Fousseyni Cissé (born 17 July 1989) is a French professional

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

player of

Senegal Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal, is the westernmost country in West Africa, situated on the Atlantic Ocean coastline. It borders Mauritania to Mauritania–Senegal border, the north, Mali to Mali–Senegal border, the east, Guinea t ...

ese and

Chad Chad, officially the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North Africa, North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to Chad–Libya border, the north, Sudan to Chad–Sudan border, the east, the Central Afric ...

ian descent. He also holds

ese citizenship and represented Senegal at junior levels before switching to playing for France.

Early life

Cisse's father is from

and his mother was born in

Club career

Before joining Le Mans, Cissé played as a youth for

Olympique Noisy-le-Sec Olympique Noisy-le-Sec Banlieue 93 is an association football team based in Noisy-le-Sec, France, founded in 1943. They are currently playing in Regional 1, Paris Île-de-France, the sixth tier in the French football league system, following re ...

. He made his professional debut for

Le Mans Le Mans (; ) is a Communes of France, city in Northwestern France on the Sarthe (river), Sarthe River where it meets the Huisne. Traditionally the capital of the Provinces of France, province of Maine (province), Maine, it is now the capital of ...

on October 17, 2009 in a

Ligue 1 Ligue 1 (; ), officially known as Ligue 1 McDonald's France, McDonald's for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in France and the highest level of the French football league system. Administered by the Ligue de ...

game against

Boulogne Boulogne-sur-Mer (; ; ; or ''Bononia''), often called just Boulogne (, ), is a coastal city in Hauts-de-France, Northern France. It is a Subprefectures in France, sub-prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Pas-de-Calais. Boul ...

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* 1989 births Footballers from Paris French sportspeople of Senegalese descent Living people French men's footballers France men's youth international footballers Men's association football forwards FC Les Lilas players Olympique Noisy-le-Sec players Le Mans FC players FC Sion players AC Arlésien players UE Sant Julià players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Swiss Super League players French expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Andorra 21st-century French sportsmen {{france-footy-forward-1980s-stub