Alongside an up-and-down football career, Cisse maintained an image away from the beautiful game: flash cars, designer clothes, standout hairstyles. As he once claimed, though, football was his priority, always.
QPR, then, was his last chance on the big stage of the Premier League.
2012/13 wouldn't be as fruitful as Cisse's first six months with the R's and his career from there took him to Al Gharafa, Kuban Krasnodar and Bastia.
Most recently, you can find Cisse has been on the books with Panathinaikos Chicago in the American fourth tier. Stats at that level, though, are harder to find.
Perhaps, then, it's easier to look on the 40-year-old's Instagram page to find out just what he's up to: promoting Joa Bet on big international fixtures, continuing to take a keen interest in his fashion and turning a hand (or turntable) to becoming a DJ.
Life after football allowed Cisse to continue building the image he always had away from the day job.
Yet, as he told the Guardian back in 2008: "Football is my number one. Yes, I like clothes and flashy things, but I know why I have all these clothes: football.”
QPR saw that in 2012 and you suspect it still remains his ultimate passion.