Alsény Këïta

Alsény Këïta Kamolosilah (born 26 June 1983), also known as Al Husein Keita, is a Liberian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Born and raised in Guinea, and playing for their youth national teams, Këïta switched to the Liberian football federation.

Alsény Këïta
Personal information
Full name Alsény Këïta Kamolosilah
Date of birth (1983-06-26) 26 June 1983
Place of birth Massanta, Guinea
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1998 Horoya AC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2000 Horoya AC 20 (5)
2001–2002 FUS Rabat 27 (3)
2002–2003 SC Chabab Mohammedia 36 (9)
2003–2005 FC Luzern 33 (1)
2006–2007 Gazélec Ajaccio 25 (1)
2007–2012 US Sénart-Moissy[1] 114 (6)
2009 → Satellite FC (loan) 4 (1)
2012–2014 Drancy 32 (0)
2012–2018 Viry-Châtillon 22 (0)
2018–2019 FC Gobelins 18 (0)
Total 329 (26)
National team
2004 Guinea U23 2 (0)
2011–2016 Liberia 18 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Born in Massanta, Guinea, Këïta began his career with Horoya AC. In 2000, he joined Moroccan club FUS Rabat, where he played one year before signing for SC Chabab Mohammedia. After two seasons there he signed with FC Luzern in July 2003.[2]

In July 2006, after two years with FC Luzern Këïta joined CFA team Gazélec Ajaccio.[3] After one year with Ajaccio, he signed for US Sénart-Moissy in summer 2007.[4] In summer 2009 he joined Guinean club Satellite FC on loan for half year before returning to Sénart-Moissy in January 2010.[5]

International career

Këïta was a part of the Guinean squad at the 2004 Olympic Games qualification tournament.[6] He later represented Liberia at international level,[7] also captaining the side.[8]

Personal life

Alsény is the twin brother of professional Guinean footballer Alhassane Keita.[9]

Honours

References
  1. Alseny Keita joueur de MOISSY CRAMAYEL Union Sportive Moissy Cramayel
  2. AG, VADIAN.NET. "Fussball: Alseny Keita spielberechtigt. Von tr; Quelle:pd". www.fussball.ch (in German). Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  3. « C'est ma maison » - 03/02/2010 - leParisien.fr
  4. foot-national.com (27 January 2010). "Moissy : Alseny Keita resigne". Foot National (in French). Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  5. Sénart-Moissy 2009-2010 - Transferts Archived 27 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  6. Nachrichten, Jüdische. "Nachrichten zum Rechtsextremismus". www.klick-nach-rechts.de. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  7. Alsény Këïta at National-Football-Teams.com
  8. "« J'ai peur pour mes amis au Liberia »". Le Parisien (in French). 5 October 2014. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  9. "Fussball auf 4-4-2.com | das Schweizer Fussballportal". 4-4-2.com (in German). Retrieved 4 May 2018.
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