Alphousseyni Keita

Abou Keita
Personal information
Full name Alphousseyni Keita
Date of birth (1985-11-03) November 3, 1985
Place of birth Bamako, Mali
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Gil Vicente
Number 19
Youth career
2003–2005 Cercle Olympique de Bamako
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2006 Cercle Olympique de Bamako 13 (0)
2007 Djoliba AC 15 (1)
2007–2009 Le Mans 16 (0)
2009 → Nîmes Olympique (loan) 16 (0)
2010–2011 Nîmes Olympique 46 (1)
2011–2012 U.D. Leiria 7 (0)
2012–2014 Académica de Coimbra 16 (0)
2014− Gil Vicente 1 (0)
National team‡
2005– Mali 15 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 July 2013

Alphousseyni Keita (born November 3, 1985 in Bamako) is a Malian midfielder currently playing for Gil Vicente.

Career

Keita began his career by Cercle Olympique de Bamako, in January 2007 joined to Djoliba AC. He left after 6 months Djoliba and moved to Le Mans, played here 8 games in the reserve and was promoted to first team in January 2008.[1]

On 28 January 2009, the midfielder joined Nîmes Olympique on loan from Le Mans until the end of the season.[2] One year later on 7 January 2010, Nîmes Olympique signed the Malian midfielder from Le Mans UC72 until June 2012.[3]

On Sunday the 29th of April 2012, while due to play a game for his new temporary team Uniao Leiria vs CD Feirense, he was accused of running out of the dressing room with a money box containing approximately €6000, and vanished. Later the club stated that the accusation was false.[4] The player has agreed not to press charges against the club for defamation.

International

Abou played his first international game for Mali, on 3 September 2005 against Congo DR national football team.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Alphousseyni Keita at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. ↑ http://www.nimesolympique.fr/textes/infos/20090128-1.html
  3. ↑ Alphousseyni Keita transféré à Nîmes Keita zu Fenerbahçe
  4. ↑ http://abola.pt/nnh/ver.aspx?id=328868
  5. ↑ http://www.francefootball.fr/FF/stats/fj/FicheJoueur27111.html

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