Souleymane Cissé (footballer, born 1991)

Souleymane Cissé (born 30 July 1991) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.

Souleymane Cissé

Personal information
Date of birth	(1991-07-30) 30 July 1991 (age 34)
Place of birth	Sédhiou, Senegal
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
2003–2008	Pikine
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2014	Pikine
2014–2017	Al-Hilal Club
2017–2019	El Hilal El Obeid
2019–2020	Grenoble II	5	(0)
2020–2022	Grenoble	18	(0)
2022–2023	Hajer	13	(0)
2025–	Al-Jazira FC
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17:35, 14 August 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 05:46, 29 July 2021 (UTC)

Club career

Cissé began playing football with Pikine, and was a part of their senior squad from 2008 to 2014. In 2014, he moved to Sudan with Al-Hilal Club, and in 2017 to El Hilal El Obeid.^[1] After leaving Sudan due to civil unrest, he briefly returned to Pikine before signing with the reserves of Grenoble in late 2019. He joined the senior team in 2020.^[2] He made his professional debut with Grenoble in a 1–0 Ligue 2 loss to En Avant Guingamp on 26 September 2020.^[3]

23 August 2022, Cissé joined Saudi club Hajer.^[4] On 18 January 2023, Cissé was released from his contract.^[5]

Personal life

Cissé is the cousin of the Senegalese footballer Moussa Djitté.^[2]