Aboubakar Keita

Aboubakar Keita (born 5 November 1997) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Allsvenskan club AIK.

Not to be confused with Aboubacar Keita.

Aboubakar Keita
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-11-05) 5 November 1997
Place of birth Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 AIK
Number 22
Youth career
0000–2015 ATM Abobo
2015 Copenhagen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 Copenhagen 4 (0)
2017 → Halmstads BK (loan) 25 (2)
2018 → Stabæk (loan) 10 (2)
2019 → OH Leuven (loan) 5 (0)
2019–2021 OH Leuven 24 (0)
2021–2023 Charleroi 1 (0)
2021–2022 → RWDM (loan) 20 (0)
2022–2023 → Sektzia Ness Ziona (loan) 16 (0)
2023– AIK 12 (0)
International career
2016 Ivory Coast U23 1 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 September 2023

Club career

F.C. Copenhagen

After having visited F.C. Copenhagen on multiple occasions,[1][2] Keita signed a contract with the club shortly after his 18th birthday in November 2015,[3] playing the remainder of the autumn with the under-19 team. On 11 January 2016 Keita was promoted to the first team squad.[3]

On 13 March 2016, Keita debuted for the first team, when he substituted William Kvist in the Danish Superliga match against AaB.[4] Three days later, he was in the starting eleven in the Danish Cup game against Randers FC.[5]

Keita signed a loan deal with Norwegian club Stabæk to June 2019.[6]

Charleroi

In July 2022, Keita was loaned to Israeli club Sektzia Ness Ziona.[7] During the 2022–23 winter transfer window, he returned from Israel.[8]

AIK

On 1 February 2023, Keita signed with Swedish club AIK until the end of 2024.[9]

International career

He debuted for the Ivory Coast U23s in a 5–1 loss to France U21, scoring the only goal for his team in the game.[10]

Honours

Club
Copenhagen

Ivory Coast U23

References
  1. Ung ivorianer igen i spil i FCK, bold.dk, 21 February 2014
  2. FCK venter på ung ivorianer, bold.dk, 12 September 2014
  3. Keita rykket op i Alka Superligatruppen, F.C. Copenhagen, 11 January 2016
  4. FC Copenhagen vs Aalborg Boldspilklub, Football-Lineups.com
  5. FC Copenhagen vs Randers FC, Football-Lineups.com
  6. "Fra FC København til Stabæk". Stabæk. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  7. Yaacobi, Hadar (19 July 2022). "רכש חדש: אבובאקר קייטה חתם בנס ציונה" [New acquisition: Aboubakar Keita signed with Ness Ziona] (in Hebrew). Sport 5.
  8. "שובם של הליגיונרים: חמישה חזרו, 18 זרים חדשים הגיעו" [The return of the legionnaires: five returned, 18 new foreigners arrived] (in Hebrew). Walla!. 1 February 2023. עזבו: אבובקאר קייטה - שרלרואה [Left: Aboubakar Keita - Charleroi]
  9. "Aboubakar Keita till AIK Fotboll" (in Swedish). AIK Fotboll. 1 February 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  10. "FRANCE Espoirs – COTE D'IVOIRE Espoirs : Large victoire pour les Bleuets. (5–1)". lequipe.fr (in French). 11 November 2016. Archived from the original on 11 November 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  11. U-23 Cup of NationsFédération Ivoirienne de Football Archived 31 October 2019 at the Wayback Machine
  12. Football, CAF-Confedération Africaine du. "Matches | Total U-23 Africa Cup of Nations Egypt 2019". CAFOnline.com. Retrieved 4 February 2023.


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