Salif Keïta (football player, 1946)
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Salif Keita
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Personnel | ||
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birthday | December 6, 1946 | |
place of birth | Bamako , Mali | |
size | 176 cm | |
position | striker | |
Juniors | ||
Years | station | |
AS Real Bamako | ||
1960-1963 | Stade Malien | |
Men's | ||
Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
1963 | Pioneers Ouolofobougou | |
1963-1965 | AS Real Bamako | |
1965-1966 | Stade Malien | |
1966-1967 | AS Real Bamako | |
1967-1972 | AS Saint-Etienne | 150 (125) |
1972-1973 | Olympique Marseille | 18 | (10)
1973-1976 | Valencia CF | 76 | (34)
1976-1979 | Sporting Lisbon | 63 | (43)
1979-1980 | New England Tea Men | 39 | (17)
Indoor | ||
Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
1979-1980 | New England Tea Men | 13 | (23)
National team | ||
Years | selection | Games (goals) |
1963-1972 | Mali | at least 13 | (11)
1 Only league games are given. |
Salif Keïta (born December 6, 1946 in Bamako ) is a former Malian football player . Since June 2005 he has been President of the Fédération Malienne de Football (FMF).
Sports career
Keïta is considered one of the most successful football players in his country's history. In his home country he was three-time national champion with AS Real Bamako in the 1960s . In 1967 he moved to AS Saint-Étienne in Division 1 . With the club he was French champion three times in a row from 1967/68 to 1969/70 and twice cup winners (1968 and 1970). In the five years in Saint-Étienne , the striker scored 125 goals in 150 first division games and he was twice the second best league hunter . During the 1972/73 season Salif Keïta played for Olympique Marseille (18 games in the D1, 10 goals). He then moved to Valencia .
In 1970 Keïta was voted Africa's first footballer of the year . His greatest success with the national team came in 1972 when he led them to the final of the Africa Cup , in which the team was defeated 2: 3 by the team from the Congo . Keïta was the top scorer in this tournament with five goals.
Web links
- Salif Keïta on NASLJerseys.com (English)
References and footnotes
- ↑ Application data with the exception of the indoor season 1979/80
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Keita, Salif |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | malian soccer player and official |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 6, 1946 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Bamako , Mali |