Tidjan Keita

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Tidjan Keita
No. 13–Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Position Forward
League Israeli Basketball Premier League
Personal information
Born (1996-11-30) November 30, 1996 (age 27)
Paris, France
Nationality French-Guinean
Listed height6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High school Cégep de Thetford (Thetford Mines, Quebec, Canada)
Career highlights and awards
Stats   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg at Basketball-Reference.com

Tidjan Keita (born November 30, 1996) is a French-Guinean basketball player who plays forward for Hapoel Be'er Sheva of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. He also plays for the Guinea men's national basketball team.

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Early life

Keita was born in Paris, France. [1] He started playing basketball in Paris when he was 17 years old. [2] He is 6' 10" (208 cm) tall, and weighs 205 pounds (93 kg). [3] [1] He has a 7' 3" wingspan. [4]

He attended college and played basketball at Cégep de Thetford in Thetford Mines, Quebec, Canada. [5] [4] [1] [3]

Professional career

2017-19

Keita played two games for the Toronto Raptors at 2017 NBA Summer League in Las Vegas, Nevada. [4] [3] [6]

In October 2017, the NBA's Phoenix Suns signed Keita; later the same month they waived him. [4] [5] [7]

In 2018-19 Keita played for GET Vosges in the NM1 in France. [3] [8] He averaged 2.6 points per game. [3] [6]

In 2019-20 he played for BBC Coburg in Coburg, Germany, in the German ProB. [3] Keita averaged 15.1 points and 7.6 rebounds per game. [3]

2020-present

In 2020-21 Keita played for VfL Kirchheim Knights in Kirchheim unter Teck, Germany, in the German ProA. [3] [9] He averaged 3.5 points per game. [3]

In 2021-22 he played for the Noma Iserlohn Kangaroos in Iserlohn, Germany, in the German Pro B. [3] [10] [11] Keita averaged 14.3 points, 8.7 rebounds (5th in the league), and 1.6 blocks (5th) per game. [3] [12]

The same season Keita then played for the Niagara River Lions in the CEBL in Canada. [3] [2] [13] He averaged 5.7 points per game. [3]

On August 15, 2022, Keita signed a two-year contract with Hapoel Be'er Sheva of the Israeli Basketball Premier League, and he has played forward with the team since then. [14] [3] [15] [16] [17]

International play

He played for the Guinea men's national basketball team in 2021 in the African FIBA World Cup Qualifier and the FIBA AfroBasket. [3] [18] [6]

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  12. ↑ "2021-2022 German Pro B Stats". RealGM.
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