Modou Kéba Cissé
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Modou Kéba Cissé | ||
| Date of birth | 4 August 2005 | ||
| Place of birth | Senegal | ||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | LASK | ||
| Number | 48 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2024 | Be Sport Academy | ||
| 2024 | Real Ávila | ||
| 2024–2025 | LASK | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2025 | LASK Amateur OÖ | 5 | (0) |
| 2025– | LASK | 10 | (1) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 10:03, 19 July 2025 (UTC) | |||
Modou Kéba Cissé (born 4 August 2005) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or defensive midfielder[2] for Austrian Football Bundesliga club LASK. He will join English Premier League club Aston Villa in the summer of 2026.[3]
Club career
[edit]Early career
[edit]Born in Senegal, Cissé played his early football at the Senegalese Be Sport Academy[4], before signing for Spanish club Real Ávila's youth system in February 2024.[5]
LASK
[edit]Cissé was in Spain for only 4 months before, on 14 July 2024, he was signed by Austrian Football Bundesliga club LASK.[6]
Cissé played 5 matches for the club's B-team in the Austrian Regionalliga, before being moved to the first team.[7] He made his professional debut on 23 February 2025, in a 2–1 league victory over Rapid Vienna.[8]
On 19 July 2025, English Premier League club Aston Villa announced that they had come to an agreement for the signing of Cissé in the summer of 2026[3], with Cissé remaining at the Austrian club until then. It was reported that the transfer fee was around £4 million.[9][10]
Career statistics
[edit]| Club | Season | League | National cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| LASK Amateur OÖ | 2024–25 | Austrian Regionalliga | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||
| LASK | 2024–25 | Austrian Football Bundesliga | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 3[a] | 0 | 15 | 1 | |
| 2025–26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 1 | ||||
| Career total | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 1 | ||
- ^ Appearances in Austrian Bundesliga's Conference League play-offs
References
[edit]- ^ "Modou Keba Cissé Profile". LASK. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
- ^ Mail, Harry (17 July 2025). "Aston Villa 'agree' seven-figure transfer deal ahead of second tier club". BirminghamWorld. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
- ^ a b "Aston Villa announce Modou Kéba Cissé signing". Aston Villa Football Club. 19 July 2025. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
- ^ "Mercato: Modou Keba Cissé set to take a major step in his career". OneFootball. 7 July 2025. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
- ^ "Modou Keba Cissé | Laufbahn | Spielerprofil". kicker (in German). Retrieved 19 July 2025.
- ^ "Transfert : Modou Keba Cissé s'engage officiellement avec Lask en provenance de Real Avila" [Transfer: Modou Keba Cissé officially signs with Lask from Real Avila]. wiwSport (in French). 14 July 2024. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
- ^ "Millionen-Deal für den LASK: Aston Villa kauft Cissé im Sommer 2026" [Million euro deal for LASK: Aston Villa to buy Cissé in summer 2026]. kicker (in German). 19 July 2025. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
- ^ "LASK 2–1 Rapid Wien - Full time result". FotMob. 23 February 2025. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
- ^ Townley, John (19 July 2025). "Aston Villa complete £4m transfer for defender". Birmingham Live. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
- ^ Tanswell, Jacob (19 July 2025). "Aston Villa sign defender Modou Keba Cisse from LASK on pre-contract agreement". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
- ^ "Summary - Modou Cissé - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
- ^ "Modou Keba Cisse - stats, career and market value". FotMob. Retrieved 20 July 2025.