![]() Cissoko with West Ham United in 2021 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | [1] | 10 April 1997||
Place of birth | Paris, France [2] | ||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | West Ham United | ||
Number | 23 | ||
Youth career | |||
2011–2012 | Solitaires Paris Est | ||
2012–2016 | Paris Saint-Germain | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015–2017 | Paris Saint-Germain | 7 | (0) |
2017–2018 | Marseille | 11 | (0) |
2018–2020 | Soyaux | 37 | (0) |
2020–2024 | West Ham United | 65 | (2) |
2024- | AS Roma (women) | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2015–2016 | France U19 | 19 | (0) |
2016 | France U20 | 7 | (0) |
2017–2019 | France U23 | 8 | (0) |
2017– | France | 9 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:00, 28 April 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:00, 18 February 2023 (UTC) |
Hawa Cissoko (born 10 April 1997) is a French professional footballer who plays as a defender for Women's Super League club West Ham United and the France national team. She also holds Malian citizenship. [3]
Cissoko was born in Paris on 10 April 1997. She is one of 15 children. [4] She began her football career as a 12 year old in when she joined FC Solitaire. She was then invited to joined Paris Saint-Germain youth team in 2012. [5]
Cissoko made her senior career debut for Paris Saint Germain during the 2014–15 season. She went on to join Olympique de Marseille in 2017. After a lone season with Marseille, she transferred to ASJ Soyaux in 2018. She joined West Ham United in July 2020. On 15 October 2022, she was involved in an on-field scuffle in which she struck an opposing player in a league match against Aston Villa. [6] She was subsequently banned for five matches as a result. [7] On 11 December 2022, Cissoko scored her first senior career goal in a 2–0 league win against Tottenham Hotspur. [8]
Cissoko scored the winning goal in the 2–1 home win against Arsenal in the 2023–24 season, coming from behind for West Ham's first ever victory over Arsenal in the Super League. [9]
Cissoko represented France at the 2016 FIFA U-20 World Cup. She has appeared twice for Les Bleues at senior level in 2017, both matches being friendly: on 18 September in a 1–1 draw against Spain and on 20 October 2017 in a 1–0 win against England.
By July 2020, after moving to England, Cissoko has expressed her desire to switch her international allegiance and play for Mali. [3]
Cissoko is a Muslim. She made the decision in January 2021 to wear the hijab, only removing it during matches. [10]
Club | Season | League | National cup [lower-alpha 1] | League cup [lower-alpha 2] | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Paris Saint-Germain | 2014–15 | D1 Féminine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | |
2015–16 | D1 Féminine | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 5 | 0 | ||
2016–17 | D1 Féminine | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 3 | 0 | ||
Total | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 9 | 0 | |||
Marseille | 2017–18 | D1 Féminine | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 13 | 0 | |
ASJ Soyaux | 2018–19 | D1 Féminine | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 23 | 0 | |
2019–20 | D1 Féminine | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 18 | 0 | ||
Total | 37 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | 41 | 0 | |||
West Ham United | 2020–21 | Women's Super League | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
2021–22 | Women's Super League | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 0 | |
2022–23 | Women's Super League | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 1 | |
2023–24 | Women's Super League | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 1 | |
Total | 57 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 72 | 2 | ||
Career total | 112 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 135 | 2 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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France | 2017 | 2 | 0 |
2021 | 2 | 0 | |
2022 | 3 | 0 | |
2023 | 2 | 0 | |
Total | 9 | 0 |
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I hope to get in touch with Femafoot as soon as possible to get the green light from FIFA. In all modesty, I think I can add something to the Malian team and I hope that everything will be sorted out as soon as possible.