Abdul Kader Keïta

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Kader Keita
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Personal information
Full name Abdul Kader Keïta
Date of birth 6 August 1981 (1981-08-06) (age 28)
Place of birth Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Winger, Attacking Midfielder, Striker
Club information
Current club Galatasaray
Number 11
Youth career
1998–1999 IF Elfsborg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1999–2000 Africa Sports 23 (4)
2000–2001 Étoile du Sahel 22 (7)
2001–2002 Al Ain 19 (6)
2002–2005 Al-Sadd 71 (23)
2005–2007 Lille 63 (15)
2007–2009 Lyon 52 (5)
2009– Galatasaray 8 (3)
National team‡
2000– Côte d'Ivoire 47 (11)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 August 2009.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 September 2009

Abdul Kader Keïta (born 6 August 1981) is an Ivorian professional football player. Keïta plays as a Winger for Galatasaray in the Turkish Super League 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 called Hamza Keïta, 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.

[edit] Olympique Lyon

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 18.5 million euro. Keïta was given the number 9 shirt.[3][4] But due to the jersey change of Brazilian striker, 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] Galatasaray

On 2 July 2009, Galatasaray officially announced that Keita joined the Turkish club and signed a three year contract. He scored his first goal for Galatasaray in a qualification match for UEFA Europa cup against Macabbi Netenya in the 5th minute.[6]

[edit] Career statistics

Club Season League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Africa Sports 2000 23 4 - - - - 23 4
Total 23 4 0 0 0 0 23 4
Étoile du Sahel 2000-01 22 7 - - - - 22 7
Total 22 7 0 0 0 0 22 7
Al Ain 2001-02 19 6 - - - - 19 6
Total 19 6 0 0 0 0 19 6
Al-Sadd 2002-03 0 0 - - - - 0 0
2003-04 0 0 - - - - 0 0
2004-05 0 0 - - - - 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lille 2005-06 27 6 - - 5 0 32 6
2006-07 36 9 - - 7 1 43 10
Total 63 15 0 0 12 1 75 16
Lyon 2007-08 30 4 - - 6 0 36 4
2008-09 22 1 - - 5 1 27 2
Total 52 5 0 0 11 1 63 6
Galatasaray 2009-10 6 1 0 0 6 3 12 5
Total 6 1 0 0 6 3 12 5
Career total 181 37 0 0 26 5 207 42
As of 14 October 2009.

[edit] International career

He has 46 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] Goals for Senior National Team

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
March 1, 2006 Valladolid, Spain  Spain 2-3 Lost Friendly
January 25, 2008 Sekondi, Ghana  Benin 4-1 Won 2008 African Nations Cup
February 3, 2008 Sekondi, Ghana  Guinea 5-0 Won 2008 African Nations Cup
February 7, 2008 Kumasi, Ghana  Egypt 1-4 Lost 2008 African Nations Cup

[edit] Honours

Al-Ain FC
Al-Sadd Sports Club
Olympique Lyonnais

[edit] References

  1. ^ Lyon chase Keïta
  2. ^ Présentation de Bodmer et Keïta samedi matin
  3. ^ Bodmer et Keïta signent pour 4 ans
  4. ^ Foot - L1 - Lyon - Keïta et Bodmer ont signé
  5. ^ OLWEB.fr | Site officiel de l'Olympique Lyonnais
  6. ^ Keita zu Galatasaray

[edit] External links

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Côte d'Ivoire squad – 2006 Africa Cup of Nations Runners-up

1 Tizié • 2 Akalé • 3 Boka • 4 K. Touré • 5 Zokora • 6 Kouassi • 7 Faé • 8 Kalou • 9 A. Koné • 10 Yapi Yapo • 11 Drogba • 12 Méïté • 13 Zoro • 14 B. Koné • 15 Dindane • 16 Gnanhouan • 17 Domoraud • 18 Keïta • 19 Y. Touré • 20 Demel • 21 Eboué • 22 Romaric • 23 Barry • Coach: Michel

 Côte d'Ivoire
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Côte d'Ivoire squad – 2006 FIFA World Cup

1 Tizié • 2 Akalé • 3 Boka • 4 K. Touré • 5 Zokora • 6 Kouassi • 7 Faé • 8 Kalou • 9 A. Koné • 10 Yapi Yapo • 11 Drogba • 12 Méïté • 13 Zoro • 14 B. Koné • 15 Dindane • 16 Gnanhouan • 17 Domoraud • 18 Keïta • 19 Y. Touré • 20 Demel • 21 Eboué • 22 Romaric • 23 Barry • Coach: Michel

 Côte d'Ivoire
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Côte d'Ivoire squad – 2008 Africa Cup of Nations Fourth Place

1 Barry • 2 Djakpa • 3 Boka • 4 K. Touré • 5 Zokora • 6 Gohouri • 7 Faé • 8 S.Kalou • 9 A. Koné • 10 Gervinho • 11 Drogba • 12 Méïté • 13 Romaric • 14 B. Koné • 15 Dindane • 16 Loboué • 17 Tiéné • 18 Keïta • 19 Y. Touré • 20 Sanogo • 21 Eboué • 22 Zoro • 23 T. Koné • Coach: Gili

 Côte d'Ivoire
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Galatasaray S.K. – current squad

1 Aykut · 2 Emre Güngör · 3 Uğur · 5 Gökhan · 6 Linderoth · 7 Aydın · 8 Barış · 9 Elano · 10 Arda (c) · 11 Keïta · 14 Mehmet · 15 Baroš · 16 Mustafa · 18 Ayhan · 19 Kewell · 20 Nonda · 21 Emre Aşık · 22 Hakan · 23 Serkan Kurtuluş · 25 Franco · 28 Semih · 39 Serdar · 55 Sabri · 60 Alparslan · 61 Serkan Çalik · 76 Servet · 80 Murat · 86 Ufuk · 88 Caner · Manager: Rijkaard
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