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Seydouba Cissé
Personal information
Full name	Seydouba Cissé
Date of birth	10 February 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth	Dabola, Guinea
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Leganés
Number	32
Youth career
	FC Attouga
Senior career*
Years	Team
2020	Leganés C
2020–2022	Leganés B
2021–	Leganés
International career‡
2017	Guinea U17
2022–	Guinea
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 June 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 October 2024

Seydouba Cissé (born 10 February 2001) is a Guinean footballer who plays as a midfielder for Spanish club CD Leganés and the Guinea national team.

Club career

Born in Dabola, Cissé began his career at local side FC Attouga, and had failed trials at RSC Anderlecht, Odense Boldklub and Vejle BK.^[2] On 16 January 2020, he joined CD Leganés,^[3] being initially assigned to the C-team in the regional leagues.^[4]

Ahead of the 2020–21 season, Cissé was promoted to the reserves in Tercera División.^[5] He made his first team debut on 10 September 2021, coming on as a late substitute for fellow youth graduate Naim García in a 1–2 Segunda División away loss against Sporting de Gijón.^[6]

Cissé scored his first professional goal on 11 February 2022, netting the opener in a 2–1 home win over Real Zaragoza.^[7] Thirteen days later, he renewed his contract until 2026.^[8]

International career

Cissé was called up to the Guinea national team for a set of 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches in June 2022.^[9] He made his debut with Guinea on June 5, 2022 he did it in a 1-0 defeat against Egypt.^[10]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 16 January 2023 ^[11]

Club	Season	League			Cup		Europe		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Leganés	2021–22	Segunda División	20	3	2	0	—		—		22	3
	2022–23	Segunda División	20	2	1	0	—		—		21	2
	Total		40	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	43	5
Career total			40	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	43	5

International

As of match played 12 October 2024

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Guinea
	2022	3	0
	2023	8	1
	2024	5	1
Total		16	2

Scores and results list Guinea's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Cissé goal.^[12]

List of international goals scored by Seydouba Cissé
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	17 November 2023	Stade Municipal de Berkane, Berkane, Morocco	Uganda	2–1	2–1	2026 FIFA World Cup qualification
2	12 October 2024	Alassane Ouattara Stadium, Abidjan, Ivory Coast	Ethiopia	4–0	4–1	2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Honours

Leganés

Segunda División: 2023–24

References

^ "Seydouba Cissé" (in Spanish). CD Leganés. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
^ "Reserveholdstruppen mod SønderjyskE" [The reserve team squad against SønderjyskE] (in Danish). Vejle BK. 24 February 2019. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
^ "SEYDOUBA CISSÉ, jeune espoir du football guinéen signé à Leganès!" [SEYDOUBA CISSÉ, the young hope of Guinean football signs for Leganés!] (in French). DDQAT. 16 January 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
^ "" C'est un jour mémorable " : Seydouba Cissé heureux de découvrir le Syli National". 10 March 2022.
^ "Arranca el filial de Carlos Martínez con muchas caras nuevas" [The reserve team of Carlos Martínez start with a lot of new faces] (in Spanish). Somos Lega. 14 October 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
^ "El Sporting ganó, convenció, sufrió y se mantiene como líder" [Sporting won, convinced, suffered and remain as leader] (in Spanish). Marca. 10 September 2021. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
^ "Seydouba Cissé, un 'inconsciente' para resucitar la ilusión del Leganés" [Seydouba Cissé, an 'unconscious' to recover the hopes of Leganés] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 12 February 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
^ "C.D. Leganés and Seydouba Cissé, together until 2026". CD Leganés. 24 February 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
^ "Cissé reconvocado por primera vez con la selección de Guinea" (in Spanish). As. 18 May 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
^ "Egypt vs. Guinea - 5 June 2022". Retrieved 24 January 2023.
^ "Seydouba Cissé". Soccerway.
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