Ousseynou Cissé

Ousseynou Cissé (born 7 April 1991) is a French-born Malian professional footballer who plays for League Two club Leyton Orient.

Ousseynou Cissé
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-04-07) 7 April 1991
Place of birth Suresnes, France
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Leyton Orient
Number 4
Youth career
1997–2001 Jouy-le-Moutier
2001–2008 Paris Saint-Germain
2008–2009 Amiens
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2012 Amiens 36 (0)
2012–2015 Dijon 93 (5)
2015–2016 Rayo Vallecano 0 (0)
2016 → Waasland-Beveren (loan) 9 (1)
2016–2017 Tours 25 (1)
2017–2019 Milton Keynes Dons 58 (2)
2019–2020 Gillingham 2 (1)
2020 → Leyton Orient (loan) 10 (1)
2020– Leyton Orient 18 (0)
National team‡
2015–2016 Mali 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:16, 15 December 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:00, 29 July 2017 (UTC)

Mainly a defensive midfielder, he can also play as a central defender.

Early life

Cissé was born in Suresnes, France to a Malian father and a Senegalese mother.[1]

Club career

Amiens

Cissé joined Amiens' youth academy in 2007 aged 16, after a spell with Paris Saint-Germain.[2] He made his senior debuts in 2009, appearing with the side in Championnat National.

On 5 August 2011 Cissé played his first match as a professional, starting in a 0–1 away loss against Stade de Reims for the Ligue 2 championship.[3] He appeared in 19 matches during the campaign, as his side was relegated as dead last.

Dijon

On 19 July 2012, Cissé signed a two-year deal with Dijon, also in the second division.[4] On 7 March 2014 he scored his first professional goal, scoring the second in a 2–2 draw with AJ Auxerre.[5]

Rayo Vallecano

On 4 July 2015 Cissé moved abroad for the first time in his career, after agreeing to a three-year contract with La Liga side Rayo Vallecano.[6] Following limited first team opportunities, Cissé joined Belgian side Waasland-Beveren in January 2016 on loan until the end of the 2015–16 season, making twelve appearances for the club and scoring once.[7]

Tours

On 15 July 2016, after reaching an agreement with Rayo Vallecano to terminate his contract, Cissé joined Ligue 2 club Tours FC.[8] Over the following season, Cissé made a total of 26 appearances in all competitions, and scoring once before being released by the club.[9]

Milton Keynes Dons

On 29 June 2017, Cissé joined English League One club Milton Keynes Dons on a two-year deal.[10] On 6 January 2018, Cissé scored his first goal for the club, the winning goal in a 0–1, third round FA Cup victory over Queens Park Rangers.[11] On 11 August 2018, Cissé scored his first league goal, a 90th-minute winner, in a 1–0 home victory over Bury.[12] After two seasons in which he made 68 appearances in all competitions and scored 3 goals, Cissé announced on 11 May 2019 he would be leaving the club at the end of the 2018–19 season.[13]

Gillingham

On 24 June 2019, Cissé joined League One club Gillingham on a free transfer effective from 1 July 2019.[14] He made his debut for the club in their opening fixture of the 2019–20 season, a 1–1 draw away to Doncaster Rovers.[15] He scored his first and only goal for the club in the next league fixture as they were defeated 1–2 at home to Burton Albion.[16]

He signed for League Two side Leyton Orient on a six-month loan deal on 17 January 2020 and remained with the club until the curtailment of the season due to the Coronavirus outbreak.[17]

He was released by Gillingham at the conclusion of the 2019–20 season, having only made 5 appearances for the club in all competitions.[18]

Leyton Orient

On 16 July 2020 Cissé joined Leyton Orient on a permanent basis, signing a two-year contract.[19]

International career

Cissé was called up by Mali national team manager Alain Giresse for a friendly against Libya and a 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification match against South Sudan.[20] He made his international debut on 6 June 2015, in a 2–2 draw against the former.[21]

