Kader Keïta
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| Abdul Kader Keïta | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Abdul Kader Keïta | |
| Date of birth | August 6, 1981 | |
| Place of birth | Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire | |
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | |
| Playing position | Winger, Forward | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Lyon | |
| Number | 23 | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1999-2000 2000-2001 2001-2002 2002-2005 2005-2007 2007- |
Africa Sports Etoile du Sahel Al Ain Al Sadd Lille Lyon |
23 (4) 22 (7) 19 (6) 71 (23) 63 (14) 30 (4) |
| National team2 | ||
| 2000- | Côte d'Ivoire | 33 (7) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Abdul Kader Keïta (born 6 August 1981 in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire) is an Ivorian professional football player. Keïta plays as a striker for Olympique Lyonnais in the French Ligue 1 and the Cote d'Ivoire national football team. He is a versatile player who can also play on the right and left wings in, which is where he was positioned while playing for Lille before signing for Lyon.
Like the Touré brothers, the Kalou brothers, and the Koné brothers, Keita is also part of a footballing family. He has an older brother going by the name of Hamza Keita, who is a former Côte d'Ivoire international.
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[edit] Club career
Keïta, also known as 'Popito', began his career at homeland club Africa Sports, before moving on to Tunisian Club Etoile du Sahel. Following spells in United Arab Emirates with Al Ain and Qatar with Al Sadd, he moved to France with Ligue 1 club OSC Lille in 2005.
Following an impressive start to the 2006/07 campaign, Keita has been attracting interest from some of Europes big guns. After his performances against Italian giants AC Milan, he has reportedly been linked with a move there in the January transfer window, who have been tracking the Ivorian's progress for a number of months. However, the Ivorian chose to sign a contract extension until 2010.
In January 2007, Keïta finished runner up in the 2006 Ivorian Player of the Year award, beating off the opposition of players such as Kolo Touré and Aruna Dindane. The award was won by Chelsea striker Didier Drogba.
On May 31, 2007, Lyon chairman Jean-Michel Aulas revealed that the club had made bids for both Keïta and his fellow club-mate Mathieu Bodmer.[1]
On June 14, 2007, Lyon officially announced that they would be unveiling Keïta and Bodmer to the media, the pair having already passed their medicals at the Stade Gerland.[2] On June 16, 2007, Lyon confirmed the signing of Keïta from Lille for a club record fee of €18m. Keïta was given the number 9 shirt.[3][4] But due to the jersey change of Brazilian sriker, Fred, from 11 to 9, Abdul has changed to number 32. But again he changed to number 23 after the departure of Jérémy Berthod.[5]
[edit] International career
He has 33 caps for the national team, and was called up to the 2006 World Cup. Keïta did not make it into the Ivorian squad for the 2006 African Cup of Nations. However, he did win his place back for the World Cup at the expense of Stade Reims winger Siaka Tiéné.
[edit] Honours
- Olympique Lyonnais
- Ligue 1 : 2007/08
[edit] Footnotes
[edit] External links
- Career history at National Football Teams
- www.kaderkeita.com (Non-official website of Kader Keita)
- Keita linked with AC Milan
- Keita linked with Man Utd and Liverpool
- Keita linked with Inter Milan
- Keita signs contract extension
- Keita is runner up for Ivorian Player of the Year award
- Fans news Articles about Kader Keita
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