Édouard Léopold Cissé (born 30 March 1978) is a French former professional 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 48)[2]
Place of birth Pau, France
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Position 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

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Cissé (right) with Guy Gnabouyou

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

Club career

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

Cissé previously played for Monaco in France and West Ham United[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 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 Auxerre on a two-year contract. After two years at the club he left in 2013.

International career

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Cissé played for the France under-20 and under-21 teams. Having Senegalese ancestry, he became eligible to play for the Senegal national 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

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References

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