Cissé is a common
West Africa
West Africa, also known as Western Africa, is the westernmost region of Africa. The United Nations geoscheme for Africa#Western Africa, United Nations defines Western Africa as the 16 countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Gha ... n name of
Soninke origin, and the meaning of Cissé is the white horse in the same language.Â
[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
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Abdoulaye Cissé (b. 1983), Burkinabé footballer
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Aboubacar Cissé
Aboubacar Cissé (born July 28, 1969, in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire) is an Ivorian former professional footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are ... (b. 1969), Ivorian footballer
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Aliou Cissé
Aliou Cissé (born 24 March 1976) is a Senegalese professional football coach and former player who is the head coach of the Libya national team. Cissé is best known for captaining the Senegal team which reached the 2002 Africa Cup of Nations ... (b. 1976), Senegalese footballer and coach
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Amadou Cissé
Amadou Boubacar Cissé (born 29 June 1948
(b. 1985), French-Guinean footballer
* Babacar Cissé
Babacar Cissé (born 2 December 1975) is a retired Senegalese professional basketball player. He spent the biggest part of his career playing in France. He was also a member of the Senegal national basketball team
The Senegal national basketb ... Brahima Cissé
Brahima Cissé (born 10 February 1976) is a Burkinabé football player who, as of 2006, was playing for Union Sportive des Forces Armées.
He was part of the Burkinabé 2000 and 2002 African Nations Cup
The 2002 African Cup of Nations was th ... 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 sp ... Édouard Cissé
Édouard Léopold Cissé (born 30 March 1978) is a French former footballer who played as a midfielder.
Early life
Cissé was born in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques in southwest France.
Club career
Cissé made his breakthrough at his boyhood clu ... Fousseyni Cissé (b. 1989), French footballer
* Ibrahima Cissé
Ibrahima Cissé (born 28 February 1994) is a professional footballer plays for Emirati club Dibba Al-Hisn. Born in Belgium, Cissé represents the Guinea national football team internationally.
Career Fulham
Fulham tried to sign Cissé from B ... Kalifa Cissé
Kalifa Cissé (born 9 January 1984) is a former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder or centre-back. Born in France, he played for the Mali national team. He is currently first-team coach of Ligue 1 club Strasbourg Cissà ... Mangué Cissé
Mangué Cissé Djibrila (17 November 1945 – 30 September 2009) was an Ivorian footballer who played as a defender. In 1970 he reached to semi-final of the Africa Cup of Nations. He died on 30 September 2009 after long-term disease. He had ... Mohamed Cissé
Mohamed Cisse (born 10 February 1982) is a Guinean footballer who currently plays for SK Lokeren-Doorslaar in Belgium, as a central defender.
After starting his football career with Horoya AC, Cisse made his professional debuts in 2003, with Bel ... Morlaye Cissé
Morlaye Cissé (born 19 December 1983) is a Guinean football coach and former player. A defender, he was a member of the Guinea squad for the 2006 African Nations Cup
The 2006 Africa Cup of Nations was the 25th edition of the Africa Cup of N ... Ousmane Cissé
Ousmane Cisse (born 20 October 1982) is a Malian retired professional basketball player. Standing at 6' 9" he played both power forward and center positions. In 2005-06 he was the top rebounder in the Israel Basketball Premier League, as well as ... Papiss Cissé
Papiss Demba Cissé (; born 3 June 1985) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a forward for UAE Third Division League side Al Qabila.
Formerly of SC Freiburg, he once held the record of most goals scored by an African player ... Salim Cissé
Salim Cissé (born 24 December 1992) is a Guinean footballer who plays for Maltese club Marsaxlokk as a forward.
Club career Early years
Born in Conakry, Cissé started playing football when he was already 18. He moved to Italy with his parent ... Sekou Cissé
Sekou Cissé (born 23 May 1985) is an Ivorian former professional footballer who played as a forward.
Club career
Cissé began his career in his home country, where he played for JMG Academy Abidjan, but moved to the Netherlands in February 20 ... Others
* Abdoulkader Cissé (b. 1955) Burkinabé politician
* Amadou Cissé
Amadou Boubacar Cissé (born 29 June 1948
(b. 1948), Nigerien politician, former Prime Minister of Niger (1995; 1996–97)
* Boubou Cissé
Boubou Cissé (born 1974) is a Malian politician who was the Prime Minister of Mali from April 2019 to his resignation following the 2020 Malian coup d'état in August 2020. He was also the Minister of Economy and Finance and Minister of Mines a ... Inna Sissoko Cissé
Moussoumakan "Inna" Sissoko Cissé, (née Sissoko, December 11, 1933 in Macina, Mali), is a Malian politician, nurse, and social worker who served as Secretary of State for Social Affairs (''secrétaire d’Etat aux Affaires sociales'') from 1968 t ... Madjiguène Cissé
Madjiguène Cissé (26 September 1951 – 15 May 2023) was a Senegalese activist who was the spokeswoman of the undocumented immigrants movement and founder of the Women's Network for Sustainable Development in Africa.
Biography
Cissé was born i ... Massata Cissé
Massata Cissé (alternatively spelled Maïssata; born 1961), nicknamed ''Mama Afrika'' (for the various countries on the African continent she has visited) is a woman from Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa, bord ... Shaykh Hassan Cissé
Sheikh ( , , , , ''shuyūkh'' ) is an honorific title in the Arabic language, literally meaning " elder". It commonly designates a tribal chief or a Muslim scholar. Though this title generally refers to men, there are also a small number of ... Souleymane Cissé (1940–2025), Malian film director
* Soumaïla Cissé
Soumaïla Cissé (20 December 1949 – 25 December 2020) was a Malian politician who served in the government of Mali as Minister of Finance from 1993 to 2000.
He thrice stood unsuccessfully as a presidential candidate, in 2002, 2013 and 2018; o ... See also
* Cisse (disambiguation) Cisse may refer to:
* Cisse (river), a river flowing into the Loire at Vouvray, France
* Cisse, Poland, a Polish village
* Cisse Cameron, American actress (''Space Mutiny'')
* ''Cisse'', a snout moth genus nowadays considered a junior synonym of '' ... Ceesay Ceesay is a common Gambian surname of Mandinka origin. As well as the family name Touray, it originally indicated the descent of its bearer from a Marabout, a West African Muslim teacher.
Notable people with the name ''Ceesay'' include:
* Ali Ceesa ... Cissé, Vienne
Cissé () is a commune in the Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territo ... References
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Surnames of Mandinka origin
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