Souleymane Cissé (born 30 July 1991) is a Senegalese professional

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who plays as a

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Club career

Cissé began playing football with

Pikine Pikine is a city in the Pikine Department of the Dakar Region of Senegal. Lying to the east of Dakar city centre, at the 2013 Census it had a population of 1,170,791. The department includes the villages of Yeumbeul, Thiaroye, Mbao, and Keur ...

, and was a part of their senior squad from 2008 to 2014. In 2014, he moved to Sudan with Al-Hilal Club, and in 2017 to El Hilal El Obeid. After leaving Sudan due to civil unrest, he briefly returned to Pikine before signing with the reserves of Grenoble in late 2019. He joined the senior team in 2020. He made his professional debut with Grenoble in a 1–0

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loss to

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on 26 September 2020. 23 August 2022, Cissé joined Saudi club Hajer. On 18 January 2023, Cissé was released from his contract.

Personal life

Cissé is the cousin of the Senegalese footballer

Moussa Djitté Moussa Kalilou Djitté (born 4 October 1999) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a forward for the Major League Soccer club Austin FC. Professional career On 21 June 2018, Djitté transferred from the Senegalese club ASC Niarr ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cisse, Souleymane 1991 births Living people People from Sédhiou Region Senegalese footballers Association football midfielders AS Pikine players Al-Hilal Club (Omdurman) players El Hilal SC El Obeid players Grenoble Foot 38 players Hajer FC players Senegal Premier League players Sudan Premier League players Ligue 2 players Saudi First Division League players Senegalese expatriate footballers Senegalese expatriates in France Expatriate footballers in France Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Sudan Expatriate footballers in Sudan Senegalese expatriates in Saudi Arabia Expatriate footballers in Saudi Arabia