Djibril Cissé
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Djibril Cissé[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 12 August 1981[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Arles, France | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[3][4] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1989–1996 | Arles-Avignon | ||
| 1996 | Nîmes | ||
| 1996–1998 | Auxerre | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–2004 | Auxerre | 128 | (70) |
| 2004–2007 | Liverpool | 49 | (13) |
| 2006–2007 | → Marseille (loan) | 21 | (8) |
| 2007–2009 | Marseille | 37 | (16) |
| 2008–2009 | → Sunderland (loan) | 35 | (10) |
| 2009–2011 | Panathinaikos | 61 | (47) |
| 2011–2012 | Lazio | 18 | (1) |
| 2012–2013 | Queens Park Rangers | 26 | (9) |
| 2013 | → Al-Gharafa (loan) | 9 | (1) |
| 2013 | Kuban Krasnodar | 15 | (4) |
| 2014–2015 | Bastia | 23 | (2) |
| 2015 | Saint-Pierroise | 1 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Yverdon | 29 | (23) |
| 2018–2019 | AC Vicenza 1902 | ||
| 2021 | Panathinaikos Chicago | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 452 | (205) | |
| International career | |||
| 1998–2002 | France U21 | 4 | (6) |
| 2002–2011 | France | 41 | (9) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
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.[5] 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,[6] before retiring from professional football.[7] In the course of his career, Cissé suffered from two leg breaks, breaking his left leg in 2004,[8] and his right leg in 2006.[9]
Cissé played for the France national football team at the 2002 and 2010 FIFA World Cups, and was also part of les Bleus' 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup winning squad.
- ^ "Comunicato Ufficiale N. 85" [Official Press Release No. 85] (PDF) (in Italian). Lega Serie A. 21 November 2011. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 October 2022.
- ^ "France – D. Cissé – Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway.com. 15 June 2013. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
- ^ "Djibril Cissé". Liverpool F.C. Archived from the original on 9 April 2006.
- ^ "Djibril Cissé: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
- ^ "Djibril Cissé – Liverpool FC". Liverpool FC. Archived from the original on 21 January 2010. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
- ^ "Former Liverpool, Sunderland and QPR striker Djibril Cisse set for bizarre next move". TalkSport. 18 June 2015.
- ^ sport, Guardian (20 October 2015). "Djibril Cissé breaks down in tears as he announces retirement from football". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
- ^ "Cisse suffers horrific leg break". BBC. 31 October 2004. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022.
- ^ "Cisse out of Cup with broken leg". BBC. 7 June 2006.