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| Full name | Abdul Kader Keïta | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
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| Current team | Lyon | ||
| Number | 23 | ||
| ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 June 2006 | |||
Abdul Kader Keïta (born August 6, 1981 in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire) is an Ivorian professional football player. Keïta plays as an forward for Olympique Lyonnais in the French Ligue 1 and the Ivory Coast national football team.
Like the Touré brothers, the Kalou brothers, and the Koné brothers, Keita is also part of a footballing family. He has an older brother going by the name of Fadel Keïta, who is a former Côte d'Ivoire international.
Club career
Keïta, also known as 'Popito', began his career at homeland club Africa Sports, before moving on to Tunisian Club Etoile du Sahel. Following spells in United Arab Emirates with Al Ain and Qatar with Al Sadd, he moved to France with Ligue 1 club OSC Lille in 2005.
Following an impressive start to the 2006/07 campaign, Keita has been attracting interest from some of Europes big guns. After his performances against Italian giants AC Milan, he has reportedly been linked with a move there in the January transfer window, who have been tracking the Ivorian's progress for a number of months. However, the Ivorian recently signed a contract extension which will keep him at Lille until 2010.
In January 2007, Keïta finished runner up in the 2006 Ivorian Player of the Year award, beating off the opposition of players such as Kolo Touré and Aruna Dindane. The award was won by Chelsea striker Didier Drogba.
On May 31 2007, Lyon chairman Jean-Michel Aulas revealed that the club had made bids for both Keïta and his fellow club-mate Mathieu Bodmer.
On June 14 2007, Lyon officially announced that they would be unveiling Keïta and Bodmer to the media, the pair having already passed their medicals at the Stade Gerland. On June 16 2007, Lyon confirmed the signing of Keïta from Lille for a club record fee of €18m. Keïta was given the number 9 shirt. But due to the jersey change of Brazilian sriker, Fred, from 11 to 9, Abdul has changed to number 32. But again he changed to number 23 after the departure of Jérémy Berthod.
International career
He has 28 caps for the national team, and was called up to the 2006 World Cup. Keïta did not make it into the Ivorian squad for the 2006 African Cup of Nations. However, he did win his place back for the World Cup at the expense of Stade Reims winger Siaka Tiéné.
Footnotes
- Lyon chase Keïta
- Présentation de Bodmer et Keïta samedi matin
- Bodmer et Keïta signent pour 4 ans
- Foot - L1 - Lyon - Keïta et Bodmer ont signé
External links
- Career history at National Football Teams
- www.kaderkeita.com (Non-official website of Kader Keita)
- Keita linked with AC Milan
- Keita linked with Man Utd and Liverpool
- Keita linked with Inter Milan
- Keita signs contract extension
- Keita is runner up for Ivorian Player of the Year award
- Fans news Articles about Kader Keita
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