Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 14 November 1988 | ||
Place of birth | Koubia, Guinea | ||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Playing position | Striker | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Benevento | ||
Number | 19 | ||
Youth career | |||
Virtus Petosino | |||
2004–2006 | Atalanta | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2006–2009 | Atalanta | 3 | (0) |
2007–2008 | → Verona (loan) | 23 | (1) |
2009–2014 | AlbinoLeffe | 97 | (15) |
2014–2015 | Casertana | 25 | (12) |
2015– | Benevento | 28 | (11) |
National team‡ | |||
2008– | Guinea | 15 | (3) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 August 2010 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 November 2010 (UTC) |
Karamoko Cissé (born 14 November 1988) is a Guinean footballer who plays as a forward for Italian club Benevento in Serie B. Cissé also holds Italian nationality.
Born in Guinea in 1988, Cissé moved with his family to Sorisole, Italy in 2000.
After spending season 2007–08 on loan at Hellas Verona, Cissé returned to Atalanta but did not make an appearance.
He joined AlbinoLeffe in a co-ownership deal in January 2009, for €700,000. On the same day Federico Peluso moved to Atalanta.
In 2010–11 season, he changed the shirt number from number 8 to number.17, the traditional bad luck number in Italy.
In June 2011 AlbinoLeffe bought Cissé, Michael Cia and Dario Bergamelli outright, co-currently sold Nicola Madonna outright. In 2011–12 season he took the number 10 shirt from retired Davide Bombardini.
On 21 March 2013 Cissé signed a new one-year contract with AlbinoLeffe.
Cissé was signed by Casertana on 5 June 2014.
On 13 July 2015 he signed for Benevento on a two-year contract.
Cissé who was in the final squad and played in the qualifiers for Guinea in the Ghana 2008 African Cup of Nations. He has also been picked in the squad for the South Africa 2010 World Cup qualifiers.