Édouard Cissé

Édouard Cissé

Cissé with Marseille
Personal information
Full name Édouard Souleymane Leopold Cissé
Date of birth (1978-03-30) March 30, 1978
Place of birth Pau, France
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–1997 Pau 17 (0)
1997–2007 Paris Saint-Germain 186 (8)
1998–1999 → Rennes (loan) 28 (2)
2002–2003 → West Ham United (loan) 25 (1)
2003–2004 → Monaco (loan) 31 (1)
2007–2009 Beşiktaş 54 (2)
2009–2011 Marseille 55 (1)
2011–2012 Auxerre 28 (2)
Total 424 (17)
National team
1997 France U-20 1 (0[1])
1998–1999 France U-21 14 (1[1])

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 July 2012.


Édouard Cissé (born 30 March 1978) is a French former football player of Senegalese descent whose last club was AJ Auxerre.

Early life

Édouard Cissé (right) with Guy Gnabouyou.

Cissé was born in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques in southwest France.

Club career

He is a midfielder. Cissé previously played for Monaco in France and West Ham[2] in the English Premiership (where he scored once against Charlton Athletic)[3] and Paris Saint-Germain. On 28 June 2007, it was confirmed that Cissé had signed a 2-year contract (with an option of a third) with Beşiktaş J.K. of Turkey for a fee of €1.5 million per annum. He played well with Fabian Ernst and left the club on 3 June 2009 to sign with Olympique Marseille. On 18 August 2011, he joined AJ Auxerreon a two-year contract. After two years at the club he left in 2013.

International career

Cissé played for the France under-20 and under-21 teams. Having Senegalese ancestry, he became eligible to play for the Senegal national football team in 2009 after a change in FIFA regulations. He was called up to friendly match against South Korea, but rejected the call saying that he would rather clarify some points,[4][5] having not been called up again.

Honours

Paris Saint-Germain
Monaco
Besiktas JK
Marseille

References


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