Aly Cissokho

Aly Cissokho (, born 15 September 1987) is a French professional footballer who plays for a Thai League 1 club Lamphun Warrior.

He plays as a left-back and has been described as a "sprightly left-back with good speed and stamina".

Cissokho began his career playing for local clubs within his hometown, such as Blois Foot 41.

He spent four years in the club's benjamins section and, in 1999, joined the biggest club in the city, Blois Foot 41.

While at the club, Cissokho settled into his role as a left back with his coaches describing him as a player with great potential.

Following his move from Porto to Lyon, Blois were compensated €162,500 due to an agreement Blois reached with both Gueugnon and Porto.

The payment helped the club achieve some stability after a few years of financial difficulties.

After four years at Blois, Cissokho had a year's stint at FCO Saint-Jean-de-la-Ruelle.

In 2004, he signed with professional club FC Gueugnon and spent three years in the club's youth system before making his debut in the 2006–07 season.

In 2004, while playing with Saint-Jean-de-la-Ruelle, Cissokho was spotted by the assistant manager of professional club FC Gueugnon Jean Acédo who recommended the player join his club, who were playing in the second division of French football, Ligue 2.

In July 2004, he signed with the club and was inserted into the club's youth academy.

After two years in the club's academy and another two years in the reserves, Cissokho made his professional debut on 25 May 2007 in a league match against Metz.

He started and played the entire match in a 2–1 victory.

He was, subsequently, promoted to the senior team for the 2007–08 season and assigned the number 3 shirt by manager Alain Ravera.

Under Ravera, Cissokho struggled for playing time often being utilized as a substitute, however, after the sacking of Ravera in October 2007, he was inserted into the starting lineup by new manager Alex Dupont.

He appeared in 22 league matches during the campaign, starting in 15, but could not prevent Gueugnon from finishing dead last in the league, which meant relegation to the Championnat National.

He spent only one season at the club and, in June 2008, signed with Portuguese club Vitória de Setúbal in the Primeira Liga.

After spending only half a season with the club, Cissokho departed Vitória for the league's defending champions Porto, where he won the Portuguese league and cup double and played in the UEFA Champions League for the first time.

On 2 June 2008, Portuguese first division club Vitória de Setúbal confirmed on its website that the club had signed Cissokho to a three-year contract until 2011.

He made his debut for the club on the 22 August 2008 in a match against Vitória de Guimarães playing the entire match in a 1–1 draw.

Cissokho appeared in 15 league matches for the club and, also, made his European debut in a UEFA Cup match against Dutch club SC Heerenveen.

In the quarter-finals, Porto faced English club Manchester United and Cissokho was tasked with the objective of containing the 2008 FIFA World Player of the Year Cristiano Ronaldo.

Despite putting up a strong effort in the first leg, which ended 2–2 at Old Trafford, Porto were defeated 3–2 on aggregate after losing 1–0 at the Estádio do Dragão.

In July 2009, after a failed transfer attempt to Italian club A.C. Milan, he signed a five-year contract with French club Lyon for a fee of €15 million.

Cissokho is also a French international and earned his first call-up to the team in November 2009.

After positive displays for Vitória de Setúbal, on 9 January 2009, the defending champions Porto announced the club had acquired 60% of Cissokho's rights for a modest fee of €300,000.

Upon his arrival, Cissokho was given the number 28 shirt and immediately inserted into the starting lineup by manager Jesualdo Ferreira making his debut 17 January in a Taça da Liga match against Académica de Coimbra.

In the league, Cissokho appeared in 15 matches with the club going undefeated in that span.

The unbeaten streak led to the club winning its fourth consecutive league title and giving Cissokho his first major honour.

In the UEFA Champions League, Cissokho made his debut on 24 February 2009 in the opening leg of the team's first knockout round tie against Spanish club Atlético Madrid.

The match finished 2–2 and Porto won the tie by the same scoreline via the away goals rule.

On 31 May, Porto completed the league and cup double after defeating Paços de Ferreira 1–0 in the 2009 final of the Taça de Portugal.

Cissokho played the entire match.

He made his senior debut a year later in August 2010 in a friendly match against Norway.

Cissokho was born and raised in Blois, the capital city of the Loir-et-Cher département, to Senegalese parents.

He grew up learning the sport of football from his three older brothers who are also football players.

Mamadou, the eldest, and Demba remain in Blois playing for local amateur clubs AFM Blois and Blois Foot 41, respectively And sayyid cissokho age 16 who plays for an unknown club in England, while Issa plays for professional club Nantes in Ligue 1.

Cissokho began his football career at the age of eight playing for AMJ Blois.

Following the season, Cissokho signed his first professional contract agreeing to a three-year deal until June 2010.

At the beginning of the 2012–2013 season Cissokho was sold to Valencia CF and was subsequently loaned to Liverpool for the 2013–14 season.