Sekou Cissé

Sekou Cissé
Personal information
Full name	Sekou Cissé
Date of birth	23 May 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth	Dabou, Ivory Coast
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Anorthosis Famagusta
Number	24
Youth career
	FC Bibo
Senior career*
Years	Team
2004–2009	Roda JC
2009–2014	Feyenoord
2014–2015	Genk
2015–2016	Sochaux
2016–2017	Gazélec Ajaccio
2017–	Anorthosis Famagusta
International career‡
2008	Ivory Coast U23
2008–	Ivory Coast
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:21, 8 July 2018 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 February 2012

Sekou Cissé (born 23 May 1985) is an Ivorian football striker, who currently plays for Anorthosis Famagusta in the Cypriot First Division.

Career

Cissé began his career in his home country, but moved to the Netherlands in 2004 under the advice of fellow international Arouna Koné, who was playing for Roda at the time. Following the departure of Koné to Eindhoven in 2005, Cissé had a larger role in the Roda team and was noted for his speed.

In 2006, it was reported that Louis van Gaal, coach of fellow Eredivisie side AZ Alkmaar, was interested in signing him, as part of an exchange deal with Adil Ramzi. Roda, however, refused to negotiate, stating that they wanted to keep him in their team.

In the season 2008–09, Cissé started to become a very influential part of the Roda JC-team. His performance attracted the attention of other clubs and he was soon linked to clubs like Feyenoord, Eindhoven and Twente. It was made known on June 30, 2009, that Cissé would leave Roda, to join one of the major clubs in the Eredivisie, Feyenoord. On July 5, 2009, the transfer was officially announced on the website of Feyenoord, after he passed a medical test. It was announced that Cissé would sign a five-year contract with Feyenoord.^[1] After suffering many injuries and because of a lack of prospect, Cissé and Feyenoord dissolved his contract on 3 January 2014.^[2] After a successful trial he signed a contract on January 13, 2014, at Genk.

International career

He was called up for the Ivory Coast preliminary squad for the 2008 African Cup of Nations competition to take place in Ghana.

He competed in the 2008 Toulon Tournament for the U-23 team, which placed third. Cissé was top scorer of the tournament with four goals.

Goals for Senior National Team

Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
June 1, 2008	Abidjan, Ivory Coast	Mozambique	1-0	Won	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
June 22, 2008	Abidjan, Ivory Coast	Botswana	1-0	Won	2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification
June 22, 2008	Abidjan, Ivory Coast	Botswana	4-0	Won	2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification

References

External links

Cissé linked with AZ Alkmaar^{[permanent dead link]}
Profile at Globesports.com
Sekou Cissé at ESPN FC
Cissé called up to Cote d'Ivoire squad
Roda JC Profile
Sekou Cissé at National-Football-Teams.com
Sekou Cissé – FIFA competition record (archived)

[1] Feyenoord verwelkomt Sekou Cissé (Feyenoord.nl)

[2] Wegen van Feyenoord en geflopte Cissé scheiden (Voetbalprimeur.nl) Archived 2014-01-03 at the Wayback Machine

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