Kalifa Cissé
Personal information
Date of birth	9 January 1984 (1984-01-09) (age 25)
Place of birth	Dreux, France
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.86 m)
Playing position	Midfielder/Centre back
Club information
Current club	Reading
Number	4
Youth career
2003–2004	Toulouse
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2004–2005 2005–2007 2007–	GD Estoril Boavista Reading	06 0(0) 40 (10) 64 0(6)
National team2
2003 2008–	Mali U20 Mali	01 0(0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:15, 4 May 2009 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 00:35, 25 June 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Kalifa Cissé (born 9 January 1984 in Dreux, France) is a Malian professional football midfielder and centre back with Reading in the Championship.

Contents 1 Club career 2 International career 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Club career

Cissé started his career as a trainee at French club Toulouse, and moved on to Portuguese club GD Estoril. It was there that he caught the attention of Portuguese Liga club Boavista, for whom he signed in 2005.

His performances in the top division of Portuguese football alerted Reading to his potential and on 16 May 2007, he sealed a move on a three-year contract, for a fee of just under €1 million.^[1]

He made his Premier League debut for Reading against Chelsea on 15 August, however, he was also sent off in this game for second bookable offence.^[2] He scored his first Reading goal on 29 December 2007 in a 6-4 defeat to Tottenham Hotspur.^[3]

In his second season at Reading, Cisse became a fan favourite. In the Championship, he scored a crucial goal against eventual champions Wolves as well as a goal that was voted the club's best of the season against Bristol City.

[edit] International career

Although born in France, Cissé played for the Mali U20 team in the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship.^{[citation needed]} He received his first call up to the Mali senior team on 20 March 2008..^[4]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Kalifa Cissé profile at readingfc.co.uk
• Kalifa Cissé career stats at Soccerbase
• Kalifa Cissé FIFA competition record

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Persondata
NAME	Cissé, Kalifa
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	9 January 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dreux, France
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH

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