James Bissue (born 16 June 1991 in Sekondi-Takoradi) is a Ghanaian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Ococias Kyoto.

Career

Bissue began his career with Young Wages F.C. before transferring to

Eleven Wise Sekondi Eleven Wise Football Club is a Ghanaian professional association football club, based in Sekondi, currently competing in the Poly Tank Division One League. History Affectionately called the Western Show Boys, they are arguably the mos ...

in 2006. On 4 January 2009 he went on a 2-week trial with Blackburn Rovers F.C. of the English Premier League. He moved to

Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C. Hapoel Be'er Sheva Football Club ( he, מועדון הכדורגל הפועל באר שבע, ''Moadon HaKaduregel Hapoel Be'er Sheva'') is an Israeli football club from the city of Be'er Sheva, that competes in the Israeli Premier League. The c ...

in December 2009, from

of the Ghanaian Premiership.ג'יימס ביסו חתם בקבוצה
Bissue scored 13 goals in 16 matches for

during the 2013-2014 Division 1 season. On September 18, 2014, Bissue signed a 3-year contract with the Montreal Impact of

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. He was training with Ghanaian champions

Asante Kotoko Asante Kotoko Sporting Club, simply known as Asante Kotoko, is a professional football club founded on 31 August 1935 and based in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Nicknamed the ''Porcupine Warriors'', they compete in the Ghana Premier Lea ...

but left to sign with the Canadian club. He was released at the end of the season without making a first-team appearance. One Ghanaian source indicated that complications with paperwork prevented the player from appearing for the club. After being released by Montreal, Bissue returned to his native Ghana but failed to secure a contract with a top-flight club. In December 2015, Bissue had been training with Ghana Premier League club

Sekondi Hasaacas Sekondi Hasaacas FC is a Ghanaian professional association football club based in Sekondi-Takoradi. The club won the Ghana Premier League in 1977 and is currently participating in the Division One League following relegation from the 2015-16 Gh ...

for three weeks while in discussion over a contract. The club saw him as a potential replacement for Theophilus Nyame who left the club for

. Despite training with Hasaacas, it was announced that Bissue had signed a 2-year contract with the Pittsburgh Riverhounds of the United Soccer League for the

2016 USL season The 2016 USL season was the sixth season of the United Soccer League and the twenty-second season of USSF sanctioned Division III play organized by the United Soccer Leagues. On August 6, 2015, the league announced that the season would consis ...

. The move was officially announced on 11 February 2016.

International career

Bissue made five appearances for the Ghana U20 team at the

2011 African Youth Championship The 2011 African Youth Championship was a football tournament for the Under-20 level national teams in Africa. It was due to be held in Libya from 18 March to 1 April. Following political unrest in the region, CAF decided to postpone the tourna ...

in South Africa. Bissue was also part of the Under-17 team.

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* * 1991 births Living people Ghanaian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Sekondi Eleven Wise F.C. players Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C. players Maccabi Umm al-Fahm F.C. players Accra Hearts of Oak S.C. players CF Montréal players Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC players SM Sanga Balende players Israeli Premier League players Liga Leumit players USL Championship players Expatriate men's footballers in Israel Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Israel Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate men's footballers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Elmina Sharks F.C. players Footballers from Sekondi-Takoradi {{Ghana-footy-forward-stub