Modou Kéba Cissé
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| 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 | 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) |
| 2025–2026 | LASK | 29 | (1) |
| 2026– | Aston Villa | 0 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21:02, 13 March 2026 (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]
Early career
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
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]