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Cissé
Cissé is a common West African name of Soninke origin, and the meaning of Cissé is the white horse in the same language. Cahiers d'études africaines 2006 "Le nom Cissé au Mali fait partie des noms de famille maraboutiques, tout comme Touré que l'on retrouve en milieu peul, soninké, songhai et malinké." ("The name Cissé in Mali is one of a number of family names of marabout lineage, just as one finds Touré among the Fulani, Soninke, Songhai, and Mandinka.") Notable people with the surname include: Sports * Abdoulaye Cissé (b. 1983), Burkinabé footballer * Aboubacar Cissé (b. 1969), Ivorian footballer * Aliou Cissé (b. 1976), Senegalese footballer and coach * Amadou Cissé (b. 1985), French-Guinean footballer * Babacar Cissé (b. 1975), Senegalese basketball player * Brahima Cissé (b. 1976), Burkinabé footballer * Djibril Cissé (b. 1981), French footballer * Édouard Cissé (b. 1978), French footballer * Fousseyni Cissé (b. 1989), French footballer * Ib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Djibril Cissé
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 prof ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Papiss Cissé
Papiss Demba Cissé (; born 3 June 1985) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a forward for UAE Third Division League side Al Qabila. Formerly of SC Freiburg, he once held the record of most goals scored by an African player in a single Bundesliga campaign – 22 in the 2010–11 season. A full international for Senegal from 2009 to 2015, Cissé represented the country at the 2012 and 2015 Africa Cup of Nations. Club career Early career Cissé began his career with Génération Foot and Douanes Dakar before transferring to the French side Metz in summer 2005. After only one month during the 2005–06 season, he left Metz and was loaned to French side Cherbourg. During the season, Cissé played 26 matches and scored 11 goals for the Normandy club. After the season, Cissé returned to Metz for a further two years before being loaned again to Châteauroux in January 2008 and before returning to Metz in July 2008 for a third stint. SC Freiburg Cissé s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aliou Cissé
Aliou Cissé (born 24 March 1976) is a Senegalese professional football coach and former player who is the head coach of the Libya national team. Cissé is best known for captaining the Senegal team which reached the 2002 Africa Cup of Nations Final and for being the first Senegal manager to win the tournament in 2022 after reaching the final in 2019. Having begun his career in France, he later played for English clubs Birmingham City and Portsmouth. Cissé was a defensive midfielder who also, on occasion, played at centre-back. Cissé has been the head coach of Senegal since 2015, having briefly taken charge of them following Amara Traoré's sacking, in a caretaker role in 2012. He was also the assistant coach of the under-23 side from 2012 to 2013, becoming head coach from 2013 to 2015. Club career Born in Ziguinchor, Senegal, Cissé moved to Paris at the age of nine, where he grew up with dreams of playing for Paris Saint-Germain. He began his career with Lille before mov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalifa Cissé
Kalifa Cissé (born 9 January 1984) is a former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder or centre-back. Born in France, he played for the Mali national team. He is currently first-team coach of Ligue 1 club Strasbourg Cissé last role was that of a coaching staff member of his former club, Bristol City's. Club career Early career Born in Dreux, France, Cissé started his career as a trainee at French club Toulouse, and moved on to Portuguese Primeira Liga side Estoril. He made only six league appearances and the club was relegated at the end of the season but he caught the attention of Boavista, for whom he signed in 2005. Reading Cissé's performances in the top division of Portuguese football alerted Reading to his potential and on 16 May 2007, he sealed a move on a three-year contract, for a fee of just under €1 million. He made his Premier League debut for Reading against Chelsea on 15 August and was sent off in the 72nd minute for a second b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Souleymane Cissé (film Director)
Souleymane Cissé (21 April 1940 – 19 February 2025) was a Malian film director, regarded as one of the first generation of African filmmakers. He was called "Africa's greatest living filmmaker" while his film '' Yeelen'' has been called "conceivably the greatest African film ever made". He was the first director from sub-Saharan Africa to receive an award, at the Cannes Film Festival in 1987, for “Yeelen”, he was awarded the Golden Coach in 2023. Life and career Born in Bamako and raised in a Muslim family, Souleymane Cissé was a passionate cinephile from childhood. He attended secondary school in Dakar and returned to Mali in 1960 after national independence. His film career began as an assistant projectionist for a documentary on the arrest of Patrice Lumumba. This triggered his desire to create films of his own, and he obtained a scholarship at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography, the Moscow school of Cinema and Television. In 1970 he returned to Mali, and jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soumaïla Cissé
