Djibril Cissé

Who is this?

Djibril Cissé (born 12 August 1981) is a French former professional footballer who played as a forward. Cissé started his career at his boyhood club Arles-Avignon in 1989, before playing for the youth teams at Nîmes and Auxerre. Cissé spent two years in the youth system at Auxerre, before graduating to the first team in 1998. After playing for Auxerre for six seasons, scoring 90 goals in 166 appearances, he moved to Premier League club Liverpool in 2004. During his time at Anfield, Cissé played 79 games, scoring 24 times and winning the 2004–05 UEFA Champions League and 2005–06 FA Cup. He went on to play in Greece with Panathinaikos, Italy with Lazio, Qatar with Al-Gharafa, Russia with Kuban Krasnodar and Switzerland with Yverdon Sport. He also had further spells in English football with Sunderland and Queens Park Rangers, and France with Marseille and Bastia. In 2015, Cissé made one appearance for Réunion based club Saint-Pierroise, before retiring from professional football. In the course of his career, Cissé suffered from two leg breaks, breaking his left leg in 2004, and his right leg in 2006. Cissé played for the France national football team at the 2002 and 2010 FIFA World Cups, and was also part of les Bleus' 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup winning squad.

Career

1. 1981
   Born
2. 1997
   Joined France national under-17 association football team
3. 1999
   Joined AJ Auxerre
4. 1999
   Joined France national under-19 association football team
5. 2001
   Joined France national under-20 association football team
6. 2001
   Joined France national under-21 association football team
7. 2002
   Joined France men's national association football team
8. 2004
   Joined Liverpool F.C.
9. 2006
   Joined Olympique de Marseille
10. 2007
    Joined Olympique de Marseille
11. 2007
    Joined France B national football team
12. 2008
    Joined Sunderland A.F.C.
13. 2009
    Joined Panathinaikos F.C.
14. 2011
    Joined SS Lazio
15. 2012
    Joined Queens Park Rangers F.C.
16. 2013
    Joined Al-Gharafa SC
17. 2013
    Joined FC Kuban Krasnodar
18. 2014
    Joined SC Bastia
19. 2015
    Joined JS Saint-Pierroise

Trivia

• •Place of birth: Arles
• •Citizenship: France, Ivory Coast
• •Known as: association football player, association football coach
• •Sport: association football