| Silas Gnaka | |
| Birth Date: | 18 December 1998 |
| Birth Place: | Ouragahio, Ivory Coast |
| Height: | 1.79 m |
| Currentclub: | Magdeburg |
| Clubnumber: | 25 |
| Position: | Left back |
| Youthclubs1: | Aspire Academy |
| Youthclubs2: | Eupen |
| Years1: | 2017–2022 |
| Clubs1: | Eupen |
| Caps1: | 63 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2022– |
| Clubs2: | Magdeburg |
| Caps2: | 64 |
| Goals2: | 4 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2019 |
| Nationalteam1: | Ivory Coast U23 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 5 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 22 May 2024 |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 05:05, 3 May 2022 (UTC) |
Silas Gnaka (born 18 December 1998) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as left-back for German club Magdeburg.
A product of Aspire Academy in Senegal, Gnaka signed a professional football contract with Belgian club Eupen in January 2017.[1] [2] He became a regular left-sided defender for the club under manager Claude Makélélé.[3]
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.[4] [5]
In 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.[6] [7] He was named in the squad for the Africa U-23 Cup of Nations finals, which took place in November 2019 in Egypt.[8] 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.[9]
In 2021, Gnaka was named in the Ivory Coast squad for the Olympic football tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[10] He did not make an appearance during the competition, while the team got eliminated in the quarter-final against Spain.
Ivory Coast U23