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Aboubakary Koita
Mauritanian footballer
Aboubakary Yeli Koita (born 20 September 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Belgian First Division A club Sint-Truiden. Born in Senegal into a family of Mauritanian origin, he plays for the Mauritania national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Aboubakary Yeli Koita | ||
| Date of birth | (1998-09-20) 20 September 1998 (age 25) | ||
| Place of birth | Pikine, Senegal[1] | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Sint-Truiden | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2011–2012 | FC Merksem | ||
| 2012–2014 | Lyra | ||
| 2014–2016 | Geel | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2017 | Geel | 31 | (5) |
| 2017–2019 | Gent | 7 | (0) |
| 2019 | → Kortrijk (loan) | 16 | (2) |
| 2019–2021 | Waasland-Beveren | 49 | (9) |
| 2021– | Sint-Truiden | 81 | (17) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2023– | Mauritania | 5 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 March 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 January 2024 | |||
Koita began playing his football career at the youth academy of FC Merksem at the age of 13, and quickly moved to the academies of Lyra and Geel where he broke into the first team.[2]
On 9 June 2017, Koita signed a professional contract with Gent, keeping him at the club for 2 seasons.[3] Koita made his professional debut with Gent in a 1-0 Belgian First Division A win over Anderlecht on 13 May 2018.[4]
On 19 July 2019, he signed a 4-year contract with Waasland-Beveren.[5]
On 19 June 2021, he joined Sint-Truiden.[6]
Koita was born in Senegal to a Mauritanian-Malian father and Senegalese mother, and moved to Belgium at a young age.[7] In October 2023, he opted to play for the Mauritania national team.[8]
- "ASV Geel » Topper van de week: Aboubakary Koita". www.asvgeel.be. Archived from the original on 2017-08-08. Retrieved 2018-06-10.
- "Gent vs. Anderlecht - 13 May 2018 - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com.
- "WELKOM OP DE FREETHIEL, ABOUBAKARY KOITA!" (Press release) (in Dutch). Waasland-Beveren. 19 July 2019.
- "ABOUBAKARY KOITA IS A CANARY!". Sint-Truiden. 19 June 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
- "CAN 2023 : un serial buteur de Belgique choisit la Mauritanie (officiel)". www.afrik-foot.com. October 28, 2023.
- Aboubakary Koita at Soccerway
- Gent Profile
- Fox Sports Profile
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