Abdul Aziz Keita

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Abdul Keïta
Personal information
Full name Abdoul Aziz Keita
Date of birth (1990-06-17) 17 June 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Conakry, Guinea
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) [1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Baraka Djoma
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2010–2011 Baraka Djoma
2012–2017 AS Kaloum Star
2017–2018 Buildcon F.C.
2019 Welwalo Adigrat University F.C.
2025– Guinée Foot Elite
International career
2010–2017 [1] Guinea 24 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Abdul Aziz Keita (born 17 June 1990 [2] ) is a Guinean professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper.

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Club career

Keita started his career for Baraka Djoma. [3] He left Baraka Djoma in January 2012 and signed for AS Kaloum. [4]

Keita moved to Ndola-based Buildcon F.C., newly promoted to the Zambia Super League, in March 2017. [5]

Keita was goalkeeping coach at Académie SOAR in the 2023–24 season. [6] He joined Guinée Foot Elite as a player in January 2025, who had achieved promoted to the Guinée Championnat National the previous season. [6]

International career

Keita is a member of the Guinea national team and played for the team the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations and 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.

In the 2016 Africa Cup of Nations, he saved a penalty and scored the winning penalty kick in the quarterfinal match against Zambia to send Guinea to the semi-finals. [7]

References

  1. 1 2 Abdul Aziz Keita at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. ↑ "Guinea – A. Keita – Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
  3. ↑ "Accueil - Guineefoot.info". Guineefoot.info (in French). Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  4. ↑ "Zimbabwe face Guinea in World Cup qualifier – Nehanda Radio". Nehanda Radio. 2 June 2012. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  5. ↑ Touré, Mohamed Lamine (17 March 2017). "Transfert : Aziz Keita et Iyangha quittent l'ASK, des renforts attendus !". Guineefoot (in French). Retrieved 28 May 2025.
  6. 1 2 Traoré, Yonan John (10 January 2025). "Ligue 1 (Guinée) : le gardien Aziz Keita fait son retour à 34 ans" [Ligue 1 (Guinea): goalkeeper Aziz Keita makes a comeback at the age of 34]. africasport.org (in French). Retrieved 28 May 2025.
  7. ↑ "CHAN 2016: Guinea overcome Zambia on penalties". BBC Sport. 31 January 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
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