Alphadjo Cissè has completed a loan move from AC Milan to Serie B side Catanzaro, joining the Calabrian club on a temporary deal beginning on 2026-02-02 and running until 2026-06-30. The 19-year-old attacking midfielder arrives with a current market value of €6.00m, underlining Catanzaro’s capture of one of the most highly rated young creators in Italian football.
The transfer is a straight loan from Milan, officially registered as a loan transfer, with Cissè moving immediately into a squad competing in Serie B. At the end of the agreement on 2026-06-30, he is contractually due to return to AC Milan, opening the possibility of either reintegration into the Serie A side or another move, including the potential to become a free agent in the longer term depending on subsequent contract decisions not detailed in the available data.
Cissè’s path to this point has been rapid and linear through the Italian system. Born in Treviso and holding both Italian and Guinean nationality, he came through the youth ranks at Giorgione Calcio Juniores before joining Hellas Verona Youth in 2020. He then progressed to Hellas Verona’s Primavera side in 2022 and was promoted to the senior Hellas Verona squad in 2024, marking his formal entry into top-level professional structures.
In mid-2025, Hellas Verona sent the teenager on loan to Catanzaro, giving him his first sustained taste of senior football in Serie B. That spell was formally concluded when he returned to Verona at the end of the loan, before a permanent step up followed: Verona transferred him to AC Milan, and Milan immediately loaned him back to Catanzaro for the second half of the 2025-26 campaign. The latest deal thus continues a pattern in which Catanzaro is entrusted with his development while his registration remains with a Serie A club.
Primarily an attacking midfielder, listed as operating in the central attacking midfield role and preferring his right foot, Cissè will be expected to supply creativity between the lines for Catanzaro. His growth has been mirrored by a sharp rise in market value: from €1.40m at Hellas Verona Primavera in mid-2024, down briefly to €1.00m, then up to €2.00m following his initial time at Catanzaro, and now up to €6.00m as of late 2025 with Catanzaro. That trajectory reflects his increasing prominence and perceived potential in the Italian game.
Though detailed season statistics and recent match-by-match data are not provided in the available information, the sequence of moves – youth to Primavera, then to a Serie A squad, then into a Serie B environment – indicates that clubs view Cissè as ready for consistent professional minutes. Catanzaro, fighting in Serie B, gain an attacking option whose technical profile and valuation are more commonly associated with players in higher divisions.
For Cissè, this confirmed switch offers another crucial stage in his development away from his birthplace and youth setups, as he continues to build his career within Italy’s professional leagues. With his loan set to run until 2026-06-30, his performances in Catanzaro’s colours over the coming months will be central in determining whether he returns to AC Milan ready for a role in Serie A, attracts permanent offers elsewhere, or moves down a different contractual path.
