Pione Sisto’s biography, fact, career, awards, net worth and life story

Club career

Early career

Born in Kampala, Uganda, to South Sudanese parents, Sisto moved to Denmark at the age of only two months. He was spotted by Tjørring IF in 2002, aged seven, and moved to FC Midtjylland ‘s youth setup in 2010.

Midtjylland

Sisto made his league debut during the 2012–13 Danish Superliga season and scored his first professional goal during the same season in the match against AGF Århus. On 2 March 2014, he scored twice in FC Midtjylland’s 5–1 away victory over F.C. København in the Danish Superliga.

In December 2014, Sisto was voted “Player of the Year 2014” by the Danish Footballers’ Association and “Profile of the Autumn 2014” by the Danish Football Magazine.

After an injury he played his first club match in 2015 in May coming on as a substitute against F.C. København. Shortly after he made an assist for the game’s first goal followed by scoring the deciding goal, giving FCM a 2–0 victory to win their first Danish league title.

Scouts from Barcelona, Milan, Juventus and Porto have been to Denmark several times to see the Danish midfielder and Arsenal has also shown interest in the midfielder. According to Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf Ajax has offered 7 million euros without success. The player is represented by his agent Jonas Ankersen.

He scored for Midtjylland against Manchester United in a 2–1 home win in the Europa League on 18 February 2016. He also scored the opening goal of the second-leg at Old Trafford before Midtjylland went on to lose 5–1 (6–3 on aggregate) to United and bow out of the Europa League.

Celta

On 31 July 2016, La Liga club Celta de Vigo reached an agreement for the transfer of Sisto, for a fee rumoured to be € 5 million. He made his debut in the category on 22 August, starting in a 0–1 home loss against CD Leganés.

International career

Since Sisto was not a Danish citizen, but had lived almost his whole life in Denmark, the Danish national team manager Morten Olsen expressed his hope that the player would be eligible for the national squad. Upon receiving his Danish citizenship in December 2014, Sisto was immediately chosen to represent the Denmark national under-21 football team, although in an unofficial match. He was not yet able to represent Denmark in an official international match due to FIFA regulations. On 23 January 2015, he made his debut for the Danish U21 side, scoring a hat-trick in a 7–1 win against Romanian club FC Dinamo București.

On 8 May 2015, Sisto received official word of FIFA’s dispensation decision, allowing him to represent Denmark without waiting the obligatory five years following his 18th birthday. Twelve days later, he was called up to the Denmark national football team for its matches against Montenegro and Serbia.

In June 2015, he represented the Denmark U21 team at the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship in the Czech Republic, and scored the last goal in a 2–1 victory against the host nation in the opening match at the Eden Arena in Prague.

Sisto debuted for the Danish national football team on 4 September 2015, in a Euro 2016 qualifying match against Albania. He played the first 45 minutes before being replaced at halftime by Yussuf Poulsen. The game ended 0–0.

Personal life

Sisto has lived in Denmark since he was two months old and has Danish citizenship.

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