Ibrahima Cissé (footballer, born 2001)
![]() Cissé in 2020 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 15 February 2001 | ||
Place of birth | Dreux, France | ||
Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Schalke 04 | ||
Number | 22 | ||
Youth career | |||
2007–2017 | Drouais | ||
2017–2019 | Châteauroux | ||
2019–2021 | Gent | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2021–2022 | Gent | 2 | (0) |
2022– | Schalke 04 | 6 | (1) |
2022– | Schalke 04 II | 23 | (5) |
International career‡ | |||
2020 | Mali U20 | 2 | (0) |
2023–2024 | Mali U23 | 11 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 August 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 July 2024 |
Ibrahima Cissé (born 15 February 2001) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for 2. Bundesliga club Schalke 04.[2] Born in France, he has represented Mali at international youth level.
Early life
[edit]Cissé was born in Dreux, Eure-et-Loir, France,[3] in a family with Malian origins, with two of his elders brothers – Salif and Kalifa – who also embraced a professional footballing career.[4]
Club career
[edit]Early career
[edit]Cissé came through the youth ranks of La Berrichonne de Châteauroux in his native region, before moving to Gent in 2019.[3]
Gent
[edit]Cissé made his professional debut for Gent on the 9 December 2021, replacing Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui at the 62nd minute of a 1–0 Europa Conference League home win against FC Flora.[5][6]
Schalke 04
[edit]On 3 May 2022, Cissé agreed to join Schalke 04 on a free transfer for the 2022–23 season, signing a four-year contract.[7]
International career
[edit]Cissé was an under-20 international with Mali, with whom it took part in the 2021 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.[4][8] He played at the 2023 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations with Mali's under-23 international, where he won the bronze medal with his team and was named on the Team of the Tournament.[9][10] He was selected for Mali's Olympic team for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
Career statistics
[edit]- As of match played 10 August 2024[11]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Gent | 2021–22 | First Division A | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Schalke 04 | 2022–23 | Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
2023–24 | 2. Bundesliga | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | ||
2024–25 | 2. Bundesliga | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 1 | ||
Total | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 7 | 1 | |||
Schalke 04 II | 2022–23 | Regionalliga West | 16 | 5 | — | — | 16 | 5 | ||
2023–24 | Regionalliga West | 7 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 0 | |||
Total | 23 | 5 | — | — | 23 | 5 | ||||
Career total | 31 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 6 |
- ^ Appearance in UEFA Conference League
Honours
[edit]Mali U23
- U-23 Africa Cup of Nations bronze medal: 2023[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Ibrahima Cissé". FC Schalke 04. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
- ^ Ibrahima Cissé at Soccerway. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
- ^ a b Quarez, Benjamin (11 April 2019). "Mercato - Ibrahima Cissé (Châteauroux) à La Gantoise". Goal. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
- ^ a b Thébault, Franck (29 April 2021). "Le Drouais Salif Cissé revit au Botev Plovdiv, en D1 bulgare". L'Écho républicain (in French). Retrieved 9 December 2021.
- ^ "Groepswinnaar Gent sluit poule af met zuinige zege tegen Flora". Sporza (in Dutch). 9 December 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
- ^ "Flora alistati suluseisust löödud väravast, lõpus jäeti eestlastele andmata ka penalti". Postimees (in Estonian). 9 December 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
- ^ "Talented youngster Ibrahima Cissé joins FC Schalke 04". FC Schalke 04. 3 May 2022.
- ^ "Eliminatoires CAN U20 - UFOA A : la liste des Maliens avec 5 expatriés !" (in French). 18 November 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
- ^ a b "Ibrahima Cissé qualifies for 2024 Olympics after bronze medal at U23 AFCON". FC Schalke 04. 7 July 2023.
- ^ "Ibrahima Cissé named in Team of the Tournament at the U23 AFCON". FC Schalke 04. 8 July 2023. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
- ^ "Ibrahima Cissé - Club matches". worldfootball.net.
External links
[edit]- Profile at the Schalke 04 website
- Ibrahima Cissé – UEFA competition record (archive)
- 2001 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Dreux
- Malian men's footballers
- Mali men's under-20 international footballers
- French men's footballers
- French sportspeople of Malian descent
- Men's association football defenders
- K.A.A. Gent players
- FC Schalke 04 players
- FC Schalke 04 II players
- Belgian Pro League players
- Regionalliga players
- 2. Bundesliga players
- Malian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- French expatriate men's footballers
- French expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
- Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
- Footballers from Centre-Val de Loire
- Footballers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers for Mali