Aly Keita
Personal information
Full name Aly Keita
Date of birth (1986-12-08) 8 December 1986
Place of birth Västerås, Sweden[1]
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Östersunds FK
Number 1
Youth career
IK Oden
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2012 Syrianska IF 31 (0)
2012–2014 Västerås SK 30 (0)
2014– Östersunds FK 207 (0)
International career‡
2018– Guinea 23 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 November 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 June 2023

Aly Keita (born 8 December 1986) is a professional footballer who plays a goalkeeper for Östersunds FK. Born in Sweden, he plays for the Guinea national team.

Club career

Keita started his career at Skiljebo SK, before moving to Syrianska IF in 2007.[2] Just before the 2012 season, Keita left Syrianska IF on a free transfer to Västerås SK.[2]

Pitch invader incident

On 15 August 2016, Keita was attacked by a pitch invader during a game against Jönköpings Södra IF. In the closing of what would have been a 1–1 draw ended with an invader running onto the field and grabbed Keita. He later reported that during the confrontation, he was struck in the temple. After the incident, the 17-year old invader was arrested and the match was abandoned.[3]

This was the second time a game in the Swedish top flight had been abandoned that year, with the first one being IFK Göteborg's match against Malmö in April.[4]

International career

Keita was born in Sweden to a Guinean father and a Norwegian mother. He opted to represent the Guinea national football team in April 2018,[5] and he received a call-up to the national team in October 2018.[6] Keita made his debut for Guinea in a 2–0 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification win over Rwanda on 12 October 2018.[7]

Career statistics

Club

As of 5 November 2022.[8]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Syrianska IF 2010 Division 1 Norra 8000–80
2011 Division 1 Norra 23000–230
Total 3100000310
Västerås SK 2012 Division 1 Norra 21000–210
2013 Division 1 Norra 9000–90
Total 3000000300
Östersunds FK 2014 Superettan 1401[lower-alpha 1]0–150
2015 Superettan 23000–230
2016 Allsvenskan 1201[lower-alpha 1]000130
2017 Allsvenskan 2102[lower-alpha 1]014[lower-alpha 2]0370
2018 Allsvenskan 2203[lower-alpha 1]000250
2019 Allsvenskan 2303[lower-alpha 1]000260
2020 Allsvenskan 2903[lower-alpha 1]000320
2021 Allsvenskan 2404[lower-alpha 1]000280
2022 Superettan 17000–170
Total 18501701402160
Career total 24601701402770
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Appearance(s) in Svenska Cupen
  2. ↑ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League

International

As of matches played on 24 March 2021[9]
Guinea national team
YearAppsGoals
201830
201960
202030
202110
Total130

Honours

Club

Östersunds FK

References

  1. ↑ "Aly Keita Soccer Stats - Season & Career Statistics". www.foxsports.com.
  2. 1 2 "Aly Keita Profile". Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "Ostersunds goalkeeper Aly Keita attacked by pitch invader during match". BBC Sport. 16 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "IFK Goteborg vs. Malmo abandoned after firework, corner flag thrown". ESPN. 28 April 2016.
  5. ↑ "Foot – Aly Keita : " J'ai toujours rêvé de jouer pour l'équipe nationale de Guinée "". 29 April 2018.
  6. ↑ "Guinea call-up Napoli's uncapped Amadou Diawara". BBC Sport. 4 October 2018.
  7. ↑ Football, CAF - Confederation of African. "CAF - Competitions - 32nd Edition of Total Africa Cup of Nations - Match Details". www.cafonline.com.
  8. ↑ Aly Keita at Soccerway
  9. ↑ Aly Keita at National-Football-Teams.com
  10. ↑ "Svenska Cupen, Slutspel Matchinformation: Östersund mot IFK Norrköping FK 2017-04-13 (4-1) — svenskfotboll.se". www2.svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
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