Career statistics

Club
As of 5 May 2019[22][23]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Amiens 2009–10 Championnat National 9000——90
2010–11 Championnat National 8010——90
2011–12 Ligue 2 19040——230
Total 36050——410
Dijon 2012–13 Ligue 2 24020——260
2013–14 Ligue 2 34451——395
2014–15 Ligue 2 35130——381
Total 935101——1036
Rayo Vallecano 2015–16 La Liga 0000——00
Waasland-Beveren (loan) 2015–16 Belgian Pro League 9130——121
Tours 2016–17 Ligue 2 25110——261
Milton Keynes Dons 2017–18 League One 320211010361
2018–19 League Two 262102030322
Total 582313040683
Gillingham 2019–20 League One 0000000000
Career total 2219222304024911

International
As of match played 27 May 2016[24]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Mali 201540
201610
Total50

Honours

Amiens

Milton Keynes Dons

References
  1. "CAN 2017 (Éliminatoires): une première pour Ousseynou Cissé" [CAN 2017 (qualifiers): a debut for Ousseynou Cissé] (in French). Mali Football. 28 May 2015. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  2. "Ousseynou Cisse, le début d'une belle aventure à l'Amiens SC" [Ousseynou Cisse, the debut of a great adventure at Amiens SC] (in French). Amiens' official website. 26 May 2010. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  3. "Stade de Reims 1–0 Amiens SC". Ligue 1. 5 August 2011. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  4. "L2 – Ousseynou Cissé (Amiens) signe à Dijon pour 2 ans" [L2 – Ousseynou Cissé (Amiens) signs with Dijon for 2 years] (in French). Made in Foot. 19 July 2012. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  5. "AJ Auxerre 2–2 Dijon FCO". Ligue 1. 7 March 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  6. "Ousseynou Cissé nuevo jugador del Rayo" [Ousseynou Cissé new player of Rayo] (in Spanish). Rayo's official website. 4 July 2015. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  7. El Rayo cede a Cissé al Waasland-Beveren belga. MARCA.com. Retrieved 1 March 2016 (in Spanish)
  8. "Le Tours FC se renforce (in French)". www.toursfc.fr. July 15, 2016. Archived from the original on July 28, 2017. Retrieved July 16, 2016.
  9. "Mali – O. Cissé". Soccerway. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  10. "Ousseynou Cisse: MK Dons sign Mali midfielder from Tours FC". BBC Sport. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  11. "Queens Park Rangers 0–1 MK Dons". BBC Sport. 6 January 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  12. "Milton Keynes Dons 1–0 Bury". BBC Sport. 11 August 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  13. "Ouss Cisse confirms MK Dons departure". Milton Keynes Citizen. 11 May 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  14. "Ousseynou Cisse: Gillingham sign former MK Dons midfielder". BBC Sport. 24 June 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  15. "Doncaster Rovers 1-1 Gillingham". BBC Sport. 2019-08-03. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
  16. "Gillingham 1-2 Burton Albion - Broadhead at double for Brewers". derbytelegraph. 2019-08-10. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
  17. "Ousseynou Cisse: Leyton Orient sign Gillingham midfielder on loan". BBC Sport. 17 January 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  18. "Gillingham release Ouss Cisse, Mark Byrne and Ben Pringle while Lee Hodson and Barry Fuller are free to look elsewhere". Kent Online. 11 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  19. "Leyton Orient sign former Gillingham midfielder Ouss Cisse". Kent Online. 17 July 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  20. "Petits nouveaux dans la tanière" [New kids in the den] (in French). France Football. 11 June 2015. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  21. "Amical: Le Mali et la Libye font match nul" [Friendly: Mali and Libya end up drawing] (in French). Africa Top Sports. 8 June 2015. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  22. "Ousseynou Cissé". Soccerbase. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  23. "Football: Ousseynou Cissé". FootballDatabase. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
  24. "Cissé, Ousseynou". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  25. "League Two: 2018/19: Current table". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
    "MK Dons: Squad details: 2018/19". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
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