File:Moussa_Sissoko_12072025_(1).jpg · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons
Moussa Sissoko
Sign in to saveFrench footballer (born 1989)
OverviewAI-generated
Moussa Sissoko is a French association football player born in Le Blanc-Mesnil on August 16, 1989. He plays as a midfielder and has represented France at the international level, including for the France men's national association football team and the France national under-21 association football team. His club career includes stints with Toulouse FC, Newcastle United F.C., and Watford.
Sissoko has participated in major tournaments such as the 2014 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 2016, and the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group A. He has played in the Premier League and wears the sport number 17. A native French speaker who practices Islam, he began his professional work period in 2007.
Synthesized by Vinony from 23 facts across 2 sources: Wikidata, Thesportsdb. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Team
- Watford
- Position
- Midfielder
- Nationality
- France
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Le Blanc-Mesnil
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- French
- Religion
- Islam
- Participant in
- 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group A
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Panathinaikos F.C.
- Position played
- midfielder
- League
- Premier League
- Country for sport
- France
- Mass
- 83
- Image
- Moussa Sissoko cropped.JPG
- Height
- 187
Show 6 more facts
- Commons category
- Moussa Sissoko
- date of birth
- 1989-08-16
- sport number
- 17
- name in native language
- Moussa Sissoko
- start of work period
- 2007-00-00
- social media followers
- 428439
via Wikidata · CC0
~22 min read
Encyclopedic overview
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16 March 2026
Moussa Sissoko (born 16 August 1989) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Greek Super League club Panathinaikos. He is a box-to-box midfielder in the centre of the pitch, and is capable of playing as a defensive midfielder, or even as an attacking midfielder, right winger or right-back.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Moussa Sissoko” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.