Soumaïla Cissé (20 December 1949 – 25 December 2020) was a Malian politician who served in the government of Mali as Minister of Finance from 1993 to 2000. He thrice stood unsuccessfully as a presidential candidate, in 2002, 2013 and 2018; on all three occasions he was defeated in a second round of voting. From 2014 until his death he was President of the Union for the Republic and Democracy, a political party. Life and career Born in Nianfuke, near Timbuktu, on 20 December 1949, Soumaïla Cissé studied at '' l'Institut des Sciences de l'Ingénieur de Montpellier'' in France to become a software engineer. He worked for several large French companies (IBM-France, le Groupe Pechiney, le Groupe Thomson and the aerospace company Air Inter) before returning to Mali in 1984 to work at the ''Compagnie malienne pour le développement du textile'' (CMDT). Following the creation of the Alliance for Democracy in Mali (''Alliance pour la démocratie au Mali - Parti africain pour la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salim Cissé
Salim Cissé (born 24 December 1992) is a Guinean footballer who plays for Maltese club Marsaxlokk as a forward. Club career Early years Born in Conakry, Cissé started playing football when he was already 18. He moved to Italy with his parents in 2011, to escape the political situation in his homeland, and started playing the sport with lower league side U.S. Arezzo, based in Tuscany. Académica In summer 2012, Cissé switched to Portugal, signing for three years with Primeira Liga club Académica de Coimbra. He appeared in 41 official games in his first season as a professional and scored nine goals – second-best in the squad only behind Edinho – netting twice in six appearances in the team's campaign in the UEFA Europa League. Sporting Cissé continued in the country for 2013–14, penning a five-year contract with Sporting CP. He spent his first season, however, mainly registered with the reserves in the Segunda Liga. On 20 January 2014, Cissé was loaned out t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amadou Cissé (footballer)
Amadou Boubacar Cissé (born 29 June 1948 , ''Afrique Express'', December 21, 1996 .) is a Nigerien politician. He served as the Heads of Government of Niger, Prime Minister of Niger on two occasions, from 8 to 21 February 1995 and again from 21 December 1996 to 27 November 1997. He has led a political party, the Union for Democracy and the Republic (Niger), Union for Democracy and the Republic (UDR-Tabbat) since 1999. He was appointed as Minister of State for Planning in 2011. Political career Cissé, a member of the Fula people, Fula ethnic group, was born in Niamey. He began working for the World Bank in 1982, initially in Niger, but beginning in 1983 he was based in Washington, D.C., in the United States. At the World Bank he was in charge of its central African operations, dealing with structural adjustment pro ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sekou Cissé
Sekou Cissé (born 23 May 1985) is an Ivorian former professional footballer who played as a forward. Club career Cissé began his career in his home country, where he played for JMG Academy Abidjan, but moved to the Netherlands in February 2004 under the advice of fellow international Arouna Koné, who was playing for Roda at the time. Following the departure of Koné to Eindhoven in 2005, Cissé had a larger role in the Roda team and was noted for his speed. In 2006, it was reported that Louis van Gaal, coach of fellow Eredivisie side AZ Alkmaar, was interested in signing him, as part of an exchange deal with Adil Ramzi. Roda, however, refused to negotiate, stating that they wanted to keep him in their team. In the season 2008–09, Cissé started to become a very influential part of the Roda JC-team. His performance attracted the attention of other clubs and he was soon linked to clubs like Feyenoord, Eindhoven and Twente. It was made known on 30 June 2009, that Cissé woul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Édouard Cissé
Édouard Léopold Cissé (born 30 March 1978) is a French former footballer who played as a midfielder. Early life Cissé was born in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques in southwest France. Club career Cissé made his breakthrough at his boyhood club Pau FC in 1997. Cissé previously played for AS Monaco FC in France and West Ham in the English Premiership (where he scored once against Charlton Athletic) and Paris Saint-Germain. On 28 June 2007, it was confirmed that Cissé had signed a two-year contract (with an option of a third) with Beşiktaş J.K. of Turkey for a fee of €1.5 million per annum. He played well with Fabian Ernst and left the club on 3 June 2009 to sign with Olympique de Marseille. On 18 August 2011, he joined AJ Auxerre on a two-year contract. After two years at the club he left in 2013. International career Cissé played for the France under-20 and under-21 teams. Having Senegalese ancestry, he became eligible to play for the Senegal national football team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ibrahima Cissé
Ibrahima Cissé (born 28 February 1994) is a professional footballer plays for Emirati club Dibba Al-Hisn. Born in Belgium, Cissé represents the Guinea national football team internationally. 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. Cissé was released by mutual consent from Fulham on 1 February 2020. Ural Yekaterinburg On 8 September 2022, Cissé signed with Ural Yekaterinburg in Russia. On 5 June 2024, Cissé left Ural as his contract expired. International career Cissé was born in Belgium and is Guinean by descent. He was formerly a youth international for Belgium. However, he pledged his international allegiance to Guinea in March 2018. On 25 April 2018, Cissé accepted an invitation to represent the Guinea national football team. He made his professional debut for Guinea in a 1–0 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification win ove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |