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Tidjan Keita

Tidjan Keita

French-Guinean basketball player

Tidjan Keita (born November 30, 1996) is a French-Guinean basketball player who plays forward for Hapoel Be'er Sheva of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. He also plays for the Guinea men's national basketball team.

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Early life

Keita was born in Paris, France.[1] He started playing basketball in Paris when he was 17 years old.[2] He is 6' 10" (208 cm) tall, and weighs 205 pounds (93 kg).[3][1] He has a 7' 3" wingspan.[4]

He attended college and played basketball at Cégep de Thetford in Thetford Mines, Quebec, Canada.[5][4][1][3]

Professional career

2017-19

Keita played two games for the Toronto Raptors at 2017 NBA Summer League in Las Vegas, Nevada.[4][3][6]

In October 2017, the NBA's Phoenix Suns signed Keita; later the same month they waived him.[4][5][7]

In 2018-19 Keita played for GET Vosges in the NM1 in France. [3][8] He averaged 2.6 points per game.[3][6]

In 2019-20 he played for BBC Coburg in Coburg, Germany, in the German ProB. [3] Keita averaged 15.1 points and 7.6 rebounds per game.[3]

2020-present

In 2020-21 Keita played for VfL Kirchheim Knights in Kirchheim unter Teck, Germany, in the German ProA.[3][9] He averaged 3.5 points per game.[3]

In 2021-22 he played for the Noma Iserlohn Kangaroos in Iserlohn, Germany, in the German Pro B.[3][10][11] Keita averaged 14.3 points, 8.7 rebounds (5th in the league), and 1.6 blocks (5th) per game.[3][12]

The same season Keita then played for the Niagara River Lions in the CEBL in Canada.[3][2][13] He averaged 5.7 points per game.[3]

On August 15, 2022, Keita signed a two-year contract with Hapoel Be'er Sheva of the Israeli Basketball Premier League, and he has played forward with the team since then.[14][3][15][16][17]

International play

He played for the Guinea men's national basketball team in 2021 in the African FIBA World Cup Qualifier and the FIBA AfroBasket.[3][18][6]

References

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    "Le Franco-Guinéen Tidjan Keita poursuit sa carrière en Israël". BeBasket. August 15, 2022.
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    Matt Petersen (October 14, 2017). "Suns Waive Tidjan Keita". nba.com.
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    "Epinal. Basket: le GET Vosges se sépare de Tidjan Keita". Vosges Matin. January 31, 2019.
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    "Tidjan Keita verstärkt Knights-Kader". BARMER 2. Basketball Bundesliga. July 11, 2020.
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    "Tidjan Keita: „Die wahnsinnige Teamchemie hat mich beeindruckt!"". Iserlohn Kangaroos. June 7, 2022.
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    "Tidjan Keita komplettiert den Kangaroos-Kader". Iserlohn Kangaroos. July 27, 2021.
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    "2021-2022 German Pro B Stats". RealGM.
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    "River Lions Sign First International Player Tidjan Keita". riverlions.ca. February 8, 2022.
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    "Hapoel Beer Sheva signed Tidjan Keita for two years". Time News. August 15, 2022.
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    Abreu, Dylan de (August 16, 2022). "Tidjan Keita s'exile en Israël". BasketActu.
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    "מנהלת ליגת העל בכדורסל | כדורסל ישראלי | עונת 2022-23 | הפועל אלטשולר שחם ב"ש/דימונה | טידג'אן קייטה". basket.co.il.
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    אור שקדי (August 15, 2022). "הפועל באר שבע החתימה את טידג'אן קייטה לשנתיים". וואלה!.
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    "Tidjan KEITA at the FIBA AfroBasket 2021". FIBA.basketball.
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