1. Pione Sisto began his professional career with Midtjylland of the Danish Superliga, making 114 total appearances and scoring 31 goals over five seasons.
20 Facts About Pione Sisto
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Pione Sisto made his senior debut for the Denmark national team in 2015, and was part of their squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
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Pione Sisto was born in Kampala, Uganda, into a South Sudanese family.
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Pione Sisto's family moved to Denmark when he was two months old.
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In December 2014, Pione Sisto was voted "Player of the Year 2014" by the Danish Footballers' Association and "Profile of the Autumn 2014" by the Danish Football Magazine.
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Also in his first season in Galicia, Pione Sisto played 13 games and scored twice as the club reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Europa League for the first time.
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On 14 September 2023, Pione Sisto signed for Turkish Super Lig club Alanyaspor.
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Since Pione Sisto was not a Danish citizen but had lived almost his whole life in Denmark, the Denmark national team manager Morten Olsen expressed his hope that the player would be eligible for the national squad.
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Pione Sisto was not yet able to represent Denmark in an official international match due to FIFA regulations.
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On 8 May 2015, Pione Sisto received official word of FIFA's dispensation decision, allowing him to represent Denmark without waiting the obligatory five years following his 18th birthday.
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Pione Sisto debuted for the Denmark national team on 4 September 2015, in a Euro 2016 qualifying match against Albania.
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Pione Sisto played the first 45 minutes of the goalless draw before being replaced at halftime by Yussuf Poulsen.
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Pione Sisto scored his first international goal on 22 March 2018, the only goal of a friendly win over Panama in Copenhagen.
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In May 2018, Pione Sisto was named in Denmark's preliminary 35-man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
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Pione Sisto's statements were met with surprise among Danish media.
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In May 2019, Pione Sisto confessed on social media that he had been on a 21-day diet consisting of only fruit.
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Pione Sisto stated that he "lost control" and that the "subsconscious is darkness".
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In May 2020, Pione Sisto revealed that he had suffered with bouts of depression which had begun during the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
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Pione Sisto stated that he had been subject to racial abuse from parents of teammates during his time at the FC Midtjylland Academy in Ikast.
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In July 2023, Pione Sisto announced that he had purchased 4.3 hectares of land for the controversial Kingdom of Pineal in central Portugal, a micronation with elements of a cult, which was gaining national attention over the death of a young child in the community, raising doubts over its legality.