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Full name | Sekou Gassama Cissokho | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 6 May 1995 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Granollers, Spain | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
2003–2004 | Atlético Vallés | ||||||||||||||||
2004–2007 | Barcelona | ||||||||||||||||
2007–2010 | Atlético Vallés | ||||||||||||||||
2010–2013 | Damm | ||||||||||||||||
2013–2014 | Almería | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2013–2014 | Almería B | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2014–2015 | Valladolid B | 7 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
2015 | Rayo Vallecano B | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2015–2016 | Bergantiños | 6 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2016 | Badalona | 16 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | Sant Andreu | 33 | (12) | ||||||||||||||
2017–2018 | Almería B | 23 | (15) | ||||||||||||||
2018–2020 | Almería | 25 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
2019 | → Valencia B (loan) | 8 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
2020–2023 | Valladolid | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2020 | → Fuenlabrada (loan) | 9 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
2020–2021 | → Fuenlabrada (loan) | 9 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
2021–2022 | → Málaga (loan) | 9 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2022–2023 | → Racing Santander (loan) | 16 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2023–2024 | Anorthosis Famagusta | 26 | (9) | ||||||||||||||
2024–2025 | USM Alger | 9 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
2025 | Eldense | 11 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||
Senegal U20 | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20 June 2025 |
Sekou Gassama Cissokho (born 6 May 1995) is a footballer who plays as a forward. Born in Spain, he represented Senegal at under-20 international level.
Born in Granollers, Barcelona, Catalonia, Gassama started his career at FC Barcelona's youth setup, as a central defender. [1] He finished his formation with UD Almería, [2] and made his senior debut with the reserves on 13 October 2013, coming on as a half-time substitute in a 0–3 Segunda División B home loss against La Roda CF.
On 14 July 2014, Gassama signed a three-year contract with Real Valladolid, being assigned to the B-team also in the third division. [3] The following 26 January he terminated his contract and joined another reserve team, Rayo Vallecano B in the same category. [4]
Gassama continued to appear in the third and fourth tiers in the following years, representing Bergantiños CF, [5] CF Badalona, [6] UE Sant Andreu [7] and Almería B. [8] With the latter he achieved promotion to the third division by netting a career-best 21 goals, six only in the play-offs.
Gassama was definitely promoted to Almería's main squad in Segunda División ahead of the 2018–19 campaign, [9] and made his professional debut on 17 August, starting in a 0–1 away loss against Cádiz CF. [10] His first professional goal came on 11 September, as he scored the equalizer in a 2–1 away defeat of Málaga CF for the season's Copa del Rey. [11]
On 1 November 2018, Gassama scored a late brace in a 3–3 home draw against Villarreal CF also for the national cup. The following 31 January, he moved to third division side Valencia CF Mestalla on loan until June. [12]
Gassama returned to the Rojiblancos for the 2019–20 season, being a first-choice under Pedro Emanuel and scoring a brace in his first match of the campaign, a 3–0 home defeat of Albacete Balompié. [13] However, he lost space after the arrival of Darwin Núñez and Juan Muñoz, being demoted to a backup option by new manager Guti.
On 28 January 2020, Gassama signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with La Liga side Real Valladolid, being immediately loaned to CF Fuenlabrada until June. [14] On 1 October, he was again loaned to Fuenla for the 2020–21 campaign, [15] but spent most of the season nursing foot and knee injuries. [16]
On 28 August 2021, Gassama moved to fellow second division side Málaga CF on loan for the 2021–22 season. [17] Roughly one year later, he moved to Racing de Santander in the same category, also on a one-year loan deal. [18]
On 1 July 2023, Gassama terminated his contract with Valladolid. [19] Following his departure, he joined Cypriot First Division club Anorthosis Famagusta on a two-year deal. [20]
On 3 February 2025, after a six-month spell at USM Alger, Gassama returned to Spain and its second division, after signing a six-month contract with CD Eldense. [21]
Gassama's siblings Mamadou and Kaba are handball players. [22]