Ibrahima Cissé

Ibrahima Cissé (born 28 February 1994) is a professional footballer who plays for Seraing. Born in Belgium, Cissé represents the Guinea national football team internationally.

Ibrahima Cissé

Personal information
Full name	Ibrahima Cissé[1]
Date of birth	28 February 1994
Place of birth	Liège, Belgium[2]
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder, right back
Club information
Current team	Seraing
Youth career
2005–2012	Standard Liège
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–2014	Standard Liège	34	(1)
2014–2016	KV Mechelen	48	(1)
2016–2017	Standard Liège	17	(0)
2017–2020	Fulham	9	(0)
2020–	Seraing	0	(0)
National team^‡
2010–2011	Belgium U17	14	(0)
2011	Belgium U18	2	(0)
2012	Belgium U19	3	(0)
2012–2015	Belgium U21	10	(0)
2018–	Guinea	9	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:47, 5 February 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12:47, 5 February 2020 (UTC)

Career

Fulham

Fulham tried to sign Cissé from Belgium side Standard Liège in January 2017, but it took until 7 July 2017 that Fulham finally signed him for an undisclosed fee.[3][4] Cissé was released by mutual consent from Fulham on 1 February 2020.[5]

International career

Cissé was born in Belgium and is of Guinean descent. He was formerly a youth international for Belgium. However, he pledged his international allegiance to Guinea in March 2018.[6]

On 25 April 2018, Cissé accepted an invitation to represent the Guinea national football team.[7] He made his professional debut for Guinea in a 1–0 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification win over Central African Republic on 9 September 2018.[8]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 17 June 2019

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Standard Liège	2011–12[9]	Pro League	0	0	0	0	~	~	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2012–13[10]		18	1	0	0	~	~	~	~	~	~	18	1
	2013–14[9]		16	0	0	0	~	~	8[lower-alpha 1]	0	~	~	24	0
	Standard total		34	1	0	0	~	~	8	0	0	0	42	1
Mechelen	2014–15[9]	Pro League	33	1	3	0	~	~	~	~	~	~	36	1
	2015–16[9]		15	0	1	0	~	~	~	~	~	~	16	0
	Mechelen total		48	1	4	0	~	~	0	0	0	0	52	1
Standard Liège	2016–17[9]	Belgian First Division A	17	0	1	0	~	~	3[lower-alpha 1]	1	6[lower-alpha 2]	0	27	1
Fulham	2017–18[11]	Championship	6	0	0	0	2	0	~	~	0	0	8	0
	2018–19	Premier League	3	0	1	0	1	0	~	~	0	0	5	0
	Total		9	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	13	0
Career total			108	2	6	0	3	0	11	1	6	0	134	3

1. Appearances in the Europa League
2. Five appearances in the First Division A Europa League play-offs and one in the Belgian Super Cup

International

As of matches played on 14 July 2019[12]

Guinea national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2018	2	1
2019	7	0
Total	9	1

International goals

Scores and results list Guinea's goal tally first.[12]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	12 October 2018	Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry, Guinea	Rwanda	2–0	2–0	2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

References

1. "Club list of registered players: As at 19th May 2018: Fulham" (PDF). English Football League. p. 16. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
2. "Fifa approve Fulham's Ibrahima Cisse switch from Belgium to Guinea | Goal.com". www.goal.com.
3. Lyall Thomas (7 January 2017). "Fulham hold talks with Standard Liege to sign Ibrahima Cisse". Sky Sports. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
4. "Cisse Signs". Fulham Football Club. 7 July 2017. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
5. "Cisse Departs". www.fulhamfc.com.
6. "Trio of young players pledges allegiance to Guinea". March 29, 2018 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
7. "Guinée : après Seka, 3 nouveaux binationaux disent oui - Afrik-foot.com : l'actualité du football africain". www.afrik-foot.com.
8. "Guinea - Central African Republic 09/09/2018". www.cafonline.com.
9. Ibrahima Cissé at Soccerway. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
10. "Games played by Ibrahima Cissé in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
11. "Games played by Ibrahima Cissé in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
12. "Ibrahima Cissé". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 17 October 2018.

External links

• Ibrahima Cissé at Soccerway
• Belgium Stats at Belgian FA