Papiss Cissé

Papiss Cissé
Cissé playing for Newcastle United in 2013
Personal information
Full name Papiss Demba Cissé
Date of birth (1985-06-03) 3 June 1985
Place of birth Dakar, Senegal
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Al Qabila FC
Number 18
Youth career
Génération Foot
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2004 AS Douanes 26 (23)
2004–2010 Metz 95 (36)
2005–2006Cherbourg (loan) 28 (19)
2008–2009Châteauroux (loan) 15 (4)
2010–2012 SC Freiburg 65 (37)
2012–2016 Newcastle United 117 (37)
2016–2018 Shandong Luneng 31 (16)
2018–2020 Alanyaspor 58 (38)
2020–2021 Fenerbahçe 25 (5)
2022 Çaykur Rizespor 14 (2)
2022–2023 Amiens 30 (10)
2025– Al Qabila 5 (6)
International career
2009–2015 Senegal 36 (17)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 June 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 January 2015

Papiss Demba Cissé (French pronunciation: [sise]; born 3 June 1985) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a forward for UAE Third Division League side Al Qabila.

Formerly of SC Freiburg, he once held the record of most goals scored by an African player in a single Bundesliga campaign – 22 in the 2010–11 season.

A full international for Senegal from 2009 to 2015, Cissé represented the country at the 2012 and 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.