Pape Abou Cissé

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Pape Abou Cissé
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Personal information
Full name Pape Abou Cissé
Date of birth (1995-09-14) 14 September 1995 (age 26)
Place of birth Pikine, Senegal
Height 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Club 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 100 (5)
2021 → Saint-Étienne (loan) 14 (0)
National team‡
2015 Senegal U20 2 (0)
2018– Senegal 4 (1)
Honours
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:10, 12 September 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:34, 26 March 2021 (UTC)

Pape Abou Cissé (born 14 September 1995) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Greek 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]

International career[]

Cissé represented the Senegal U20s at the 2015 African U-20 Championship in 2015.[13]

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.[14] He made his senior debut on 13 October 2018, in another qualifier at home to Sudan, and scored the only goal of the match.[15]

Career statistics[]

As of match played 26 August 2021[4][16]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[a] League Cup[b] 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[c] 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 1 0 0 0 — 7 1 8 1
Total 62 5 13 3 — 24 3 100 11
Saint-Étienne (Ioan) 2020–21 Ligue 1 14 0 1 0 0 0 — 15 0
Career total 147 6 14 3 3 0 24 3 188 12
  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[15]
Senegal
Year Apps Goals
2018 2 1
2019 1 0
2020 1 0
Total 4 1

International goals[]

Scores and results list Senegal's goal tally first.[15]
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. ^ Jump up to: 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. ^ Okeleji, Oluwashina (29 May 2015). "Under-20 World Cup: African sides ready for challenge". bbc.com. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  14. ^ "CAN 2019: le Sénégal avec 5 nouveaux contre Madagascar". afrik-foot.com (in French). 24 August 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  15. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Pape Abou Cissé". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  16. ^ For Superleague Greece matches: "Pape Abou Cisse: Player statistics". Superleague Greece. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  17. ^ Rose, Gary (19 July 2019). "Senegal 0–1 Algeria". BBC Sport. Retrieved 19 July 2019.

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