Aliou Cissé
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Aliou Cissé | |
| Date of birth | March 24, 1976 | |
| Place of birth | Ziguinchor, Senegal | |
| Height | 180 cm | |
| Playing position | Midfield/Full back | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Sedan | |
| Number | 25 | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1994-1997 1997-1998 1998-2001 2001-2002 2002-2004 2004 2004-2006 2006- |
Lille Sedan PSG Montpellier Birmingham City Crystal Palace (loan) Portsmouth Sedan |
6 (0) 0 (0) 43 (1) 17 (1) 36 (0) 0 (0) 23 (0) 3 (0) |
| National team2 | ||
| 1999- | Senegal | 28 (0) |
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Aliou Cissé (born March 24, 1976 in Ziguinchor) is a Senegalese football player. He has recently signed for a second spell at French Ligue 2 side CS Sedan on a free transfer, after being released by Portsmouth in England at the end of the 2005/06 season. Cisse is an aggressive defensive midfield player who can also play at full back.
He began his career with Lille OSC before moving onto CS Sedan and then Paris Saint-Germain. He also spent the majority of the 2001-02 season on loan at Montpellier Herault SC. In the summer of 2002 Cissé captained the Senegal national team which reached the quarter-finals of the 2002 World Cup, beating holders France en route.
Impressive performances for his country led to a transfer to English club Birmingham City for the 2002-03 season. Cissé made his debut at Arsenal on the opening day of the season, but was sent off. Though the sending-off was rescinded, he went on to pick up five yellow cards in six games, picking up ten yellow cards before the New Year.
Despite this poor discipline, Cissé was impressive for his club, until an injury in February ruled him out for the rest of the season. He was then late in returning to pre-season training in July 2003, leading to manager Steve Bruce placing him on the transfer list.
Cissé got himself back into the first team picture, but his relationship with Bruce continued to go sour, and after Christmas he only played three more games that season. At the end of the season he signed for Portsmouth for £300,000 on a two-year contract, beating off strong competition from Premiership rivals Bolton Wanderers.
In 2002, Cissé lost several members of his family in the MV Joola ferry disaster off the coast of Gambia.[1]
Aliou's first cousin, Ibrahima Cissé, has been making headlines of his own with his Fair Trade Cashew Company in Senegal. Following the advice of his cousin, and Olympic gold medallist Kelly Holmes, Aliou has been reportedly eating lots of cashews before suiting up to play.
His transfer from Birmingham City to Portsmouth in August 2004 is one of those about which the Stevens inquiry report in June 2007 expressed concerns:
“Agent Willie McKay acted for Portsmouth in the transfer of Cisse and, for the same reason as above” {still awaiting clarification) “the inquiry is not prepared to clear these transfers at this stage.”[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Blues fans open their hearts to Senegal's grieving captain. Guardian, The. Retrieved on 2 December, 2006.
- ^ "What Stevens said about each club", www.telegraph.co.uk, 2007-06-16. Retrieved on 2007-06-17.
[edit] External links
- (French) Aliou Cissé French league stats at lfp.fr
- Aliou Cissé career stats at Soccerbase
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