 Cissé playing forNewcastle United in 2013 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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) |
| 2025– | Al Qabila FC | 2 | (1) |
| 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 | |||
Papiss Demba Cissé (French pronunciation:[sise]; born 3 June 1985) is a Senegalese professionalfootballer who plays as aforward forAl Qabila FC. He formerly played for theSenegal national football team.
Formerly ofSC Freiburg, he once held the record of most goals scored by anAfrican player in a singleBundesliga campaign – 22 in the2010–11 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 the2012 and2015Africa Cup of Nations.
Cissé began his career withGénération Foot andDouanes Dakar before transferring to the French sideMetz in summer 2005.[4] After only one month during the2005–06 season, he left Metz and was loaned to French sideCherbourg. During the season, Cissé played 26 matches and scored 11 goals for theNormandy club.[5] After the season, Cissé returned to Metz for a further two years before being loaned again toChâteauroux in January 2008[6] and before returning to Metz in July 2008 for a third stint.
Cissé signed for GermanBundesliga sideSC Freiburg on 28 December 2009 for a fee of €1.62 million. He initially became a transfer target for Freiburg in the summer of 2009 after he scored a goal and assisted on another in a 2–1 friendly win for Metz over the club. However, a transfer fee could not be agreed upon at the time.Hannover 96 also expressed interest in the player.[7] In his first partial season at Freiburg, Cissé appeared in 16 matches, scoring six goals.
During the2010–11 Bundesliga season, which was his first full season with Freiburg, Cissé was ranked second in the league in terms of goals scored, only behindMario Gómez ofBayern Munich, who scored 28. Cissé also set a club and league record; his 22 goals during the course of the season set the single-season goal record by a Freiburg player, as well as setting a new record for the most goals scored by anAfrican in a single Bundesliga season. The record was previously held byTony Yeboah, who scored 20 goals withEintracht Frankfurt in1992–93.[8] That same season, Cissé won the EFFIFU award for being the most efficient striker in the league.[9]
On 21 January 2012, Cissé signed forNewcastle United on a five-and-a-half-year deal for an estimated fee in the region of £9.3 million, linking up with fellowSenegal strikerDemba Ba in the process.[10] He was subsequently handed the number 9 shirt, formerly worn by Newcastle legend Alan Shearer.[11] On 5 February, Cissé made his debut for Newcastle in the 2–1 league win againstAston Villa atSt James' Park. He replaced the injuredLeon Best in the 14th minute before scoring the winning goal in the 71st minute with a breath-taking volley, chesting it before volleying with his left into the top left corner of the net.[12] On 11 February, he made his first start for the club in the 5–0 away league defeat againstTottenham Hotspur atWhite Hart Lane.[13] On 25 February, he scored in the sixth minute in a 2–2 home draw againstWolverhampton Wanderers.[14] On 25 March, he scored two first-half goals in Newcastle's 1–3 league victory againstWest Bromwich Albion atThe Hawthorns, but he was denied ahat-trick early in the second half by a save by West Brom goalkeeperBen Foster.[15] Cissé's brace against West Brom made him the quickest player sinceLes Ferdinand to hit the five-goal mark for Newcastle.[16]
Cissé scored his sixth and seventh goals, againstLiverpool, in a 2–0 home win.[17] He scored a third consecutive brace atLiberty Stadium in a 2–0 away win againstSwansea City on 6 April, bringing his tally to nine goals in eight matches.[18] This made him Newcastle's most prolific goals per-game goalscorer of all-time, ahead ofHughie Gallacher. On 9 April, he scored his tenth goal in nine matches for Newcastle againstBolton Wanderers in a 2–0 home win.[19] On 21 April, Cissé scored his 11th goal in ten matches during a 3–0 win againstStoke City.[20] He then managed to score his 12th and 13th Premier League goals in a 2–0 win againstChelsea atStamford Bridge on 2 May 2012, the second of which he curled the ball with the outside of his foot from 37 yards out, which looped over goalkeeperPetr Cech. Cissé described the goal as the best of his career, and was subsequently chosen as the BBC'sGoal of the Season.[21][non-primary source needed] At the end of his first half season with Newcastle, he was known for his consistent goalscoring, with astonishing goals firing the North East club into a fifth place spot in the table.
