French midfielder Moussa Sissoko

Moussa Sissoko is a French midfielder who is in favor of English Tottenham. He is 27 years old, and he gradually comes to the peak of his career, but it can not be said that he became a world star. Moussa Sissoko plays in the position of the central midfielder in the role of the so-called "box-to-box", that is, a football player who works from his own penalty area to someone else's. Also, he can advance to the position above and become an attacking midfielder or move to the right flank.

Carier start

Moussa Sissoko was born on August 18, 1989 in France to a family of Malian immigrants. At the age of nine, he joined the football academy of the Esperance Club, which was quickly replaced by Red Star. From there, Sissoko left in 2001, returning to Esperance. There he played for another year, until he went through a viewing in a professional club called "Toulouse". It was there after five years that Mussa Sissoko became a professional football player, having concluded a full-fledged contract with the club. From the first season he began to play at the base, appearing on the field 36 times and scoring two goals. All his youth, the midfielder spent exactly there - five and a half years he defended the colors of his native club. He played in 218 games, scoring 24 goals. By the number of games for the club Sissoko is on the fourth place in history. But to rise above Moussa could not, since in winter 2013, for a symbolic sum of two million euros, he was sold to the English "Newcastle".

Transfer to Newcastle

Moussa Sissoko - football player, who was able to fully open just at Newcastle. He immediately became a base player, going for half a season in 18 games on the field and scoring three goals. In the next three seasons he was the key player of the club and in the total he played 133 matches, scoring 12 goals. Gradually, he began to show himself as a very strong player, deserving more. However, Sissoko did not hurry to leave the club, and perhaps would have stayed there if Newcastle did not fly to the second league. That is why in the summer of 2016, after numerous refusals (clubs did not want to pay 35 million euros for the player, and "Newcastle" did not want to bring down the price), "Tottenham" still agreed to pay the full amount of compensation.

The game for Tottenham Hotspur

Sissoko signed a contract with "Tottenham" until 2021. In the current season, the player has entered the field in eight games, but has not scored a single goal.

National team appearances

For the French national team Sissoko debuted in October 2009. Since then, he played 48 matches, scored one goal and gave six assists. However, at the first major tournament, he went only at the age of 25 - it was the World Cup in 2014, where Moussa scored a goal in the gates of the Swiss. At the European Championship in 2016, Sissoko was the player of the base and did not enter the field only in the game against the Albanian team.