Aly Cissokho

Aly Cissokho 2010 in jersey of Olympique Lyon

Aly Cissokho ( born September 15, 1987 in Blois ) is a French football player.

Career

Association

Cissokho began his career in the youth department of FC Gueugnon. He only played one season as a professional in Gueugnon and came 22 times in Ligue 2 for use. In 2008 he joined the Portuguese Super League to Vitória Setúbal, where he was at first attempt regulars. On 22 August 2008 he made ​​his debut in the Super League with a 1-1 draw against Vitória Guimarães. In January 2009, he spent 300,000 euros within the league to FC Porto. On 24 January 2009 he made ​​his debut for Porto 's 2-0 victory against Sporting Braga. As with his previous stops, he managed to become a regular player at first. He was particularly impressed in the Champions League games against Manchester United, where he played against Cristiano Ronaldo and almost completely took him out of the game. On June 14, 2009, AC Milan announced to have committed Cissokho for a transfer fee of 15 million euros. However, the player did not pass the medical test because of dental problems, so that the change did not materialize.

19 July 2009 Cissokho then moved for 15 million Euros from FC Porto for French club Olympique Lyon, where he received a contract until 30 June 2014, which he returned after only one year in Portugal to France.

With Lyon he missed the French title. However, it attracted international attention when you 2009/10, the top Spanish club Real Madrid defeated in the second round of the UEFA Champions League. In the first leg in Lyon Cissokho and Lyon were able to defeat the hot favorite from Madrid 1-0. In the return leg in Madrid could achieve a 1:1. In the Champions League they came up before the semi-finals, where they failed because of the top German club Bayern Munich (0:1, 0:3). Cissokho had come up to the semi-finals in every CL game used.

For the 2012/13 season Cissokho joined for six million euros to the Spanish first division club FC Valencia, where he signed a four year contract.

On August 20, 2013 Cissokho was awarded for one season at Liverpool.

National

Beginning of November 2009 coach Domenech called him for the first time in the squad of the French national team A for the two World Cup qualification playoffs against Ireland.

Achievements and titles

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