Demba cisse biography for kids

Papiss Cisse grew up working as a fisherman and driving an ambulance in Senegal.

He rose from poverty to become Newcastle United’s No.9, scored one of the Premier League ’s greatest goals and shot Alan Pardew’s Toon to a remarkable 5th place finish 12 years ago with 13 goals in 12 games.

But every day of his career, even now, he asked: “Why me?!

I was not even the best of my friends, but I am the only one to get this chance.

Demba cisse biography for kids

I ended up in Europe, at Newcastle, scoring in the Europa League quarter final.”

So when he was a Toon player he bought an ambulance for his hometown Sedihou, and spent two weeks of his holidays visiting villages and giving away his salary to help.

This week he struck a 3-year partnership with aid charity Human Appeal to formalise his giving, and they’ll deliver clean water and agriculture on his behalf.

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