Édouard Cissé

Édouard Léopold Cissé (born 30 March 1978) is a French former footballer who played as a midfielder.

Édouard Cissé

Cissé with Marseille in 2010
Personal information
Full name	Édouard Léopold Cissé[1]
Date of birth	(1978-03-30) 30 March 1978 (age 47)[2]
Place of birth	Pau, France
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1986–1994	AS Billère
1994–1996	Pau
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996–1997	Pau FC	17	(0)
1997–2007	Paris Saint-Germain	186	(8)
1998–1999	→ Rennes (loan)	28	(2)
2002–2003	→ West Ham United (loan)	25	(1)
2003–2004	→ Monaco (loan)	31	(1)
2007–2009	Beşiktaş	54	(2)
2009–2011	Marseille	55	(1)
2011–2012	Auxerre	28	(2)
Total		424	(17)
International career
1997	France U-20	1	(0[3])
1998–1999	France U-21	14	(1[3])
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Early life

Édouard Cissé (right) with Guy Gnabouyou.

Cissé was born in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques in southwest France.^[2]

Club career

Cissé made his breakthrough at his boyhood club Pau FC in 1997.

Cissé previously played for AS Monaco FC in France and West Ham^[4] in the English Premiership (where he scored once against Charlton Athletic)^[5] and Paris Saint-Germain. On 28 June 2007, it was confirmed that Cissé had signed a two-year contract (with an option of a third) with Beşiktaş J.K. of Turkey for a fee of €1.5 million per annum. He played well with Fabian Ernst and left the club on 3 June 2009 to sign with Olympique de Marseille. On 18 August 2011, he joined AJ Auxerre on a two-year contract. After two years at the club he left in 2013.

International career

Cissé played for the France under-20 and under-21 teams. Having Senegalese ancestry, he became eligible to play for the Senegal national football team in 2009 after a change in FIFA regulations. He was called up to friendly match against South Korea, but rejected the call saying that he would rather clarify some points,^[6][7] having not been called up again.

Honours

Paris Saint-Germain

• Coupe de la Ligue: 1997–98
• UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2001^[8]
• Coupe de France: 2005–06

Monaco

• UEFA Champions League runner-up: 2003–04

Besiktas

• Süper Lig: 2008–09
• Turkish Cup: 2008–09

Marseille

• Ligue 1: 2009–10
• Coupe de la Ligue: 2009–10, 2010–11^[9][10]
• Trophée des Champions: 2010, 2011^[11][12]