Ibrahima Cissé

Guinean footballer
Ibrahima Cissé
Cissé with Ural Yekaterinburg in 2022
Personal information
Full name Ibrahima Cissé[1]
Date of birth (1994-02-28) 28 February 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Liège, Belgium[2]
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder, right back
Team information
Current team
 Ural Yekaterinburg
Number 44
Youth career
2005–2012 Standard Liège
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Standard Liège 34 (1)
2014–2016 Mechelen 48 (1)
2016–2017 Standard Liège 22 (0)
2017–2020 Fulham 9 (0)
2020–2022 Seraing 33 (0)
2022– Ural Yekaterinburg 34 (0)
International career‡
2010–2011 Belgium U17 14 (0)
2011 Belgium U18 2 (0)
2012 Belgium U19 3 (0)
2012–2015 Belgium U21 10 (0)
2018– Guinea 20 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 April 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:47, 9 September 2023 (UTC)

Ibrahima Cissé (born 28 February 1994) is a professional footballer who plays for Russian club Ural Yekaterinburg. Born in Belgium, Cissé represents the Guinea national football team internationally.

Career

Fulham

Fulham tried to sign Cissé from Belgium side Standard Liège in January 2017, but it took until 7 July 2017 that Fulham finally signed him for an undisclosed fee.[3][4] Cissé was released by mutual consent from Fulham on 1 February 2020.[5]

Ural Yekaterinburg

On 8 September 2022, Cissé signed with Ural Yekaterinburg in Russia.[6]

International career

Cissé was born in Belgium and is Guinean by descent. He was formerly a youth international for Belgium. However, he pledged his international allegiance to Guinea in March 2018.[7]

On 25 April 2018, Cissé accepted an invitation to represent the Guinea national football team.[8] He made his professional debut for Guinea in a 1–0 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification win over Central African Republic on 9 September 2018.[9]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 21 April 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Standard Liège 2011–12[10] Belgian Pro League 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 0 0
2012–13[11] Belgian Pro League 18 1 0 0 — — — 18 1
2013–14[10] Belgian Pro League 16 0 0 0 — 8[a] 0 — 24 0
Total 34 1 0 0 — 8 0 0 0 42 1
Mechelen 2014–15[10] Belgian Pro League 33 1 3 0 — — — 36 1
2015–16[10] Belgian Pro League 15 0 1 0 — — — 16 0
Total 48 1 4 0 — 0 0 0 0 52 1
Standard Liège 2016–17[10] Belgian Pro League 17 0 1 0 — 3[a] 1 6[b] 0 27 1
Fulham 2017–18[12] Championship 6 0 0 0 2 0 — 0 0 8 0
2018–19 Premier League 3 0 1 0 1 0 — 0 0 5 0
Total 9 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
Seraing 2020–21 Challenger Pro League 2 0 1 0 — — — 3 0
2021–22 Belgian Pro League 31 0 2 0 — — 2[c] 0 35 0
Total 33 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 38 0
Ural Yekaterinburg 2022–23 Russian Premier League 17 0 9 1 — — — 26 1
2023–24 Russian Premier League 16 0 3 0 — — — 19 0
Total 33 0 12 1 — — — 45 1
Career total 174 2 22 1 3 0 11 1 8 0 217 4
  1. ^ a b Appearances in the Europa League
  2. ^ Five appearances in the First Division A Europa League play-offs and one in the Belgian Super Cup
  3. ^ Two appearances in the First Division A relegation play-offs

International

As of matches played on 9 September 2023[13]
Guinea national team
Year Apps Goals
2018 2 1
2019 7 0
2021 3 0
2022 7 0
2023 1 0
Total 20 1

International goals

Scores and results list Guinea's goal tally first.[13]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 12 October 2018 Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry, Guinea  Rwanda 2–0 2–0 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

References

  1. ^ "Club list of registered players: As at 19th May 2018: Fulham" (PDF). English Football League. p. 16. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  2. ^ "Fifa approve Fulham's Ibrahima Cisse switch from Belgium to Guinea | Goal.com". www.goal.com.
  3. ^ Thomas, Lyall (7 January 2017). "Fulham hold talks with Standard Liege to sign Ibrahima Cisse". Sky Sports. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Cisse Signs". Fulham Football Club. 7 July 2017. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  5. ^ "Cisse Departs". www.fulhamfc.com.
  6. ^ ""Урал" подписал контракт с игроком сборной Гвинеи Ибраима Сиссе" (in Russian). FC Ural Yekaterinburg. 8 September 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  7. ^ "Trio of young players pledges allegiance to Guinea". 29 March 2018 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  8. ^ "Guinée : après Seka, 3 nouveaux binationaux disent oui - Afrik-foot.com : l'actualité du football africain". www.afrik-foot.com.
  9. ^ "Guinea - Central African Republic 09/09/2018". www.cafonline.com.
  10. ^ a b c d e Ibrahima Cissé at Soccerway. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  11. ^ "Games played by Ibrahima Cissé in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  12. ^ "Games played by Ibrahima Cissé in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  13. ^ a b "Ibrahima Cissé". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 17 October 2018.

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