Tiécoro Keita

Tiécoro Keita (born 13 April 1994) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Étoile Fréjus Saint-Raphaël.

Tiécoro Keita
Personal information
Full name Tiécoro Keita
Date of birth (1994-04-13) 13 April 1994
Place of birth Bamako, Mali[1]
Height 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Fréjus St-Raphaël
Number 17
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Guingamp B 24 (3)
2012–2014 Guingamp 0 (0)
2014 → Vannes (loan) 12 (0)
2014–2016 Paris FC B 6 (3)
2014–2016 Paris FC 55 (5)
2016–2018 Red Star 25 (1)
2018–2019 Les Herbiers 16 (2)
2019– Fréjus St-Raphaël 17 (0)
National team
2013 Mali U20 7 (1)
2016– Mali 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:32, 1 May 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Keita started his career at Guingampin 2012, where he trained with the first team, but played for the reserves in Championnat de France Amateur 2.[3] He was loaned to Vannes for six months at the start of 2014,[4] and made his first team debut on 21 February 2014 against Étoile Fréjus Saint-Raphaël in Championnat National.

In August 2014 he joined Paris FC,[3] helping them to promotion from 2014–15 Championnat National to Ligue 2. He featured 30 times in Ligue 2, and when Paris FC were relegated at the end of the season, Keita stayed in Ligue 2, signing for Red Star.[5]

International career

Keita represented the Mali national under-20 football team four times at the 2013 African U-20 Championship.[6] He also played at the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup, appearing three times.[7] He made his debut for the senior Mali national football team in a friendly 1–0 loss to Nigeria on 27 May 2016.[8]

gollark: The changelog implies that it "deals hundreds of damage points".
gollark: It now has my main thing kit *and* my backup thing kit.
gollark: Hopefully someone will join who can deal with it better than me.
gollark: Guess what version we're *not* running?
gollark: The sleeping bag complains when I try and sleep on water.

References
  1. http://www.redstar.fr/actualites/lire/tiecoro-keita-signe-au-red-star.html
  2. http://www.lfp.fr/joueur/keita-tiecoro
  3. "Tiécoro Keita joins Paris FC" (in French). Paris FC Official Site. 7 August 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  4. "National: Tiekoro Keita (Guingamp) débarque en prêt à Vannes" (in French). Malifootball.com. 31 January 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  5. "Tiécoro Keita passe du Paris FC au Red Star" (in French). France Football. 3 June 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  6. Tiécoro Keita at FootballDatabase.eu
  7. FIFA.com. "FIFA U-20 World Cup Turkey 2013 - Teams - Mali - FIFA.com". FIFA.com. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  8. "Nigeria vs. Mali - Football Match Summary - May 27, 2016 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
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