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Pape Abou Cissé
Personal information
Full name Pape Abou Cissé
Date of birth (1995-09-14) 14 September 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Pikine, Senegal
Height 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
 Olympiacos
Number 66
Youth career
2012–2014 AS Pikine
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 AS Pikine 4 (0)
2014–2017 Ajaccio 71 (1)
2017– Olympiacos 76 (9)
2021 → Saint-Étienne (loan) 14 (0)
International career‡
2015 Senegal U20 2 (0)
2018– Senegal 7 (1)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Senegal
Men's football
Africa Cup of Nations
Runner-up 2019 Egypt
African U-20 Championship
Silver medal – second place 2015 Senegal
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:55, 19 December 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:45, 10 January 2022 (UTC)

Pape Abou Cissé (born 14 September 1995) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Greek Super League club Olympiacos and the Senegal national team. He began his career in Senegal with AS Pikine and then played for French Ligue 2 club Ajaccio.

Club career

A youth international for Senegal, he is a youth product of AS Pikine.[1] After a trial, Cissé joined Ajaccio in early 2015 as a trainee professional.[2] He made his professional debut in a Ligue 2 draw against Valenciennes in April 2015, playing the entire game.[3] He went on to make 71 appearances in the French second tier.[4]

In 2017, he joined Olympiacos as a pre-contract signing.[citation needed] On 14 October 2017, he scored his first goal with Olympiacos, after an assist from Kostas Fortounis in a 4–3 away win against Panionios.[5] Benfica were reportedly interested in signing the player in the January 2018 transfer window.[6]

Cissé scored an injury-time equaliser for Olympiacos against Panathiniakos in the first derby of the 2018–19 Superleague Greece season.[7] He was included in UEFA's Europa League Breakthrough Team for 2018: the citation described him as having a "towering presence in the Olympiacos back line, allied to deceptive pace and a great awareness [and] also a threat from set pieces."[8] On 12 February 2020, Pape Abou Cisse scored a quick-fire double to quash Lamia’s stubborn challenge and secure Olympiacos’ qualification for the Greek Cup semi-finals, in a thrilling 3–2 home win game.[9] On 27 February 2020, scored with a stooping header from a corner-kick, when French international Mathieu Valbuena curling over a dangerous delivery into the heart of the Arsenal's penalty area in a glorious 2–1 away win in London for the Europa League Round of 32, 2nd leg. He has been included in the UEFA Europa League Team of the Week.[10]

On 30 January 2021, Senegalese international defender Pape Cissé will be loaned by Olympiakos to Saint-Étienne with an option to buy. The former player of AS Pikine has the opportunity to bounce back in a historic French club which can keep him against €13 million. [11]

On 19 August 2021, he scored after Aguibou Camara did not manage to beat the goalkeeper of Slovan, sealing a thriumphic 3-0 home win 2021–22 UEFA Europa League playoffs 1st round game against ŠK Slovan Bratislava. [12] On 4 December 2021, with two goals by Cisse (24 ', 49') Olympiakos defeated OFI in Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium, sealing a vital away win in his club effort to win the championship. [13] On 12 December 2021, he was the only scorer after Rony Lopes's assist in a 1-0 home win game against Aris F.C. [14]

International career

Cissé represented the Senegal U20s at the 2015 African U-20 Championship in 2015.[15]

On 24 August 2018, he received his first senior call-up, for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier match against Madagascar on 9 September 2018.[16] He made his senior debut on 13 October 2018, in another qualifier at home to Sudan, and scored the only goal of the match.[17]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 19 December 2021[4][18]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Ajaccio 2014–15 Ligue 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 — 9 0
2015–16 32 0 1 0 2 0 — 35 0
2016–17 30 1 0 0 1 0 — 31 1
Total 71 1 1 0 3 0 — 75 1
Olympiacos 2017–18 Super League Greece 17 4 4 0 — 0 0 21 4
2018–19 19 1 2 0 — 8[a] 1 29 2
2019–20 13 0 6 2 — 4 1 23 3
2020–21 12 0 1 1 — 6 0 19 1
2021–22 15 4 1 0 — 11 1 27 5
Total 76 9 14 3 — 28 3 119 15
Saint-Étienne (Ioan) 2020–21 Ligue 1 14 0 1 0 0 0 — 15 0
Career total 161 10 16 3 3 0 28 3 208 16
  1. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

As of matches played on 14 November 2021[17]
Senegal
Year Apps Goals
2018 2 1
2019 1 0
2020 1 0
2021 2 0
Total 6 1
Scores and results list Senegal's goal tally first.[17]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 13 October 2018 Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar, Senegal  Sudan 1–0 3–0 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Honours

Club

Olympiacos

International

Senegal

References

  1. ^ "Informations sur le joueur – Pape Abou Cisse". ndamli.sn. Archived from the original on 1 June 2013. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  2. ^ "Pape Cissé stagiaire pro". AC Ajaccio (in French). 5 February 2015. Archived from the original on 13 March 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  3. ^ "Valenciennes FC vs. AC Ajaccio". Ligue de Football Professionnel (in French). 3 April 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  4. ^ a b "P. Cissé". Soccerway. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  5. ^ "Πανιώνιος–Ολυμπιακός 3–4". gazzetta.gr (in Greek). 14 October 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  6. ^ Butot, Aymeric (9 November 2017). "Un renfort sénégalais pour Benfica". dz.besoccer.com (in French). Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  7. ^ "Ολυμπιακός – Παναθηναϊκός 1–1: Ο Σισέ ισοφάρισε την γκολάρα του Κάτσε". sport24.gr (in Greek). 11 November 2018.
  8. ^ "Europa League breakthrough team of 2018". uefa.com. 2 January 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  9. ^ "Ολυμπιακός-Λαμία 3-2". www.onsports.gr. 12 February 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  10. ^ "Άρσεναλ - Ολυμπιακός 1-2: Ο Θρύλος της Ευρώπης". www.sport24.gr. 27 February 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  11. ^ "Pape Abou Cissé is loaned to the Greens". www.today24.news. 30 January 2021.
  12. ^ "Ολυμπιακός - Σλόβαν 3-0: Έκανε κράτηση στους ομίλους του Europa League με τριάρα". www.sport24.gr. 19 August 2021.
  13. ^ "ΟΦΗ – Ολυμπιακός 1-3: Διπλό με… Σισέ-ντερ φορ!". www.novasports.gr. 4 December 2021.
  14. ^ "ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΟΣ- ΑΡΗΣ 1-0". www.sport-fm.gr. 12 December 2021.
  15. ^ Okeleji, Oluwashina (29 May 2015). "Under-20 World Cup: African sides ready for challenge". bbc.com. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  16. ^ "CAN 2019: le Sénégal avec 5 nouveaux contre Madagascar". afrik-foot.com (in French). 24 August 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  17. ^ a b c "Pape Abou Cissé". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  18. ^ For Superleague Greece matches: "Pape Abou Cisse: Player statistics". Superleague Greece. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  19. ^ Rose, Gary (19 July 2019). "Senegal 0–1 Algeria". BBC Sport. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
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