Aly Keita

Aly Keita (born 8 December 1986) is a Guinean professional footballer who plays for Östersunds FK and the Guinea national team as a goalkeeper.

Aly Keita
Personal information
Full name Aly Keita
Date of birth (1986-12-08) 8 December 1986
Place of birth Västerås, Sweden[1]
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Östersunds FK
Number 1
Youth career
IK Oden
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2012 Syrianska IF 31 (0)
2012–2014 Västerås SK 30 (0)
2014– Östersunds FK 143 (0)
National team‡
2018– Guinea 6 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 December 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:23, 14 July 2019 (UTC)

Club career

Keita started his career at Skiljebo SK, before moving to Syrianska IF in 2007.[2] Just before the 2012 season, Keita left Syrianska IF on a free transfer to Västerås SK.[2]

Pitch invader incident

On 15 August 2016, Keita was attacked by a pitch invader during a game against Jönköpings Södra IF. In the closing of what would have been a 1–1 draw ended with an invader running onto the field and grabbed Keita. He later reported that during the confrontation, he was struck in the temple. After the incident, the 17-year old invader was arrested and the match was abandoned.[3]

This was the second time a game in the Swedish top flight had been abandoned this year, with the first one being IFK Göteborg's match against Malmö in April.[4]

International career

Keita was born in Sweden to a Guinean father and a Norwegian mother. He opted to represent the Guinea national football team in April 2018,[5] and he received a call-up to the national team in October 2018.[6] Keita made his debut for Guinea in a 2–0 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification win over Rwanda on 12 October 2018.[7]

Career statistics

Club
As of 4 December 2020.[8]
Club Season League Cup Cintinental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Syrianska IF 2010 Division 1 8000–80
2011 23000–230
Total 3100000310
Västerås SK 2012 Division 1 21000–210
2013 9000–90
Total 3000000300
Östersunds FK 2014 Superettan 1401[lower-alpha 1]0–150
2015 23000–230
2016 Allsvenskan 1201[lower-alpha 1]000130
2017 2102[lower-alpha 1]014[lower-alpha 2]0370
2018 2203[lower-alpha 1]000250
2019 2303[lower-alpha 1]000260
2020 2800[lower-alpha 1]000280
Total 14301001401670
Career total 20401001402280
  1. Appearance(s) in Svenska Cupen
  2. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League

International
As of matches played on 14 July 2019[9]
Guinea national team
YearAppsGoals
201830
201930
Total60

References
  1. "Aly Keita Soccer Stats - Season & Career Statistics". www.foxsports.com.
  2. "Aly Keita Profile". Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  3. "Ostersunds goalkeeper Aly Keita attacked by pitch invader during match". BBC Sports. 16 August 2016.
  4. "IFK Goteborg vs. Malmo abandoned after firework, corner flag thrown". ESPN. 28 April 2016.
  5. "Foot – Aly Keita : " J'ai toujours rêvé de jouer pour l'équipe nationale de Guinée "". 29 April 2018.
  6. "Guinea call-up Napoli's uncapped Amadou Diawara". BBC Sport. 4 October 2018.
  7. Football, CAF - Confederation of African. "CAF - Competitions - 32nd Edition of Total Africa Cup of Nations - Match Details". www.cafonline.com.
  8. Aly Keita at Soccerway
  9. Aly Keita at National-Football-Teams.com
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