Cheick Keita
Cheick Keita | ||
Personnel | ||
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birthday | April 16, 1996 | |
place of birth | Paris , France | |
size | 182 cm | |
position | Full-back (left) | |
Juniors | ||
Years | station | |
Paris FC | ||
–2011 | INF Clairefontaine | |
2011-2014 | AS Monaco | |
2014-2015 | Virtus Entella | |
Men's | ||
Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
2015-2017 | Virtus Entella | 45 (0) |
2017-2020 | Birmingham City | 11 (0) |
2017-2018 | → Bologna FC (loan) | 3 (0) |
2018-2019 | → KAS Eupen (loan) | 24 (2) |
National team | ||
Years | selection | Games (goals) |
Mali U20 | 1 (0) | |
1 Only league games are given. Status: July 1, 2020 |
Cheick Keita (born April 16, 1996 in Paris ) is a Malian football player who is currently without a club.
Career
Keita started playing football at Paris FC before playing at the French national training center INF Clairefontaine until 2011 . He then worked for three years in the youth department of AS Monaco . After being rejected by various French clubs, Keita moved to the youth of the Italian Serie B club Virtus Entella in 2014 . There he made his first appearance in the professional team on September 12, 2015, when he was in the starting line-up for the game against AC Cesena . In his first season, Keita suffered from fouling problems that earned him eleven yellow and two red cards by the end of the 2015/16 season . In the following season 2016/17 he was able to improve in a duel and only picked up a yellow box in one of eleven missions.
On January 19, 2017, Cheick Keita moved to the English second division club Birmingham City . For the Blues , he made his debut on February 4 against Fulham FC . He was on the field for the full length of the game and was able to put on the decisive 1-0 opening goal from Lukas Jutkiewicz in the closing stages of the game . After the game, Keita was named Man of the Match . In his first half season with Birmingham City, Keita came on ten missions.
Keita returned to Italy on Deadline Day 2017 when he was loaned to Bologna FC by Birmingham . After he had to sit out the first few months due to a muscle injury and then only played for the U19s, Keita only made his debut on April 18, 2018 for Bologna's first team when he was substituted on for Sampdoria Genoa . He then played three more games for Rossoblu before returning to Birmingham.
For the 2018/19 season, Keita moved on loan to the Belgian first division club KAS Eupen . There he made his debut on the first day of the new season. In the 2: 5 away defeat against Club Brugge , Keita was on the field for the entire 90 minutes.
After returning to Birmingham, he did not play a single competitive game in the 2019/20 season and left the Blues on a free transfer at the end of this.
Web links
- Cheick Keita in the weltfussball.de database
- Cheick Keita in the database of transfermarkt.de
- Cheick Keita in the soccerway.com database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cheick Keita, cet espoir lâché par Monaco qui séduit la Serie A et la L1 . In: Foot Mercato: Info Transferts Football - Actu Foot Transfert . ( footmercato.net [accessed August 22, 2018]).
- ↑ GF @gregfleurot: Qui est Cheick Keita, jeune footballeur et star d 'Afro trap Part. 3 (Champions League) »de MHD? In: L'ÉQUIPE . ( lequipe.fr [accessed August 22, 2018]).
- ↑ Virtus Entella vs. Cesena - September 12, 2015 - Soccerway. Accessed August 22, 2018 (English).
- ↑ Mali - C. Keita - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway. Accessed August 22, 2018 (English).
- ↑ Cheick Keita: Birmingham City sign left-back from Serie B side Virtus Entella . In: BBC Sport . 2017 ( bbc.com [accessed August 22, 2018]).
- ↑ Birmingham City - Fulham FC, 02/04/2017 - Championship - Match report . ( transfermarkt.at [accessed on August 22, 2018]).
- ↑ Alex Dicken: How Blues debutant Cheick Keita stole the show against Fulham . In: birminghammail . February 4, 2017 ( birminghammail.co.uk [accessed August 22, 2018]).
- ↑ Cheick Keita - performance data 16/17 . ( transfermarkt.at [accessed on August 22, 2018]).
- ↑ Cheick Keita makes Italian loan move | Birmingham City Football Club. Accessed August 22, 2018 (English).
- ↑ Redazione Cm24: Bologna, Cheick Keita: “Felice di tornare in Italia, sto recuperando dal problema muscolare” . In: Calciomercato Note e News 24 ore su 24 . September 1, 2017 ( calciomercato24.com [accessed August 22, 2018]).
- ^ Rossoblu debut for Cheick Keita . In: BolognaFC . April 19, 2018 ( bolognafc.it [accessed August 22, 2018]).
- ↑ Cheick Keita - performance data 17/18 . ( transfermarkt.at [accessed on August 22, 2018]).
- ↑ Cheick Keita: Claude Makelele signs Birmingham defender on loan for Belgian side Eupen . In: BBC Sport . June 28, 2018 ( bbc.com [accessed August 22, 2018]).
- ↑ Club Bruges - KAS Eupen, July 29, 2018 - Jupiler Pro League - match report . ( transfermarkt.at [accessed on August 22, 2018]).
- ↑ Cheick Keita - performance data 2019/20 In: transfermarkt.at (accessed on July 1, 2020)
- ↑ Cheick Keita breaks his silence after Birmingham City exit In: Birmingham Mail, May 27, 2020 (accessed July 1, 2020)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Keita, Cheick |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | malian soccer player |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 16, 1996 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris , France |