Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 10 April 1977 | ||
Place of birth | Abidjan, Ivory Coast | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1996–1997 | ASEC Mimosas | ||
1997–1998 | Levante | 5 | (0) |
1999–2002 | Oviedo | 67 | (0) |
1999 | Oviedo B | 1 | (0) |
2001–2002 | → Santa Clara (loan) | 11 | (0) |
2003–2005 | Algeciras | 23 | (0) |
2005–2006 | Mérida | 28 | (2) |
2006–2008 | Racing Ferrol | 42 | (0) |
2008–2009 | Marino | 17 | (0) |
Total | 193 | (2) | |
International career | |||
1997 | Ivory Coast U20 | 3 | (0) |
2000–2003 | Ivory Coast | 4 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Idrissa Keita (born 10 April 1977) is an Ivorian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He also held Spanish citizenship.
Keita was born in Abidjan. After starring for Ivory Coast at the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship he, alongside countryman Félix Dja Ettien, was bought by Spanish club Levante UD. The pair struggled mightily during their first months in the new reality, [1] with Keita eventually failing to settle altogether and leaving in January 1999 for La Liga team Real Oviedo, being irregularly used during his stay and starting in 37 of his 48 games in the top division (the Asturians would be relegated in his third season).
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