Moustapha Cissé

Moustapha Cissé

Personal information
Full name	Moustapha Elhadji Cissé
Date of birth	(2003-09-14) 14 September 2003 (age 21)[1]
Place of birth	Conakry, Guinea
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	St. Gallen
Number	11
Youth career
2019–2021	Rinascita Refugees
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2021–2022	Rinascita Refugees	8	(18)
2022–	Atalanta	3	(1)
2022	→ Pisa (loan)	7	(0)
2023	→ Südtirol (loan)	11	(2)
2023–2024	→ Atalanta U23 (res.)	18	(6)
2024–	→ St. Gallen (loan)	14	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 December 2024

Moustapha Elhadji Cissé (born 14 September 2003) is a Guinean professional footballer who plays as a forward for Swiss Super League club FC St. Gallen on loan from Italian Serie A club Atalanta.

Club career

Rinascita Refugees

Cissé moved to Italy as a refugee and orphan and was scouted playing for Seconda Categoria club Rinascita Refugees in 2019, a team made of refugees and asylum seekers in Lecce in the eighth tier of Italian football.[2] Whilst at Rinascita Refugees, Cissé scored 18 goals in eight league games for the club.[3]

Atalanta

On 23 February 2022, Cissé signed for Atalanta.[4] He debuted with their reserves in March 2022, scoring three goals in three games.[5] Cissé made his Serie A debut with Atalanta in a 1–0 win over Bologna; coming on as a substitute in the 65th minute, he scored his side's only goal in the 82nd minute.[6][7]

Loans in Serie B

On 5 August 2022, Cissé joined Serie B side Pisa on loan with an option to buy.[8] He subsequently made his debut for the club the following day, starting in a 4–1 Coppa Italia defeat to Brescia.[9]

Having found limited playing time in Tuscany, on 30 January 2023 Cissé was recalled from Pisa by Atalanta, subsequently joining fellow second-tier club Südtirol on loan until the end of the season.[10]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 14 December 2023[11]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Atalanta	2021–22	Serie A	3	1	0	0	—		—		3	1
	2023–24	Serie A	0	0	0	0	1[a]	0	—		1	0
	Total		3	1	0	0	1	0	—		4	1
Pisa (loan)	2022–23	Serie B	7	0	1	0	—		—		8	0
Südtirol (loan)	2022–23	Serie B	11	2	0	0	—		1[b]	0	12	2
Career total			21	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	24	3

1. Appearance in UEFA Europa League
2. Appearance in Serie B promotion play-offs

References

1. Fornoni, Simone (12 March 2022). "Cisse e i suoi fratelli. Quanto attinge Gasp dalla Primavera?".
2. "La storia di Moustapha Cissé, dal centro rifugiati alla Dea in due mesi". 15 March 2022.
3. "L'altro protagonista della Serie A TIM: Moustapha Cissé, rifugiato calciatore" (in Italian). DAZN. 21 March 2022.
4. "Un baby bomber per l'Atalanta, nerazzurri si assicurano una punta guineana classe 2003. I dettagli" (in Italian). 23 February 2022.
5. Losapio, Andrea (3 February 2022). "Atalanta, chi è Moustapha Cissé, il nuovo attaccante: dal team dei rifugiati alla Serie A". Corriere della Sera (in Italian).
6. Campanale, Susy (20 March 2022). "Cisse' scores on Atalanta debut a month after playing for refugees team".
7. "Moustapha Cisse scores late winner on Serie A debut for Atalanta, just weeks after playing for refugee side in eighth tier of Italian football". Goal.com. 21 March 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
8. "Moustapha Cissé è Nerazzurro" (in Italian). Pisa. 5 August 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
9. "Pisa - Brescia" (in Italian). gazzetta.it. 6 August 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
10. "Moustapha Cissé approda in biancorosso". FC Südtirol - Alto Adige (in Italian). 30 January 2023. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
11. "Moustapha Cisse". FootballDatabase.

External links

• Moustapha Cissé at Soccerway