Seydouba Cissé (born 10 February 2001) is a Guinean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Spanish club Leganés and the Guinea national team.
 Cissé with Guinea in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 10 February 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Dabola, Guinea | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Leganés | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| FC Attouga | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020 | Leganés C | 6 | (0) |
| 2020–2022 | Leganés B | 23 | (1) |
| 2021– | Leganés | 148 | (14) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017 | Guinea U17 | 7 | (0) |
| 2022– | Guinea | 19 | (2) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 9 June 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 11:32, 9 March 2025 (UTC) | |||
Club career
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Born in Dabola, Cissé began his career at local side FC Attouga, and had failed trials at Anderlecht, Odense Boldklub and Vejle BK.[2] On 16 January 2020, he joined Leganés,[3] being initially assigned to the C-team in the regional leagues.[4]
Ahead of the 2020–21 season, Cissé was promoted to the reserves in Tercera División.[5] He made his first team debut on 10 September 2021, coming on as a late substitute for fellow youth graduate Naim García in a 2–1 Segunda División away loss against Sporting de Gijón.[6]
Cissé scored his first professional goal on 11 February 2022, netting the opener in a 2–1 home win over Real Zaragoza.[7] Thirteen days later, he renewed his contract until 2026.[8]
International career
editCissé was called up to the Guinea national team for a set of 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches in June 2022.[9] He made his debut with Guinea on 5 June 2022 he did it in a 1–0 defeat against Egypt.[10]
Career statistics
editClub
edit- As of match played 16 January 2023 [11]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Leganés | 2021–22 | Segunda División | 20 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 3 | ||
| 2022–23 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 40 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 5 | ||
| Career total | 40 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 5 | ||
International
edit- As of match played 9 March 2025[12]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guinea | 2022 | 3 | 0 |
| 2023 | 8 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 8 | 1 | |
| Total | 19 | 2 | |
- Scores and results list Guinea's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Cissé goal.[12]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17 November 2023 | Stade Municipal de Berkane, Berkane, Morocco |  Uganda | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 2 | 12 October 2024 | Alassane Ouattara Stadium, Abidjan, Ivory Coast |  Ethiopia | 4–0 | 4–1 | 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
Honours
editLeganés
References
edit- ↑ "Seydouba Cissé" (in Spanish). CD Leganés. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
- ↑ "Reserveholdstruppen mod SønderjyskE" [The reserve team squad against SønderjyskE] (in Danish). Vejle BK. 24 February 2019. Archived from the original on 18 September 2019. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
- ↑ "SEYDOUBA CISSÉ, jeune espoir du football guinéen signé à Leganès!" [SEYDOUBA CISSÉ, the young hope of Guinean football signs for Leganés!] (in French). DDQAT. 16 January 2020. Archived from the original on 3 February 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
- ↑ "" C'est un jour mémorable " : Seydouba Cissé heureux de découvrir le Syli National". 10 March 2022.
- ↑ "Arranca el filial de Carlos Martínez con muchas caras nuevas" [The reserve team of Carlos Martínez start with a lot of new faces] (in Spanish). Somos Lega. 14 October 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
- ↑ "El Sporting ganó, convenció, sufrió y se mantiene como líder" [Sporting won, convinced, suffered and remain as leader] (in Spanish). Marca. 10 September 2021. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
- ↑ "Seydouba Cissé, un 'inconsciente' para resucitar la ilusión del Leganés" [Seydouba Cissé, an 'unconscious' to recover the hopes of Leganés] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 12 February 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
- ↑ "C.D. Leganés and Seydouba Cissé, together until 2026". CD Leganés. 24 February 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
- ↑ "Cissé reconvocado por primera vez con la selección de Guinea" (in Spanish). As. 18 May 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
- ↑ "Egypt vs. Guinea - 5 June 2022". Retrieved 24 January 2023.
- ↑ "Seydouba Cissé". Soccerway.
- 1 2 Seydouba Cissé at National-Football-Teams.com
External links
edit- Seydouba Cissé at BDFutbol
- Seydouba Cissé at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)
- Seydouba Cissé at Soccerway