
Guinean entrepreneur, hospitality executive and football administrator combining club leadership, infrastructure investment and youth development.
Experience that strengthens the network.
Entrepreneur, football administrator and founder of SOAR Academy, combining club leadership, business infrastructure and youth development investment in Guinea.
Core expertise
- Football governance
- Academy and club leadership
- Hospitality infrastructure
- Strategic partnerships
- Guinea football networks
- Youth pathway investment
What Almamy brings to NEXTGEN
- Provides senior football governance and club management perspective in Guinea.
- Adds real infrastructure, hospitality, logistics and executive relationships, to development projects.
- Strengthens NEXTGEN’s institutional credibility and local operating capacity in Guinea.
- Brings business discipline to partnerships, programme sustainability and football network expansion.
Business & education background
Combines formal business education with long term executive experience in Guinea.
- Studied Business Administration and Management at Washington State University in the United States.
- Managed Hotel Mariador Palace for more than a decade before moving into a broader ownership role across Les Hôtels Mariador.
Football leadership
Has operated within Guinean football governance and club structures for many years.
- President of Satellite FC from 2010 to 2018.
- Founder/president of SOAR Academy from 2019 after the transformation of Club Olympique de Coyah.
- SOAR finished as Guinean league runners up in 2022 and has competed in the CAF Confederation Cup.
- Has participated actively in discussions and campaigns around leadership and structural reform in Guinean football.
Infrastructure for football development
Uses commercial infrastructure to support visiting football stakeholders and development programmes.
- The Mariador hospitality platform has been used to host scouts, technical directors and football delegations.
- His model connects business resources directly to reducing logistical barriers in player development.
NEXTGEN & international pathway strategy
Supports the development of international football pathways from Guinea into wider markets.
- A NEXTGEN development alliance with SOAR Academy was established in 2026.
- Supports lodging, logistics and operational infrastructure around Africa NEXTGEN activity.
- Builds technical relationships spanning Europe and other international football markets.
Public contact & social links
Advisors provide expertise and introductions but do not have decision making authority. Unless appointed in writing to another role, they are not trustees, employees, football agents or representatives authorised to bind NEXTGEN.