Djibril Cisse

Djibril Arrun Cisse is a French international football player who currently features for the French Ligue 1 club Marseille. He plays as a striker and won the UEFA Champions League with Liverpool in 2005.

Djibril Cisse commenced his professional club football career at French giants Auxerre in 1998 and played for them until 2004, making a name for himself as one of the best and most lethal strikers in Europe and scoring 70 goals in 128 league matches.

In 2004 Cisse was signed for 14 million pounds by Liverpool but couldn’t really settle in well. He suffered a broken leg in October 2004 and could make his return to football only in April 2005. He went onto win the UEFA Champions League with Liverpool that season but at the end of the 2005-2006 season was loaned out to French club Marseille for the 2006-2007 season.

In the summer of 2007 Marseille signed Djibril Cisse on a permanent deal and the Frenchman regrouped himself. He was loaned out to Sunderland in England for the 2008-2009 season.

Djibril Cisse made his international debut for France against Belgium on May 18,2002. He featured for France in the 2002 World Cup finals but was banned for Euro 2004. He was part of the French squad for the 2006 World Cup finals that reached the final of the competition.