Modou Kéba Cissé

Modou Kéba Cissé
Personal information
Full name Modou Kéba Cissé
Date of birth (2005-08-04) 4 August 2005
Place of birth Dakar, Senegal
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)[1]
Position Defender
Team information
Current team
 Aston Villa
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 36 (3)
2026– Aston Villa 0 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19:02, 10 May 2026 (UTC)
Modou Kéba Cissé on the field

Modou Kéba Cissé (born 4 August 2005) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or defensive midfielder[2] for Premier League club Aston Villa.[3]

Cissé is a product of the Be Sport Academy in Dakar, Senegal, which was followed by a short spell at Real Avila before signing for Austrian side LASK in 2024. Cissé signed a pre-agreement with Aston Villa in July 2025 and completed the move a year later having played a key role LASK's league and cup double.

Club career

Early career

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 club Aston Villa announced that they had come to an agreement for the signing of Cissé in the summer of 2026,[3] with the defender remaining at the Austrian club until then. It was reported that the transfer fee was around £4 million.[9][10] Cissé trained with the Aston Villa side during the Austrian league's winter break in December 2025.[11] LASK won the league and cup with Cissé appearing 30 times over the season.[11]

Aston Villa

Cissé joined Aston Villa in July 2026 as per the terms of the contract agreed one year prior.[11]

Personal life

Cissé enjoyed a relatively affluent upbringing in a large house. His mother was a Spanish teacher and his father a local businessman. He is a practicing Muslim.[11]

Career statistics

As of match played 10 May 2026[12][13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
LASK Amateur OÖ 2024–25 Austrian Regionalliga 5000——50
LASK 2024–25 Austrian Bundesliga 10120—3[b]0151
2025–26 Austrian Bundesliga 26241——303
Total 36361——424
Aston Villa 2026–27 Premier League 000000—00
Career total 413610030504
  1. ↑ Includes Austrian Cup
  2. ↑ Appearances in Austrian Bundesliga's Conference League play-offs

Honours

LASK

References

  1. ↑ "Modou Keba Cissé Profile". LASK. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  2. ↑ Mail, Harry (17 July 2025). "Aston Villa 'agree' seven-figure transfer deal ahead of second tier club". BirminghamWorld. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Aston Villa announce Modou Kéba Cissé signing". Aston Villa Football Club. 19 July 2025. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  4. ↑ "Mercato: Modou Keba Cissé set to take a major step in his career". OneFootball. 7 July 2025. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  5. ↑ "Modou Keba Cissé | Laufbahn | Spielerprofil". kicker (in German). Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  6. ↑ "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.
  7. ↑ "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.
  8. ↑ "LASK 2–1 Rapid Wien - Full time result". FotMob. 23 February 2025. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  9. ↑ Townley, John (19 July 2025). "Aston Villa complete £4m transfer for defender". Birmingham Live. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  10. ↑ 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.
  11. 1 2 3 4 Tanswell, Jacob (6 July 2026). "Modou Keba Cisse is Aston Villa's new pre-season arrival — but will he be part of Unai Emery's plans?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 6 July 2026.
  12. ↑ "Summary - Modou Cissé - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  13. ↑ "Modou Keba Cisse - stats, career and market value". FotMob. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
  14. ↑ "Fairy tale completed! LASK crowns itself champion". LASK. 17 May 2026. Retrieved 19 August 2026.
  15. ↑ "Nach 61 Jahren: LASK bejubelt Titel im UNIQA ÖFB Cup" [After 61 years: LASK celebrate title in the UNIQA ÖFB Cup]. ÖFB (in Austrian German). 1 May 2026. Archived from the original on 2 May 2026. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
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