Ansu Keita

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Ansu Keita
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Date of birth (1960-06-30) 30 June 1960 (age 63)
Managerial career
YearsTeam
Liberia U17
2022 Liberia (caretaker)
2023 Liberia

Ansumana Keita (born 30 June 1960) is a Liberian football coach. [1]

Career

Keita was manager of the Liberia under-17 team. [2]

Keita took temporary charge of the Liberia national team for two matches of the 2022 African Nations Championship qualification, before being appointed permanently to the role in January 2023. [2] [3]

In November 2023 he received death threats and was absent from games. [4] He was sacked in December 2023. [5]

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References

  1. Ansu Keita at Soccerway
  2. 1 2 Kokoi, Anthony. "Liberia: Ansumana Keita Named New Liberia National Football Team Head Coach". www.liberianobserver.com.
  3. "Ansu Keita: New Liberia coach calls for patience". 27 January 2023 via www.bbc.co.uk.
  4. "'Let them kill me' - Liberia boss on death threats" via www.bbc.co.uk.
  5. Tumu, Jaheim T. (29 December 2023). "Liberia: LFA Terminates Lone Star Head Coach Keita's Contract for Sporting Reasons".