Cissé took up a coaching position in the youth sector of former club Marseille. Personal life Family Cissé was born in France to Ivorian parents. He is also of Guinean descent. He was raised a Muslim and converted to Catholicism in 2007. His late father, Mangué, was a professional footballer and had captained his country, before his parents moved to France in 1974. Djibril was the seventh and last child of his family, after siblings N'ma, Damaye, Abou, Fode, Seni and Hamed. In 2005, after his move to Liverpool, Cissé purchased a manor house in the village of Frodsham, Cheshire, and in doing so became Lord of the Manor of Frodsham. Soon after buying the house, his decision to refuse the Cheshire Forest Hunt permission to hunt on his land received substantial press coverage. On 18 June 2005, Cissé married former Welsh hairdresser Jude Littler. The wedding took place at Bodelwyddan Castle, with notable guests including Shaun Wright-Phillips and Cissé's French national teammates Louis Saha and Sylvain Wiltord. He got married in a tuxedo in the red of Liverpool. The couple divorced in October 2014 and have three children, Cassius, Prince Kobe and Marley Jackson. Cissé has a daughter, Ilona, from a previous relationship. Other pursuits Cissé had a cameo role in a French action comedy film Taxi 4, featuring in a high-speed driving scene. Cissé has his own clothing range and fragrance, branded "Mr Lenoir". In 2015, he participated in season 6 of Danse avec les stars, the French version of Dancing with the Stars. In 2021, he took part in the second season of Mask Singer, disguised as a skeleton. Legal issues In October 2015, Cissé was one of four people arrested in France over an alleged attempt to blackmail Mathieu Valbuena in a sex tape extortion plot. He was removed from the investigation in January 2021. Career statistics Club International Scores and results list France's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Cissé goal. HonoursAuxerreCoupe de France: 2002–03LiverpoolFA Cup: 2005–06 UEFA Champions League: 2004–05 UEFA Super Cup: 2005 FIFA Club World Championship runner-up: 2005Panathinaikos Super League Greece: 2009–10 Greek Football Cup: 2009–10 France FIFA Confederations Cup: 2003 Individual FIFA World Youth Championship Silver Shoe: 2001 UNFP Ligue 1 Player of the Month: December 2003 UNFP Division 1 Young Player of the Year: 2001–02 Super League Greece Best Foreign Player: 2010 References External links (in French