Salim Cissé (born 24 December 1992) is a Guinean

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who plays for Maltese club

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as a forward.

Club career

Early years

Born in

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, 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 Società Sportiva Arezzo (formerly Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Atletico Arezzo and Associazione Calcio Arezzo) is an Football in Italy, Italian association football club based in Arezzo, Tuscany. The club was formed in 1923, refounded i ...

, based in

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Académica

In summer 2012, Cissé switched to

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, signing for three years with

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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

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Sporting

Cissé continued in the country for 2013–14, penning a five-year contract with

Sporting CP Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries,

. He spent his first season, however, mainly registered with the reserves in the Segunda Liga. On 20 January 2014, Cissé was loaned out to fellow top flight side F.C. Arouca until June. Still in that level and still owned by Sporting, he went on to represent Académica and Vitória de Setúbal.

Olhanense

On 31 August 2016, Cissé signed for

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. He scored twice in the last day of the season to help the hosts defeat F.C. Penafiel 3–1, but they were already relegated to the Campeonato de Portugal after finishing in last place.

Politehnica Iași

In September 2017, Cissé signed with Romanian

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team CSM Politehnica Iași on a two-year deal. He scored his first goal for his new club on 24 October, contributing to a 2–1 away win over

FC Argeș Pitești Asociația Clubul Sportiv Campionii Fotbal Club Argeș, commonly known as FC Argeș Pitești (), Argeș Pitești or simply FC Argeș, is a Romanian professional football club based in Pitești, Argeș County, that competes in the Liga I. The te ...

in the

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Personal life

Cissé is a practicing

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cisse, Salim 1992 births Living people Footballers from Conakry Guinean Muslims Guinean emigrants to Italy Guinean men's footballers 21st-century Guinean sportsmen Men's association football forwards SS Arezzo players Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players Académica de Coimbra (football) players Sporting CP B players Sporting CP footballers F.C. Arouca players Vitória F.C. players S.C. Olhanense players Liga I players FC Politehnica Iași (2010) players Football League (Greece) players Trikala F.C. players Amarante F.C. players Anadia F.C. players Egaleo F.C. players KF Vllaznia Shkodër players Marsaxlokk F.C. players Guinea men's international footballers Guinean expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Albania Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Italy Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Romania Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Greece Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Albania