Youth career Born in the
commune of
Le Blanc-Mesnil in
Seine-Saint-Denis, as a youth, Sylvestre spent time at
Clairefontaine football academy until 2000,
Guingamp and then
Strasbourg.
Barcelona In 2005, he was signed by
La Liga side
Barcelona. Playing for
B teams he made just two league appearances for Barça. His debut came on 13 May 2006 as a 64th-minute substitute in a 3–2 away defeat to
Sevilla. His full debut, seven days later, was also his last appearance for the club, a 3–1 away defeat to
Athletic Bilbao.
Sparta Prague In 2006 Sylvestre moved to
Czech First League side
Sparta Prague. His debut came on 29 July 2006 in a 0–0 home draw with
Kladno. His European debut came on 14 September in a 2–0 win away to
Scottish Premier League side
Hearts in the
First round of the
2006–07 UEFA Cup. He went on to make a total on 19 appearances in the
2006–07 season as Sparta won the league. He started the
2007–08 season with Sparta Prague, making six appearances, before joining
Viktoria Plzeň on loan in early 2008. He scored on his debut, a 2–0 home win over
1 FC Brno. He went on to make a total of 14 appearances, scoring one goal for Viktoria Plzeň that season. Sylvestre made a total of 25 league appearances as well as eight appearances in the UEFA Cup for Sparta. His first goal came in the 2–0 home win over 1 FC Brno on 25 August. He made a total of 29 appearances in the
2008–09 season, scoring four goals as Mladá Boleslav finished 6th, just missing out on qualifying for the
2009–10 UEFA Europa League by two points. The
2009–10 season saw Sylvestre score seven goals in 27 appearances.
Blackpool On 8 August 2010, Mladá Boleslav stated on their official website that Sylvestre had travelled to England for a medical the following day with newly promoted
Premier League side
Blackpool and that he was due to sign a two-year contract with them. Three days later it was confirmed that Sylvestre had signed a two-year contract with an option of a further year with Blackpool. On 14 August he made his debut as a 59th-minute substitute as Blackpool marked their Premier League debut with a 4–0 win over
Wigan Athletic at the
DW Stadium. His full debut came on 21 August in the 6–0 defeat to
Arsenal at the
Emirates stadium in the club's second game of their
debut season in the Premier League. Three days later he scored his first goal for the
Tangerines in the
second round of the
2010–11 League Cup, a 4–3 defeat to
MK Dons at
Stadium MK.
Red Star In September 2016, Sylvestre joined
Ligue 2 club
Red Star, marking his return to his homeland after playing abroad for twelve years. He retired in summer 2018 having contributed 23 matches and 2 goals during the club's promotion from
Championnat National. ==Post-playing career==