On 4 July 2012, it was reported that Newcastle had blocked an offer from theSenegalese Football Federation for Cissé to play forSenegal at2012 Summer Olympics inLondon. The reason behind the decision was that Newcastle wanted their key striker fit for a tough season ahead, playing European football.[22] Cissé scored his first goal in the2012–13 season with a header in theLeague Cup againstManchester United. He scored Newcastle's third goal in theirEuropa League defeat ofBordeaux on 4 October 2012, Newcastle's 100th matchin European competition.[23] He scored his firstPremier League goal of the season in a 2–1 win overWest Bromwich Albion on 28 October 2012, as a shot taken bySammy Ameobi deflected off Cissé and into the net. The striker's scoring was scarce throughout the opening four months of the season, only scoring his second league goal of the season on 28 November, a 2–1 away defeat toStoke City.[24]
Cissé started againstEverton alongsideShola Ameobi and scored a header in the second minute in a 2–1 defeat on 2 January 2013.[25] Cissé scored a spectacular 25-yard volley in Newcastle's 4–2 win overSouthampton on 24 February, helping the club come from behind to secure a crucial victory over fellow relegation strugglers.[26] Cissé scored an injury time winner at home to Stoke City on 10 March, sending Newcastle into 13th place.[27] On 14 March, in the second leg Europa League Round of 16 tie at home toAnzhi Makhachkala, Cissé headed in a 94th-minute winner as Newcastle progressed to the quarter-finals with a 1–0 aggregate victory.[28]
Cissé also scored the first goal in a 3–1 loss away toBenfica in the first leg of Newcastle's Europa League quarter-final tie on 4 April.[29] Three days later, he scored an injury time winner in a 1–0 victory overFulham, causing him to jump into the crowd and sent manager Alan Pardew, in celebration, running in also.[30] Cissé scored his fourth goal of theEuropa League campaign in a 1–1 home draw with Benfica, but it was not enough to see Newcastle into the semi-finals of the competition as they fell 4–2 on aggregate.[31]
On 25 September 2013, Cissé opened his account for the2013–14 season in a 2–0 win for Newcastle againstLeeds United in the third round of theFootball League Cup.[32] Cissé scored his first Premier League goal of the season in a 5–1 home rout ofStoke City on Boxing Day, converting a late penalty.[33]
On 22 March 2014, he scored a last-minute winner to claim all three points for Newcastle in a 1–0 victory at home to Crystal Palace, only his second league goal of the season.[34] Cissé's season finished on 19 April againstSwansea City as he limped off in the 21st minute.[35] It was revealed by Newcastle that Cissé had broken hiskneecap and that he had undergone surgery on the injury.[36]
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After breaking his knee cap against Swansea in April 2014, Cissé returned to France to recover from his injury.[37] In June, it was revealed that Cissé would return from his injury earlier than expected and would return to Newcastle for pre-season training along with the rest of the first-team squad.[37] On 10 September 2014, Newcastle managerAlan Pardew confirmed that Cissé would return to the Newcastle squad for their home match againstHull City on 20 September.[38]
Cissé made his return from injury against Hull on 20 September, replacingEmmanuel Rivière in the second half, and scoring both goals for Newcastle as they came back from two goals down to rescue a 2–2 draw.[39] Cissé celebrated both goals by lifting up his jersey to reveal a message dedicated to team-mateJonás Gutiérrez, who recently revealed that he had been diagnosed withtesticular cancer.[40] Two weeks later, another brace by Cissé earned Newcastle an identical result atSwansea City.[41] On 5 December, he came on as a substitute forRémy Cabella and scored both of Newcastle's goals as they defeated leaders Chelsea 2–1, inflicting on their opponents a first defeat of the season.[42] After scoring a penalty onBoxing Day in the 3–1 loss at Manchester United, Cissé scored again. In the next match, scoring the equaliser in a 3–2 victory overEverton on 28 December, taking his tally to nine league goals in just 14 matches. During the match, however, he intentionally thrust his elbow intoSéamus Coleman's face during a corner.[43] Cissé was charged with dangerous conduct and banned for three matches by theFA. After returning from the2015 Africa Cup of Nations, Cissé scored a header againstCrystal Palace, his tenth league goal of the season, on 11 February. On 28 February, he scored his 11th goal of the season againstAston Villa with a goal just outside the six-yard box.
