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Coppa Africa.svg Africa Cup of Nations Other Tournaments and Cups<\/STRONG> Aliou Cisse (born 24 March 1976) is a Senegalese football coach and former player who is the manager of the Senegal national team. Cisse is best known for being the first Senegal captain to reach the Africa Cup of Nations final in 2002 and the first Senegal manager to win the tournament in 2022 after reaching the final in 2019. The Senegal national football team , nicknamed the Lions of Teranga, represents Senegal in international association football and is operated by the Senegalese Football Federation. First international:<\/STRONG> Most caps:<\/STRONG> Top scorer: Biggest win: Biggest defeat:<\/STRONG> Player Africa Cup of Nations Coach of the Tournament:<\/STRONG>
<\/STRONG>Gold medal africa.svg Champions: 2021
Silver medal africa.svg Runners-up: 2002, 2019
African Games<\/STRONG>
Gold medal africa.svg Gold Medal: 2015
Continental tournaments<\/STRONG>
Coppa Africa.svg Africa Cup of Nations
Runners-up (1): 2002<\/P>
Amilcar Cabral Cup
Champions (8): 1979, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1991, 2001
Runners-up (5): 1982, 1993, 1997, 2000, 2005
COSAFA Cup
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Having begun his career in France, he later played for English clubs Birmingham City and Portsmouth. Cisse was a defensive midfielder who also, on occasion, played at centre back.
Cisse has been the head coach of Senegal since 2015, having briefly taken charge of them following Amara Traoré's sacking, in a caretaker role in 2012. He was also the assistant coach of the under-23 side from 2012 to 2013, becoming head coach from 2013 to 2015.<\/P>","23F2951B3C27EA49CDF6AA0A6796350C":"","8B339FAF24182859":"http:\/\/senegal-football.com\/","C1F9C3B7B448DF0B30693C46CF342E45":"
One of Africa's most famous national football teams, Senegal reached the quarter-finals of the 2002 FIFA World Cup, becoming the second team from Africa (after Cameroon in 1990). They managed to upset defending world champions France, finish second in their group, and beat Sweden in extra time in the round of 16, before losing to Turkey in the quarter-finals.
Senegal’s first appearance in the Africa Cup of Nations was in 1965, when they lost 1–0 to Ivory Coast for 4th place. They hosted the 1992 African Cup of Nations, where they made it to the quarter-finals, and won their first AFCON at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, defeating Egypt in the final.<\/P>","4C3BD0B49E7780EC":"
British Gambia 1–2 French Senegal (Gambia; 1959)<\/P>
Henri Camara (99)<\/P>
<\/STRONG>Henri Camara (29)<\/P>
<\/STRONG>Senegal 7–0 Mauritius (Dakar, Senegal; 9 October 2010)<\/P>
Czechoslovakia 11–0 Senegal (Prague, Czechoslovakia; 2 November 1966)<\/P>","DB8BFDDC9C8E07942DF1262A4753E432":"2015-3-5","9A8C394B65E99026":"Aliou Cisse","1D05D5348F89D6017995671358C45119":"","7BFCAC81BA3A2F91509A9E9BA49BB793CC283EF5765EDF97":"1960","76B30DAB809CAA08B7EDD8277BA24A64":"Senegal","F8A44A36F46FF4E4":"Senegal","CBD48FB3F5827AF4666D1459D2BC8E48":"
CLUB<\/U><\/STRONG>
Paris Saint-Germain<\/STRONG>
Coupe de la Ligue runner-up: 1999–2000
UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2001
INTERNATIONAL<\/U><\/STRONG>
Senegal<\/STRONG>
Africa Cup of Nations runner-up: 2002
Manager
<\/STRONG>
INTERNATIONAL<\/U><\/STRONG>
Senegal
<\/STRONG>Africa Cup of Nations: 2021; runner-up: 2019
INDIVIDUAL<\/U><\/STRONG><\/P>
2021
CAF Awards Coach of the Year:
<\/STRONG>2022<\/P>","0FA2227E78AF1E09":"Senegal","9597521584EB9A23417B8E85D33BF2A8":"Aliou Cisse","e_index":0};