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Papiss Cissé
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Papiss Demba Cissé (French pronunciation: [sise]; born 3 June 1985) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a forward. He formerly played for the Senegal national football team.
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![]() Cissé playing for Newcastle United in 2013 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Papiss Demba Cissé[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1985-06-03) 3 June 1985 (age 39)[2] | ||
Place of birth | Dakar, Senegal | ||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[3] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
Génération Foot | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2000–2004 | Douanes Dakar | 26 | (23) |
2004–2010 | Metz | 95 | (36) |
2005–2006 | → Cherbourg (loan) | 28 | (19) |
2008–2009 | → Châteauroux (loan) | 15 | (4) |
2010–2012 | SC Freiburg | 65 | (37) |
2012–2016 | Newcastle United | 117 | (37) |
2016–2018 | Shandong Luneng | 31 | (16) |
2018–2020 | Alanyaspor | 58 | (38) |
2020–2021 | Fenerbahçe | 25 | (5) |
2022 | Çaykur Rizespor | 14 | (2) |
2022–2023 | Amiens | 30 | (10) |
International career‡ | |||
2009–2015 | Senegal | 36 | (17) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 June 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 January 2015 |
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Formerly of SC Freiburg, he once held the record of most goals scored by an African player in a single Bundesliga campaign – 22 in the 2010–11 season. That same season, Cissé won the EFFIFU award for being the most efficient striker in the league.
A full international since 2009, Cissé earned over 30 caps for Senegal and played for the country at the 2012 and 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.