Idrissa Keita
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 10 April 1977 | ||
Place of birth | Abidjan, Ivory Coast | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1996–1997 | ASEC Mimosas | ||
1997–1998 | Levante | 5 | (0) |
1999–2001 | Oviedo | 67 | (0) |
2001–2002 | → Santa Clara (loan) | 11 | (0) |
2003–2005 | Algeciras | 23 | (0) |
2005–2006 | Mérida | 28 | (2) |
2006–2008 | Racing Ferrol | 42 | (0) |
2008–2009 | Marino | 17 | (0) |
Total | 193 | (2) | |
International career | |||
1997 | Ivory Coast U20 | 3 | (0) |
2000–2003 | Ivory Coast | 4 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Idrissa Keita (born 10 April 1977 in Abidjan) is an Ivorian retired footballer who played as a midfielder. He also held Spanish citizenship.
Football career
After starring for Ivory Coast at the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship, Keita, alongside countryman Félix Dja Ettien, was bought by Spanish club Levante UD. The pair struggled mightily during their first months in the new reality,[1] with Keita eventually failing to settle altogether and leaving in January 1999 for La Liga team Real Oviedo, being irregularly used during his stay and starting in 37 of his 48 games in the top division (the Asturians would be relegated in his third season).
After five years with Oviedo, which included a loan in Portugal, Keita continued his career in Spain, in its second and third levels, in a stint in the country which spanned over a decade.
References
- ^ Felix who?; BBC Sport, 17 November 2004
External links
- Idrissa Keita at BDFutbol
- Idrissa Keita at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Idrissa Keita at National-Football-Teams.com
- Idrissa Keita – FIFA competition record (archived)
- 1977 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Abidjan
- Ivorian footballers
- Association football midfielders
- La Liga players
- Segunda División players
- Segunda División B players
- Levante UD footballers
- Real Oviedo players
- Algeciras CF footballers
- Mérida UD footballers
- Racing de Ferrol footballers
- Marino de Luanco footballers
- Primeira Liga players
- C.D. Santa Clara players
- Ivory Coast under-20 international footballers
- Ivory Coast international footballers
- Ivorian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
- Expatriate footballers in Portugal
- Ivorian expatriates in Portugal