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- Djibril Cissé is a French footballer who played as a striker.
He started his career at AC Arles in 1989, at the age of eight. After seven years at the club, he had a six-month spell at Nîmes Olympique, before moving to AJ Auxerre, joining the club's youth system. Cissé spent two years in the system, before graduating to the first team in 1998. After playing for Auxerre for six seasons, scoring 90 goals in 166 appearances, he moved to Premier League club Liverpool F.C. in 2004.
During his time at Anfield, Cissé played 79 games, scoring 24 times and winning the 2004-05 UEFA Champions League and 2005-06 FA Cup. He went on to play in Greece with Panathinaikos F.C., Italy with S.S. Lazio, Qatar with Al-Gharafa and Russia with Kuban Krasnodar. He had further spells in English football with Sunderland A.F.C. and Queens Park Rangers F.C., and France with Olympique de Marseille and SC Bastia. In 2015, Cissé made one appearance for Réunion based club JS Saint-Pierroise, before retiring from professional football.
In the course of his career, Cissé suffered from two leg breaks, breaking his left leg in 2004, and his right leg in 2006.
Cissé represented the France National Football Team at the 2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan (2002) and 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa (2010) and was part of les Bleus' 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup winning squad.
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- SpouseJude Cissé(June 18, 2005 - present) (2 children)
- French soccer player. He started his career in Auxerre (France) in 1999 then left France for Liverpool (England) in 2004. Highest individual scorer of French Championship in 2002 and 2004, he won the French cup with Auxerre in 2003 and the Confederation Cup with the National French team in 2003.
- After purchasing the 'Manor of Frodsham' home in Cheshire, Cisse inherited a title along with the £2 million mansion. He is now referred to as 'Lord Djibril Cisse of Frodsham'.
- During his first season for Liverpool FC, he suffered a terrible injury playing against Blackburn Rovers. His shin was broken in 2 places, which kept him out for most of the rest of that season. It was once feared that he'd never play football again, however he made a remarkable comeback to play in Liverpool's last game.
- Played for France in the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
- Has two children: Ilona (b. 2001) and Cassius (b. 2006).
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