On 7 March 2015, Cissé was handed a six-match ban by the FA after a spitting incident withManchester United defenderJonny Evans, and one more for elbowing Everton's Séamus Coleman. All together, it was a seven-match ban.[44] Cissé returned to the team as a second-half substitute in Newcastle's 1–1 draw with West Brom on 9 May.
Cissé started the first match of the season at home againstSouthampton, scoring after chesting the ball in from close range to make the score 1–1. Despite scoring, however, he was substituted for new signingAleksandar Mitrović, who had recently joined fromAnderlecht. The match finished in a 2–2 draw.[45] On 28 November 2015, he opened the scoring in an eventual 5–1 loss toCrystal Palace.[46] Cissé's final goal for the club came in a 2–2 draw againstLiverpool, on 23 April 2016.[47]
On 9 July 2016, it was announced that Cissé had joinedChinese Super League clubShandong Luneng for an undisclosed fee.[48] He scored on his second appearance for the club, in an eventual 4–1 win overHangzhou Greentown.
On 31 August 2018, he signed withAlanyaspor of the TurkishSüper Lig.[49] He made his debut againstGöztepe on 1 September 2018 and he scored his first goal againstKasımpaşa on 23 September 2018 and in the same game he scored one more goal and Alanyaspor won the game 2–1.
On 28 April 2019, Cissé was involved in a coach crash which killed Alanyaspor team mateJosef Šural. Cissé escaped with minor injuries.[50][51]
On 1 October 2020, Fenerbahçe announced the signing of Cissé.[52][53]
On 31 August 2022, Cissé signed withLigue 2 sideAmiens SC.[54] On 1 July 2023, Cissé was released.
In November 2023, Cissé began training with English clubMacclesfield.[55]
Cissé has recently returned to football and now plays for UAE sideAl Qabila FC
Cissé made his international debut forSenegal on 12 August 2009, in a friendly away toCongo DR, scoring two goals as Senegal emerged victorious 2–1. Cissé scored a hat-trick in his fourth appearance for the national side, as Senegal ran away to a 7–0 victory overMauritius on 9 October 2010 in aqualifying match for the2012 Africa Cup of Nations.[56] Cissé also captained the Senegal team from 2012 to 2013. Cissé's most recent Senegalese goal was against Botswana in November 2014, his 16th international goal.
Cissé is a practicingMuslim, and whencelebrating a goal he often performs theSujud.[57] He along with other Muslim Newcastle playersCheick Tioté,Demba Ba andHatem Ben Arfa allegedly objected to Newcastle United's shirt-sponsorship deal with high-interest loans companyWonga as Islam generally forbids promoting usury or financial exploitation.[58] Following the publication of a photograph showing Cissé at a gaming table at Aspers Casino in Newcastle,[59] it was announced that the matter had been resolved, with Cissé agreeing to wear the shirt featuring the logo of the loan company.[60]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Metz | 2005–06 | Ligue 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | |
| 2006–07 | Ligue 2 | 32 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 35 | 12 | ||
| 2007–08 | Ligue 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 9 | 0 | ||
| 2008–09 | Ligue 2 | 37 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 38 | 16 | ||
| 2009–10 | Ligue 2 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | – | 21 | 10 | ||
| Total | 95 | 36 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | – | 104 | 38 | |||
| AS Cherbourg (loan) | 2005–06 | Championnat National | 28 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 28 | 11 | |
| Châteauroux (loan) | 2007–08 | Ligue 2 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 15 | 4 | |
| SC Freiburg | 2009–10 | Bundesliga | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 16 | 6 | ||
| 2010–11 | Bundesliga | 32 | 22 | 2 | 2 | – | – | 34 | 24 | |||
| 2011–12 | Bundesliga | 17 | 9 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 17 | 9 | |||
| Total | 65 | 37 | 2 | 2 | – | – | 67 | 39 | ||||
