Who is Prince Cisse? The 17-year-old striker turned centre-back who scored on his Liverpool U21 debut

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Prince Cisse just marked his Liverpool U21 debut with a goal against Tottenham, following in his father’s footsteps. Liverpool U21 star Prince Cisse playstyleAs a forward for much of his youth career, Cisse has the on-ball ability that is a requirement for the modern elite centre-back.

He’s not the most imposing of figures just yet, but he will get stronger and maybe even taller than his 5’11” listed height. As he told The LFC Academy on X, Cisse’s footballing idol is Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk.

Prince Cisse on comparisons to father Djibril and his own Liverpool ambitionsLikely in anticipation of his U21 debut, Cisse sat down for an interview shared on the Liverpool website, where he was of course asked about his father, who was one of the 2005 Istanbul heroes and a goalscorer in the 2006 FA Cup final. He was lightning-quick but I’d say I’m maybe a bit quicker.”The teenager will want to shed the ‘son’ label in the coming years and establish his own name at Liverpool.