Kalifa Cissé

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Kalifa Cissé
Personal information
Date of birth	9 January 1984 (1984-01-09) (age 24)
Place of birth	Dreux, France
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.86 m)
Playing position	Midfielder/Centre back
Club information
Current club	Reading
Number	4
Youth clubs
2003–2004	Toulouse
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2004–2005 2005–2007 2007–	GD Estoril Boavista Reading	06 0(0) 40 (10) 22 0(1)
National team2
2003 2008–	Mali U20 Mali	00 0(0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:43, 14 May 2008 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 23:40, 20 March 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Kalifa Cissé (born 9 January 1984 in Dreux, France) is a professional football midfielder and centre back with Reading in the Premier League.

Contents 1 Club career 2 International career 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Club career

Cissé started his career as a trainee at French club Toulouse, and moved on to Portuguese club GD Estoril. It was there that he caught the attention of Portuguese Liga club Boavista, for whom he signed in 2005.

His performances in the top division of Portuguese football alerted Reading to his potential and on 16 May 2007, he sealed a move on a three-year contract, for a fee of just under €1 million.^[1]

He was sent off after receiving two yellow cards in his Premier League debut for Reading against Chelsea on 15 August 2007,^[2] and had to wait until 29 December 2007 before he scored his first goal for his new club, in a 6-4 defeat to Tottenham Hotspur.^[3]

[edit] International career

Although born in France, Cissé played for the Mali U20 team in the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship.^{[citation needed]} He received his first call up to the Mali senior team on 20 March 2008; he will be in the squad that face France A on 26 March 2008.^[4]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Kalifa Cissé profile at readingfc.co.uk
• Kalifa Cissé career stats at Soccerbase
• Kalifa Cissé FIFA competition record

v • d • e Reading F.C. – current squad 1 Hahnemann • 2 Murty • 3 Shorey • 4 Cissé • 5 Sonko • 6 Gunnarsson • 7 Little • 8 Lita • 9 Doyle • 10 Hunt • 12 Kitson • 15 Harper • 16 Ingimarsson • 17 Convey • 18 Sodje • 19 Rosenior • 20 Faé • 22 Bikey • 24 Long • 25 Bennett • 26 Osano • 28 Matějovský • 29 Duberry • 30 Kébé • 32 Federici • 33 Golbourne • 34 Henry • 35 Pearce • 36 Andersen • 39 Church • 40 Karacan • 41 Hamer • 42 Bozanic • 43 Illugason • 44 Davies • Manager: Coppell

Persondata
NAME	Cissé, Kalifa
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	9 January 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dreux, France
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH