Sambou Sissoko

{{short description|French association football player (born 1999)}}

{{For|midfielder from Mali born in 2000|Sambou Sissoko (Malian footballer)}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Sambou Sissoko

| image = Francia-usa-50.jpg

| caption = Sissoko playing for France U20 in 2019

| fullname = Sambou Sissoko{{cite web |url=https://www.fifadata.com/document/FWYC/2019/pdf/FWYC_2019_SquadLists.pdf |title=FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019: List of Players: France |publisher=FIFA |page=4 |date=13 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200206013743/https://www.fifadata.com/document/FWYC/2019/pdf/FWYC_2019_SquadLists.pdf |archive-date=6 February 2020}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|4|27|df=y}}

| birth_place = Clamart, France

| height = 1.86 m

| position = Right-back

| currentclub = Valenciennes

| clubnumber = 14

| youthyears1 = 2005–2009

| youthclubs1 = AS Fontenaisienne

| youthyears2 = 2009–2014

| youthclubs2 = Montrouge FC 92

| youthyears3 = 2014–2017

| youthclubs3 = Tours

| years1 = 2016–2017

| clubs1 = Tours II

| caps1 = 25

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2017–2018

| clubs2 = Tours

| caps2 = 28

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2019–2022

| clubs3 = Reims II

| caps3 = 28

| goals3 = 1

| years4 = 2019–2022

| clubs4 = Reims

| caps4 = 11

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2020–2021

| clubs5 = → Quevilly-Rouen (loan)

| caps5 = 16

| goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2022–2023

| clubs6 = Seraing

| caps6 = 42

| goals6 = 2

| years7 = 2024

| clubs7 = Vorskla Poltava

| caps7 = 12

| goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2024–

| clubs8 = Valenciennes

| caps8 = 10

| goals8 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2017–2018

| nationalteam1 = France U19

| nationalcaps1 = 16

| nationalgoals1 = 1

| nationalyears2 = 2018–2019

| nationalteam2 = France U20

| nationalcaps2 = 5

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| club-update = 1 January 2025

| nationalteam-update = 18:01, 29 April 2021 (UTC)

}}

Sambou Sissoko (born 27 April 1999) is a French professional footballer who plays as a right-back for {{French football updater|Valenciennes}} club Valenciennes.

Personal life

Sissoko was born in Clamart, France and has French nationality.{{cite web | url=https://www.unfp.org/joueur/sambou-sissoko-22453/ | title=Sambou SISSOKO - }} He is of Malian descent.{{cite web | last=AKOUETE | first=Isidore | title=Sambou Sissoko : Le Franco-Malien vers Reims | website=Africa Top Sports | date=29 January 2019 | url=https://www.africatopsports.com/2019/01/29/sambou-sissoko-le-franco-malien-vers-reims/ | language=fr | access-date=4 December 2020}}

Club career

Sissoko made his professional debut with Tours in a 1–0 Ligue 2 loss to Stade de Reims on 11 August 2017.{{cite web|url=http://www.lfp.fr/ligue2/feuille_match/83225|title=LFP.fr - Ligue de Football Professionnel - Domino's Ligue 2 - Saison 2017/2018 - 3ème journée - Tours FC / Stade de Reims|website=www.lfp.fr}}

In January 2019, he signed a four-year contract with Reims.{{cite web|url=http://stade-de-reims.com/sambou-sissoko-finaliste-de-gambardella-sdr/|title=Sambou Sissoko, un finaliste de la Gambardella au SDR !|publisher=Stade de Reims|date=30 January 2019|accessdate=1 February 2019}} He was loaned to Quevilly-Rouen for the 2020–21 season on 16 October 2020.{{cite web|url=https://sport24.lefigaro.fr/football/transferts/fil-info/le-remois-sissoko-a-quevilly-rouen-1018170|title=Le Rémois Sissoko à Quevilly-Rouen|publisher=Le Figaro|language=fr|date=16 October 2020}}

On 30 June 2022, Sissoko moved to Seraing in Belgium on a two-year deal.{{cite web|publisher=Seraing|url=https://www.rfc-seraing.be/mercato-sambou-sissoko-est-un-metallo/|title=MERCATO : SAMBOU SISSOKO EST UN MÉTALLO !|date=30 June 2022|access-date=7 July 2022|language=fr}} On 20 December 2023, Sissoko and Seraing agreed to terminate the contract.{{cite web|publisher=Seraing|url=https://www.rfc-seraing.be/le-rfc-seraing-et-sambou-sissoko-se-separent-dun-commun-accord/|title=LE RFC SERAING ET SAMBOU SISSOKO SE SÉPARENT D'UN COMMUN ACCORD|trans-title=RFC SERAING AND SAMBOU SISSOKO SEPARATE BY MUTUAL AGREEMENT|date=20 December 2023|access-date=22 January 2024|language=fr}}

On 14 February 2024, Sissoko signed with Vorskla Poltava in Ukraine, for an undisclosed term.{{cite web|publisher=FC Vorskla Poltava|url=https://vorskla.com.ua/news/3543-iz-frantsiji-ne-na-gostinu-a-z-serjoznimi-namirami|title=ІЗ ФРАНЦІЇ НЕ НА ГОСТИНУ, А З СЕРЙОЗНИМИ НАМІРАМИ|trans-title=FROM FRANCE, NOT FOR A VISIT, BUT WITH SERIOUS INTENTIONS|date=14 February 2024|access-date=14 February 2024|language=uk}}

On 30 August 2024, Sissoko moved to Valenciennes.{{cite web|publisher=Valenciennes|url=https://www.va-fc.com/articles/23965|title=Sambou Sissoko s'engage au VAFC !|trans-title=Sambou Sissoko joins the VAFC!|date=30 August 2024|access-date=7 October 2024|language=fr}}

International career

Sissoko is a youth international for France at the U19 level.{{cite web|url=http://www.toursfc.fr//actualites/chrono/selection---le-bilan-de-nos-internationaux-1545.xhtml|title=Sélection - Le bilan de nos internationaux|last=Oceanet|website=Tours FC}}