Pape Abou Cissé


Pape Abou Cissé is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Greek club Olympiacos and the Senegal national team. He began his career in Senegal with AS Pikine and then played for French Ligue 2 club Ajaccio.

Club career

A youth international for Senegal, he is a youth product of AS Pikine. After a trial, Cissé joined Ajaccio in early 2015 as a trainee professional. He made his professional debut in a Ligue 2 draw against Valenciennes in April 2015, playing the entire game. He went on to make 71 appearances in the French second tier.
In 2017, he joined Olympiacos as a pre-contract signing. On 14 October 2017, he scored his first goal with Olympiacos, after an assist from Kostas Fortounis in a 4–3 away win against Panionios. Benfica were reportedly interested in signing the player in the January 2018 transfer window.
Cissé scored an injury-time equaliser for Olympiacos against Panathinaikos in the first derby of the 2018–19 Superleague Greece season. He was included in UEFA's Europa League Breakthrough Team for 2018: the citation described him as having a "towering presence in the Olympiacos back line, allied to deceptive pace and a great awareness also a threat from set pieces." On 12 February 2020, Pape Abou Cisse scored a quick-fire double to quash Lamia’s stubborn challenge and secure Olympiacos’ qualification for the Greek Cup semi-finals, in a thrilling 3–2 home win game. On 27 February 2020, scored with a stooping header from a corner-kick, when French international Mathieu Valbuena curling over a dangerous delivery into the heart of the Arsenal F.C.'s penalty area in a glorious 2–1 away win in London for the Europa League Round of 32, 2nd leg. He has been included in the UEFA Europa League Team of the Week.

International career

Cissé represented the Senegal U20s at the 2015 African U-20 Championship in 2015.
On 24 August 2018, he received his first senior call-up, for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier match against Madagascar on 9 September 2018. He made his senior debut on 13 October 2018, in another qualifier at home to Sudan, and scored the only goal of the match.

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International

International goals

Honours

Club

Olympiacos