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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] |