- Sekou Cissé
Football player infobox| playername= Sekou Cissé
fullname = Sekou Cissé
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1985|5|23
cityofbirth =Dabou
countryofbirth =Cote d'Ivoire
height = height|m=1.84
currentclub =Roda JC
clubnumber = 19
position =Striker
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 2004 -
clubs =Roda JC
caps(goals) = 83 (16)
nationalyears = 2007 -
nationalteam = Cote d'Ivoire
nationalcaps(goals) = 6 (5)
pcupdate = 22 December 2007
ntupdate = 22 August 2008Sekou Cissé (born
25 May ,1985 inDabou ) is an Ivorian football striker who plays for Dutch Eredivisie clubRoda JC .He began his career in his home country, but came to the Netherlands under the advise of fellow Ivorian, and Cote d'Ivoire international striker
Arouna Koné in 2004, who was playing for Roda at the time. Following the departure of Koné toPSV Eindhoven in 2005, Cissé had an increased role in the Roda team, noted for his speed.In 2006, it was reported that
Louis van Gaal , coach of fellow Eredivisie sideAZ Alkmaar was interested in signing him, as part of an exchange deal withAdil Ramzi . Roda, however, refused to negotiate, stating that they wanted to keep him in their team.He was called up for the Cote d'Ivoire preliminary squad for the
2008 African Cup of Nations competition to take place inGhana .He competed in the
2008 Toulon Tournament for the U-23 Cote d'Ivoire team which which placed third. Cissé was top scorer of the tournament with four goals.External links
* [http://home.skysports.com/list.aspx?hlid=411840&plid=43040&clid=322&cpid=9 Cissé linked with AZ Alkmaar]
* [http://stats.globesports.com/holl/players.asp?player=25914 Profile at Globesports.com]
* [http://soccernet.espn.go.com/players/stats?id=44223&cc=5739 Profile at ESPN Soccer]
* [http://fifci.org/News.aspx?num=A000001619 Cissé called up to Cote d'Ivoire squad]
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