Édouard Léopold Cissé (born 30 March 1978) is a French former footballer who played as a midfielder.

Édouard Cissé
Cissé with Marseille in 2010
Personal information
Full name Édouard Léopold Cissé[1]
Date of birth (1978-03-30) 30 March 1978 (age 46)[2]
Place of birth Pau, France
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1986–1994 AS Billère
1994–1996 Pau
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–1997 Pau FC 17 (0)
1997–2007 Paris Saint-Germain 186 (8)
1998–1999Rennes (loan) 28 (2)
2002–2003West Ham United (loan) 25 (1)
2003–2004Monaco (loan) 31 (1)
2007–2009 Beşiktaş 54 (2)
2009–2011 Marseille 55 (1)
2011–2012 Auxerre 28 (2)
Total 424 (17)
International career
1997 France U-20 1 (0[3])
1998–1999 France U-21 14 (1[3])
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Early life edit

 
Édouard Cissé (right) with Guy Gnabouyou.

Cissé was born in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques in southwest France.[2]

Club career edit

Cissé made his breakthrough at his boyhood club Pau FC in 1997.

Cissé previously played for AS Monaco FC in France and West Ham[4] in the English Premiership (where he scored once against Charlton Athletic)[5] and Paris Saint-Germain. On 28 June 2007, it was confirmed that Cissé had signed a two-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 de Marseille. On 18 August 2011, he joined AJ Auxerre on a two-year contract. After two years at the club he left in 2013.

International career edit

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,[6][7] having not been called up again.

Honours edit

Paris Saint-Germain

Monaco

Besiktas

Marseille

References edit

  1. ^ "Edouard Leopold Cisse" (in Turkish). Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "Edouard Cissé". L'Équipe (in French). Paris. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  3. ^ a b "France – U-21 – International Results – Details". RSSSF. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
  4. ^ "Hammers snap up Cisse". BBC. 6 August 2002. Retrieved 10 August 2009.
  5. ^ "Charlton add to Hammers misery". BBC. 11 February 2003. Retrieved 5 November 2009.
  6. ^ "Edouard Cissé, International franco-sénégalais: " l'Envie de jouer pour le Sénégal est là"".
  7. ^ "RFI - Edouard Cissé : " l'Envie de jouer pour le Sénégal est là "".
  8. ^ "Brescia, sogno finito il Psg va in Uefa". Repubblica.it. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  9. ^ "MARSEILLE – BORDEAUX : LES COMPOS, LAURENT BLANC MET SON ÉQUIPE TYPE". rmcsport.bfmtv.com. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  10. ^ "COUPE DE LA LIGUE FINALE". eurosport.fr. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  11. ^ "Résultat et résumé Marseille – Paris-SG, Trophée des Champions, Trophée des Champions, Mercredi 28 Juillet 2010". lequipe.fr. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  12. ^ "Résultat et résumé Lille – Marseille, Trophée des Champions, Trophée des Champions, Mercredi 27 Juillet 2011". lequipe.fr. Retrieved 28 February 2021.

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