For the French football centre-back, see Cheick Keita (footballer, born 2003).
Cheick Keita
Personal information
Full name
Cheick Keita[1]
Date of birth
(1996-04-16) 16 April 1996 (age 28)[2][3]
Place of birth
Paris, France
Height
1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Position(s)
Left back
Team information
Current team
Gorica
Number
33
Youth career
FC Solitaires
Paris FC
0000–2011
INF Clairefontaine
2011–2014
Monaco
2014–2015
Virtus Entella
Senior career*
Years
Team
Apps
(Gls)
2015–2017
Virtus Entella
45
(0)
2017–2020
Birmingham City
11
(0)
2017–2018
→ Bologna (loan)
3
(0)
2018–2019
→ Eupen (loan)
24
(2)
2021–
Gorica
43
(0)
International career
Mali U20
1
(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 May 2023
Cheick Keita (born 16 April 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a left back for Croatian First League club Gorica.
Keita began his senior career in Italy with Virtus Entella before joining English second-tier club Birmingham City in January 2017. He spent the 2017–18 Serie A season on loan to Bologna and the following season on loan to Belgian First Division A club Eupen, and was released by Birmingham at the end of the 2019–20 season. He joined Gorica in February 2021.
Born in France, Keita represented Mali at under-20 level and has been an unused substitute for the senior team.
^"Club list of registered players: As at 19th May 2018: Birmingham City" (PDF). English Football League. p. 5. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
^ ab"Cheick Keita". Virtus Entella. Archived from the original on 24 October 2016.
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