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Prince Cisse Signs First Professional Liverpool Contract

Liverpool Academy Continues Family Tradition

Liverpool have confirmed that Prince Cisse, son of 2005 Champions League winner Djibril Cisse, has signed his first professional contract with the club.

It is a neat football story, of course. A famous surname returning to the Liverpool pathway always carries emotional pull. Yet this is also about something more practical, development, patience, and the machinery of an academy that continues to produce players capable of reaching senior football, whether at Anfield or elsewhere.

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Cisse has been with Liverpool since the pre-Academy phase, meaning this contract is not some sentimental gesture. It is the reward for years inside the system, years of coaching, adaptation and progress.

A club statement read:

“Prince Cisse has signed his first professional contract with Liverpool FC. The 17-year-old has been at the club since the pre-Academy phase and enjoyed a goalscoring debut for Rob Page’s U21s side during the 2025-26 campaign.”

Cisse Making His Own Liverpool Path

The obvious comparison is with his father, Djibril, who remains part of Liverpool folklore after Istanbul in 2005. Prince Cisse, though, is not following the same tactical road. He is not a striker. He has shifted from attack into defence, now primarily operating as a centre-back.

Liverpool’s statement added:

“Cisse has made the transition from attacker to defender in the past few seasons and now predominantly plays as a centre-back.”

That detail matters. It tells us he is not being shaped as a tribute act. He is building his own profile, his own route, his own professional identity.

At 17, he has already made his U21 debut, scoring in the process during the 2025-26 campaign. That is a significant marker for a teenager still learning the demands of senior-style academy football.

Kirkby Remains Central to Liverpool Future

Cisse’s contract also arrives during a wider period of investment in Liverpool’s youth structure. The club’s planned £20 million academy revamp at Kirkby will include a full-size indoor pitch beneath a dome, a two-story extension for training, medical and sports science work, and a revamped show pitch with a 500-seat stand.

Completion is scheduled for 2028, which underlines the point. Liverpool are not treating youth development as decoration. They are building infrastructure around it.

Taking to Instagram, Cisse wrote:

“Delighted to have signed my first professional contract with my boyhood club. Proud moment for me and my family, Exited for what’s to come! YNWA”

For Liverpool supporters, it is another name to watch. For Cisse, it is only the beginning.