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Pione Sisto Ifolo Emirmija (; born 4 February 1995) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Greek Super League club AEL. PAE ARIS announces the acquisition of Pione Sisto
He began his professional career with FC Midtjylland of the Danish Superliga, making 114 total appearances and scoring 31 goals over five seasons. In 2016 he transferred to Celta Vigo for a €5 million fee, where he scored 18 goals in 135 games. In 2020, he returned to Midtjylland for €3 million.
Sisto made his senior debut for the Denmark national team in 2015, and was part of their squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
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 Copenhagen. Shortly after, he made an assist for the game's first goal followed by scoring the deciding goal, securing a 2–0 win for Midtjylland and their first Danish league title.
Scouts from FC Barcelona, Milan, and Juventus FC went 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 Amsterdam has offered €7 million without success.
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.
He made his debut at the club on 22 August, starting in a 0–1 home loss against CD Leganés. On 25 September he scored for the first time in a 2–0 win at RCD Espanyol, running 80 metres from one penalty area to the other in the final minute. Also in his first season in Galicia, Sisto played 13 games and scored twice as the club reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Europa League for the first time. Both of his goals were in either leg of the 4–3 aggregate win over K.R.C. Genk in the quarter-finals in April 2017.
In May 2020, Sisto was fined a club record €60,000 by Celta for having driven 3,000 kilometres back to Denmark in March, during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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 Denmark national team on 4 September 2015, in a Euro 2016 qualifying match against Albania. He played the first 45 minutes of the goalless draw before being replaced at halftime by Yussuf Poulsen. He scored his first international goal on 22 March 2018, the only goal of a friendly win over Panama in Copenhagen.
In May 2018, Sisto was named in Denmark's preliminary 35-man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. He was also named in the final 23-man team.
In May 2019, Sisto confessed on social media that he had been on a 21-day diet Fruitarianism. He stated that he "lost control" and that the "subsconscious is darkness".
In May 2020, Sisto revealed that he had suffered with bouts of depression which had begun during the 2018 FIFA World Cup. He also stated that he had been subject to racial abuse from parents of teammates during his time at the FC Midtjylland Academy in Ikast.
In July 2023, 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.
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| FC Midtjylland | 2012–13 | Danish Superliga | 0 | |||||||
| 2013–14 | Danish Superliga | 9 | ||||||||
| 2014–15 | Danish Superliga | 8 | ||||||||
| 2015–16 | Danish Superliga | 8 | ||||||||
| 2016–17 | Danish Superliga | 6 | ||||||||
| Celta Vigo | 2016–17 | La Liga | 6 | |||||||
| 2017–18 | La Liga | 6 | ||||||||
| 2018–19 | La Liga | 2 | ||||||||
| 2019–20 | La Liga | 4 | ||||||||
| Midtjylland | 2020–21 | Danish Superliga | 8 | |||||||
| 2021–22 | Danish Superliga | 2 | ||||||||
| 2022–23 | Danish Superliga | 5 | ||||||||
| Alanyaspor | 2023-24 | Süper Lig | 20 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 23 | 2 | |
| Aris | 2024-25 | Superleague Greece | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 23 | 0 | |
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