{{Short description|French footballer (born 1997)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Alpha Sissoko | image = Lens - Saint-Etienne (03-10-2020) 45.jpg | upright = 1.1 | caption = Sissoko with Saint-Étienne in 2020 | fullname = Alpha Nelson Sissoko | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|3|7|df=y}} | birth_place = Bondy, France<ref name="clermont">{{cite web |title=Sissoko |url=http://www.clermontfoot.com/sissoko#details |website=Clermont Foot 63 |accessdate=5 August 2018 |language=French}}</ref> | height = 1.78 m | position = Right-back<ref>{{WorldFootball.net|alpha-sissoko}}</ref> | currentclub = Guingamp | clubnumber = 22 | youthyears1 = 2014–2017 | youthclubs1 = Clermont | years1 = 2016–2019 | clubs1 = Clermont B | caps1 = 41 | goals1 = 1 | years2 = 2017–2019 | clubs2 = Clermont | caps2 = 22 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2019–2022 | clubs3 = Saint-Étienne B | caps3 = 9 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2019–2022 | clubs4 = Saint-Étienne | caps4 = 10 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2020 | clubs5 = → Le Puy B (loan) | caps5 = 1 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2020 | clubs6 = → Le Puy (loan) | caps6 = 4 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 2022–2024 | clubs7 = Quevilly-Rouen | caps7 = 71 | goals7 = 0 | years8 = 2024– | clubs8 = Guingamp | caps8 = 58 | goals8 = 0 | club-update = 11 May 2026 }}
'''Alpha Nelson Sissoko''' (born 7 March 1997) is a French professional footballer who plays as a right-back for {{French football updater|Guingamp}} club Guingamp.
==Club career== Sissoko made his professional debut for Clermont in a Ligue 2 2–0 win over Châteauroux on 19 September 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lfp.fr/ligue2/feuille_match/83270|title=LFP.fr - Ligue de Football Professionnel - Domino's Ligue 2 - Saison 2017/2018 - 8ème journée - Châteauroux / Clermont Foot|website=www.lfp.fr}}</ref>
On 30 January 2022, Sissoko signed with Quevilly-Rouen until the end of the season.<ref>{{cite press release|publisher=Quevilly-Rouen|url=https://qrm.fr/officiel-alpha-sissoko-sengage-avec-qrm/|title=OFFICIEL : ALPHA SISSOKO S'ENGAGE AVEC QRM !|date=30 January 2022|access-date=12 February 2022|language=fr}}</ref>
==Personal life== Alpha Sissoko was born in Bondy, France and has French nationality.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.unfp.org/joueur/alpha-sissoko-23142/ | title=Alpha SISSOKO - }}</ref> He is of Malian descent.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://reference14sport.blogspot.com/2017/09/joueurs-maliens-ou-dorigines-maliennes.html|title=Joueurs maliens ou d'origines maliennes à travers le monde du 08/09/2017|publisher=}}</ref>
== Honours ==
'''Individual''' * UNFP Ligue 2 Team of the Year: 2024–25<ref>{{Cite web |last=Alvarez |first=Bruno |date=12 May 2025 |title=Trophées UNFP. Dembélé, Doué, Luis Enrique… Le palmarès complet des meilleurs de la saison de L1 |url=https://www.ouest-france.fr/sport/football/ligue-1/trophees-unfp-dembele-doue-luis-enrique-le-palmares-complet-des-meilleurs-de-la-saison-de-l1-3f9c1430-2e79-11f0-a098-f31d02249152 |access-date=12 May 2025 |website=Ouest-France |language=Fr}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{Soccerway|nelson-sissoko/446033}} * {{LFP|sissoko-nelson}} * {{Lequipe|65769}}
{{En Avant Guingamp squad}} {{2024–25 Ligue 2 UNFP Team of the Year}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sissoko, Alpha}} Category:1997 births Category:Living people Category:Footballers from Bondy Category:Men's association football defenders Category:French men's footballers Category:French sportspeople of Malian descent Category:Clermont Foot 63 players Category:AS Saint-Étienne players Category:Le Puy Foot 43 Auvergne players Category:US Quevilly-Rouen Métropole players Category:En Avant Guingamp players Category:Ligue 2 players Category:Ligue 1 players Category:Championnat National players Category:Championnat National 2 players Category:Championnat National 3 players Category:21st-century French sportsmen
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