Aly Keita

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.

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 24 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 November 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 June 2023

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 match played 26 February 2024.[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 18000–180
2023 Superettan 21010–220
2024 Superettan 0020–20
Total 20702001402410
Career total 26802001403020
  1. Appearance(s) in Svenska Cupen
  2. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League

International
As of matches played on 24 January 2022[9]
Guinea national team
YearAppsGoals
201830
201960
202030
202160
202260
Total240

Honours

Club

Östersunds FK

References
  1. "Aly Keita Soccer Stats - Season & Career Statistics". www.foxsports.com.
  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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