Alsény_Këïta
Alsény Këïta
Liberian footballer
Alsény Këïta Kamolosilah (born 26 June 1983), also known as Al Husein Keita, is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Born and raised in Guinea, he played for Guinea's youth and senior level national teams. In 2011 however, Këïta switched to the Liberia national football team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alsény Këïta Kamolosilah | ||
| Date of birth | (1983-06-26) 26 June 1983 (age 40) | ||
| Place of birth | Macenta, Guinea | ||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1998 | Horoya AC | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2000 | Horoya AC | 20 | (5) |
| 2001–2002 | FUS Rabat | 27 | (3) |
| 2002–2003 | SC Chabab Mohammedia | 36 | (9) |
| 2003–2005 | FC Luzern | 33 | (1) |
| 2006–2007 | Gazélec Ajaccio | 25 | (1) |
| 2007–2012 | US Sénart-Moissy[1] | 114 | (6) |
| 2009 | → Satellite FC (loan) | 4 | (1) |
| 2012–2014 | Drancy | 32 | (0) |
| 2012–2018 | Viry-Châtillon | 22 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | FC Gobelins | 18 | (0) |
| Total | 329 | (26) | |
| International career | |||
| 2004 | Guinea U23 | 2 | (0) |
| 2004–2008 | Guinea | 4 | (0) |
| 2011–2016 | Liberia | 18 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Born in Macenta, Guinea, Këïta began his career with Horoya AC. In 2000, he joined Moroccan club FUS Rabat, where he played one year before signing for SC Chabab Mohammedia. After two seasons there he signed with FC Luzern in July 2003.[2]
In July 2006, after two years with FC Luzern Këïta joined CFA team Gazélec Ajaccio.[3] After one year with Ajaccio, he signed for US Sénart-Moissy in summer 2007.[4] In summer 2009 he joined Guinean club Satellite FC on loan for half year before returning to Sénart-Moissy in January 2010.[5]
Këïta was a part of the Guinean squad at the 2004 Olympic Games qualification tournament.[6] He later represented Liberia at international level,[7] also captaining the side.[8]
Alsény is the twin brother of professional Guinean footballer Alhassane Keita.[9]
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- Guinée Championnat National: 2000
- CAF Cup: runner-up 2001
- Botola: 2002
- Moroccan Player of the Year: 2002
- Swiss Cup: runner-up 2005
- AG, VADIAN.NET. "Fussball: Alseny Keita spielberechtigt. Von tr; Quelle:pd". www.fussball.ch (in German). Retrieved 4 May 2018.
- foot-national.com (27 January 2010). "Moissy : Alseny Keita resigne". Foot National (in French). Retrieved 4 May 2018.
- Sénart-Moissy 2009-2010 - Transferts Archived 27 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- Nachrichten, Jüdische. "Nachrichten zum Rechtsextremismus". www.klick-nach-rechts.de. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
- Alsény Këïta at National-Football-Teams.com
- "" J'ai peur pour mes amis au Liberia "". Le Parisien (in French). 5 October 2014. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
- "Fussball auf 4-4-2.com | das Schweizer Fussballportal". 4-4-2.com (in German). Retrieved 4 May 2018.[permanent dead link]
- Alsény Këïta at FootballDatabase.eu