Pape Abou Cissé

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

Pape Abou Cissé
Personal information
Full name Pape Abou Cissé
Date of birth (1995-09-14) 14 September 1995
Place of birth Pikine, Senegal
Height 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Saint-Étienne (on loan from Olympiacos)
Number 6
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 61 (5)
2021– → Saint-Étienne (loan) 2 (0)
National team‡
2015 Senegal U20 2 (0)
2018– Senegal 4 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:00, 3 February 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:34, 9 October 2020 (UTC)

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. 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]

International career

Cissé represented the Senegal U20s at the 2015 African U-20 Championship in 2015.[11]

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.[12] He made his senior debut on 13 October 2018, in another qualifier at home to Sudan, and scored the only goal of the match.[13]

Career statistics
As of match played 24 January 2021[4][14]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[lower-alpha 1] League Cup[lower-alpha 2] Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Ajaccio 2014–15 Ligue 2 900000—90
2015–16 3201020—350
2016–17 3010010—311
Total 7111030—751
Olympiacos 2017–18 Super League Greece 17440—00214
2018–19 19120—8[lower-alpha 3]1292
2019–20 13062—41233
2020–21 12 0 1 1 — 6 0 19 1
Total 615133—1829210
Career total 13261333018216611
  1. Includes Coupe de France, Greek Football Cup
  2. Includes Coupe de la Ligue
  3. Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International
As of matches played on 9 October 2020[13]
Senegal
YearAppsGoals
201821
201910
202010
Total41

International goals
Scores and results list Senegal's goal tally first.[13]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.13 October 2018Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar, Senegal Sudan1–03–02019 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. "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. Okeleji, Oluwashina (29 May 2015). "Under-20 World Cup: African sides ready for challenge". bbc.com. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  12. "CAN 2019: le Sénégal avec 5 nouveaux contre Madagascar". afrik-foot.com (in French). 24 August 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  13. "Pape Abou Cissé". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  14. For Superleague Greece matches: "Pape Abou Cisse: Player statistics". Superleague Greece. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  15. Rose, Gary (19 July 2019). "Senegal 0–1 Algeria". BBC Sport. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
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