Édouard Cissé

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Édouard Cissé
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Cissé with Marseille in 2010
Personal information
Full name Édouard Léopold Cissé [1]
Date of birth (1978-03-30) 30 March 1978 (age 47) [2]
Place of birth Pau, France
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) [2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1986–1994 AS Billère
1994–1996 Pau
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1996–1997 Pau FC 17 (0)
1997–2007 Paris Saint-Germain 186 (8)
1998–1999 → Rennes (loan) 28 (2)
2002–2003 → West Ham United (loan) 25 (1)
2003–2004 → Monaco (loan) 31 (1)
2007–2009 Beşiktaş 54 (2)
2009–2011 Marseille 55 (1)
2011–2012 Auxerre 28 (2)
Total424(17)
International career
1997 France U-20 1 (0 [3] )
1998–1999 France U-21 14 (1 [3] )
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Édouard Léopold Cissé (born 30 March 1978) is a French former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

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Early life

Cisse (right) with Guy Gnabouyou EdouardCisse.jpg
Cissé (right) with Guy Gnabouyou

Cissé was born in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques in southwest France. [2]

Club career

Cissé made his breakthrough at his boyhood club Pau FC in 1997.

Cissé previously played for Monaco in France and West Ham United [4] in the English Premiership (where he scored once against Charlton Athletic) [5] and Paris Saint-Germain. On 28 June 2007, it was confirmed that Cissé had signed a two-year contract (with an option of a third) with Beşiktaş of Turkey for a fee of €1.5 million per annum. He played well with Fabian Ernst and left the club on 3 June 2009 to sign with Olympique de Marseille. On 18 August 2011, he joined Auxerre on a two-year contract. After two years at the club he left in 2013.

International career

Cissé played for the France under-20 and under-21 teams. Having Senegalese ancestry, he became eligible to play for the Senegal national team in 2009 after a change in FIFA regulations. He was called up to friendly match against South Korea, but rejected the call saying that he would rather clarify some points, [6] [7] having not been called up again.

Honours

Paris Saint-Germain

Monaco

Besiktas

Marseille

References

  1. ↑ "Edouard Leopold Cisse". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 "Edouard Cissé". L'Équipe (in French). Paris. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  3. 1 2 "France – U-21 – International Results – Details". RSSSF . Retrieved 4 November 2011.
  4. ↑ "Hammers snap up Cisse". BBC. 6 August 2002. Retrieved 10 August 2009.
  5. ↑ "Charlton add to Hammers misery". BBC. 11 February 2003. Retrieved 5 November 2009.
  6. ↑ "Edouard Cissé, International franco-sénégalais: " l'Envie de jouer pour le Sénégal est là"".
  7. ↑ "RFI - Edouard Cissé : " l'Envie de jouer pour le Sénégal est là "".
  8. ↑ "Brescia, sogno finito il Psg va in Uefa". Repubblica.it. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  9. ↑ "MARSEILLE – BORDEAUX : LES COMPOS, LAURENT BLANC MET SON ÉQUIPE TYPE". rmcsport.bfmtv.com. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  10. ↑ "COUPE DE LA LIGUE FINALE". eurosport.fr. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  11. ↑ "Résultat et résumé Marseille – Paris-SG, Trophée des Champions, Trophée des Champions, Mercredi 28 Juillet 2010". lequipe.fr. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  12. ↑ "Résultat et résumé Lille – Marseille, Trophée des Champions, Trophée des Champions, Mercredi 27 Juillet 2011". lequipe.fr. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
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