Molobaly Sissoko

Malian football manager (1945–2019)
Molobaly Sissoko
Personal information
Date of birth (1945-01-01)1 January 1945
Place of birth Kati, Mali
Date of death 22 November 2019(2019-11-22) (aged 74)
Managerial career
Years Team
1984–1986 Stade Malien
1986–1989 Real Bamako
1989–1993 Mali
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 00:11, 26 March 2021 (UTC)

Molobaly "Molo" Sissoko (1 January 1945 – 22 November 2019) was a Malian football manager who managed Stade Malien, Real Bamako and the Mali national team.

Managerial career

Sissoko was a PE teacher from 1971 to 1972, before studying in Dakar to become a trainer. He helped train in France with FC Epinay and managed his town hall until 1979. In 1982, he returned to Mali and opened a football academy. In 1984, he was approached to manage the Malian club Stade Malien, and then Real Bamako. Altogether he won the Malian Cup three times. He became manager of the Mali national team, and after his stint in 1993 he was the technical director for the team.[1]

Death

Sissoko died of illness in his hometown Kati, Mali on 22 November 2019.[2]

References

  1. ^ Makadji, Mamadou. "Mali : Que sont-ils devenus : Molobaly Sissoko : Dieu, ma vie, le football !". Mali Actu (in French). Retrieved 27 Mar 2021.
  2. ^ "Disparition : Molobaly Sissoko, un homme passionne du coaching tire sa révérence". Bamada.net (in French). 27 Nov 2019. Retrieved 27 Mar 2021.
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