| Newcastle United | 2011–12 | Premier League | 14 | 13 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 14 | 13 | ||
| 2012–13 | Premier League | 36 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10[c] | 4 | 47 | 13 | |
| 2013–14 | Premier League | 24 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | 27 | 4 | ||
| 2014–15 | Premier League | 22 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 22 | 11 | ||
| 2015–16 | Premier League | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 21 | 3 | ||
| Total | 117 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 131 | 44 | ||
| Shandong Luneng | 2016 | Chinese Super League | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 13 | 5 | ||
| 2017 | Chinese Super League | 18 | 11 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 20 | 11 | |||
| 2018 | Chinese Super League | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – | – | 1 | 2 | |||
| Total | 31 | 16 | 3 | 2 | – | – | 34 | 18 | ||||
| Alanyaspor | 2018–19 | Süper Lig | 26 | 16 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 27 | 16 | ||
| 2019–20 | Süper Lig | 32 | 22 | 5 | 4 | – | – | 37 | 26 | |||
| Total | 58 | 38 | 6 | 4 | – | – | 64 | 42 | ||||
| Fenerbahçe | 2020–21 | Süper Lig | 25 | 5 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 28 | 5 | ||
| Çaykur Rizespor | 2021–22 | Süper Lig | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 14 | 2 | ||
| Amiens | 2022–23 | Ligue 2 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 3 | – | – | 32 | 13 | ||
| Career total | 478 | 196 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 517 | 216 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senegal | 2009 | 4 | 3 |
| 2010 | 4 | 4 | |
| 2011 | 6 | 2 | |
| 2012 | 10 | 3 | |
| 2013 | 6 | 4 | |
| 2014 | 4 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 36 | 17 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 April 2009 | Azadi Stadium,Tehran, Iran |  Iran | 1-1 | 1-1 | Friendly | [64] |
| 2 | 12 August 2009 | Allées Jean Leroi Municipal Stadium,Blois, France |  DR Congo | 1-0 | 2-1 | Friendly | [65] |
| 3 | 2-0 | ||||||
| 4 | 9 October 2010 | Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor,Dakar, Senegal |  Mauritius | 1-0 | 7-0 | 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification | [66] |
| 5 | 3-0 | ||||||
| 6 | 6-0 | ||||||
| 7 | 17 November 2010 | Parc des Sports Michel Hidalgo,Sannois, France |  Gabon | 1-1 | 2-1 | Friendly | [67] |
| 8 | 9 February 2011 | Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar, Senegal |  Guinea | 1-0 | 3-0 | Friendly | [68] |
| 9 | 9 October 2011 | Anjalay Stadium,Belle Vue Harel, Mauritius | Mauritius | 2-0 | 2-0 | 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification | [69] |
| 10 | 15 January 2012 | Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar, Senegal |  Kenya | 1-0 | 1-0 | Friendly | [70] |
| 11 | 9 June 2012 | Mandela National Stadium,Kira Town, Uganda |  Uganda | 1-0 | 1-1 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification | [71] |
| 12 | 8 September 2012 | Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium,Abidjan, Ivory Coast |  Ivory Coast | 2-1 | 2-4 | 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualification | [72] |
| 13 | 7 June 2013 | Estádio 11 de Novembro,Talatona, Angola |  Angola | 1-0 | 1-1 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification | [73] |
| 14 | 16 June 2013 | Antoinette Tubman Stadium, Monrovia, Liberia |  Liberia | 1-0 | 2-0 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification | [74] |
| 15 | 2-0 | ||||||
| 16 | 12 October 2013 | Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium, Abidjan, Ivory Coast | Ivory Coast | 1-3 | 1-3 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification | [75] |
| 17 | 19 November 2014 | Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar, Senegal |  Botswana | 2-0 | 3-0 | 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification | [76] |
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