Karamoko Cissé (born 14 November 1988) is a

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who plays as a forward. Cissé also holds Italian nationality.

Biography

Born in Guinea in 1988, Cissé moved with his family to

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in 2000.

Club career

After spending season 2007–08 on loan at

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, Cissé returned to

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but did not make an appearance.

AlbinoLeffe

He joined AlbinoLeffe in a co-ownership deal in January 2009, for €700,000. On the same day Federico Peluso moved to Atalanta. In 2010–11 season, he changed the shirt number from number 8 to number.17, the traditional bad luck number in Italy. In June 2011 AlbinoLeffe bought Cissé, Michael Cia and Dario Bergamelli outright, co-currently sold Nicola Madonna outright. In 2011–12 season he took the number 10 shirt from retired Davide Bombardini. On 21 March 2013 Cissé signed a new one-year contract with AlbinoLeffe.

Casertana

Cissé was signed by Casertana on 5 June 2014.

Benevento

On 13 July 2015 he signed for

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on a two-year contract.

Verona

Loan to Carpi

On 31 January 2019, he joined Carpi on loan until the end of the 2018–19 season.

Loan to Juve Stabia

On 20 August 2019, he joined

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on loan with an obligation to buy.

Cittadella

On 2 October 2020, Cissé signed a contract with

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Padova

On 1 February 2021, he moved to

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club

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on a 1.5-year contract.

International career

Cissé who was in the final squad and played in the qualifiers for Guinea in the Ghana

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. He has also been picked in the squad for the South Africa 2010

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qualifiers.

Career statistics

International

International goals

References

External links

U.C. AlbinoLeffe official profile

Atalanta B.C. official profile
(archived) * * * 1988 births Living people People from Labé Region Guinean emigrants to Italy Guinean men's footballers Men's association football forwards Serie A players Serie B players Serie C players Atalanta BC players Hellas Verona FC players UC AlbinoLeffe players Casertana FC players Benevento Calcio players SSC Bari players AC Carpi players SS Juve Stabia players AS Cittadella players Calcio Padova players Guinean expatriate men's footballers Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Guinea men's international footballers 2008 Africa Cup of Nations players {{Guinea-footy-bio-stub