Keith Nah

Keith Nah (born 20 June 1995) is a Liberian footballer who plays for Shan United FC as a striker. He is a right-footed attacker, and is the first Liberian footballer to become top scorer in consecutive seasons in two different leagues in the same country. Considered one of the best players in the Myanmar National League, he is known for his dribbling, finishing, skill, pace, and ability to play with both feet. He is third all-time top scorer of MNL.

Keith Nah
Keith Nah in the line up for Kedah
Personal information
Full name Keith Martu Nah
Date of birth (1995-06-20) 20 June 1995
Place of birth Monrovia, Liberia
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Shan United FC
Number 7
Youth career
2012 LPRC Oilers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Chin United 66 (43)
2014–2015 Kedah FA 6 (3)
2015–2016 Yadanarbon 42 (36)
2016–2017 Ayeyawady United 21 (15)
2018 SD Ponferradina 0 (0)
2019 Ayeyawady United 18 (10)
2020- Shan United FC 6 (3)
Total 158 (110)
National team
Liberia U20
2015 Liberia U23 1[1] (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 Feb 2020

Career

Keith Nah started his football career with club Vinton Professional playing in the Liberian third division. After playing several seasons with Vinton in the third league, he helped his side gain promotion to the Liberia Football second division league. Vinton finished as runners-up to league winners Green Pasture FC, and Nah won himself the second division Most Valuable Player (MVP) title.

After the end of the 2010–11 league season, Keith Nah signed with the Liberian "oil boys" LPRC OILERS for 2012. That year, he was invited to the Liberia football U20 national team for the African youth qualifier against the Niger U20 national team.

In 2012 Keith Nah was invited to join the Myanmar second division club Chin United. He had a successful trial with Chin and was given the opportunity to play in the 2013 Myanmar second division league. Chin finished that season in second place and was promoted to the top tier of Myanmar football (the Myanmar National League). He also finished the season as the highest goal scorer with eighteen league goals. In the 2014 Myanmar National League, Keith Nah scored twenty-five league goals and four FA Cup goals. He finished the season second on the goal-scoring chart, one goal less than top goal scorer Cezar Augusto who finished with twenty-six goals. Keith Nah received offers from clubs from Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and South Korea. He signed with Malaysia Premier League club Kedah FA.

Following his arrival in Malaysia, Keith Nah scored seven goals out of Kedah's nine pre-season matches, making him the top goal scorer in the team for the pre-season. On his league debut, February 6, 2015, Nah scored twice to help his side win their 2015 league opener with a 5–1 victory over Kuala Lumpur. He scored once more in his club's second league game against Kuantan, that ended with a 2–2 draw.[2]

After returning to Myanmar, Keith Nah helped his club Yadanarbon to win the 2016 MNL and becoming a joint top goalscorer with Nigerian Myanmar Win Naing Soe and Nigeria Christopher Chizoba who all scored 16 goals in the season.

International career

Nah was featured in the Liberia U-20 national team in 2013 African U-20 Championship qualification. The young national side was drawn against Niger with the first encounter away to Niger from April 20–22, 2012. The corresponding fixture was on May 6, 2012 in Monrovia. Keith was listed in the squad to face Niger. He was then a player of LPRC Oilers.[3] Keith was also featured in the local lone star against Mauritania.

Career statistics
As of 24 December 2018.
Club League Season League FA Cup Other Continental Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Chin United 2013 MNL-2 37250000--3725
2014 MNL-1 29180000--2918
Kedah FA 2015 Malaysia Premier League 632000--63
Yadanarbon 2015–16 MNL 32260000--3226
Ayeyawady United 2016–17 20150000--2015
2019– 1400000--148
Career total 0000000000

References
  1. "LIBERIA U-20 AGAINST NIGER". 4 November 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  2. Bedell, Wleh (7 August 2014). "Keith Nah Set New Scoring Record". liberiansoccer.com. Archived from the original on February 6, 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  3. "LIBERIA U-20 AGAINST NIGER". 4 November 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
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