Alhassane Keita

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Alhassane Keita
Personal information
Full name Alhassane Keita Otchico
Date of birth (1983-06-26) 26 June 1983 (age 40)
Place of birth Conakry, Guinea
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1999–2000 Horoya AC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2001
Olympique Khouribga
 15 (7)
2001–2006 Zürich 131 (58)
2006–2008
Ittihad
 40 (19)
2008–2011 Mallorca 47 (8)
2010–2011 → Valladolid (loan) 6 (0)
2011
Al-Shabab
 6 (5)
2011–2012 Emirates Club 6 (2)
2012–2013 Dubai Club 10 (1)
2013–2014 St. Gallen 20 (4)
2015–2016 Jacksonville Armada 43 (13)
2017
Al-Watani
2018 Jacksonville Armada 5 (2)
International career
2000–2009 Guinea 10 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 July 2018

Alhassane Keita Otchico (born 26 June 1983), known as Keita, is a Guinean footballer who most recently played as a striker for American club Jacksonville Armada FC.

Club career

Keita was born in

Olympique Khouribga, he moved to Switzerland in 2001 joining FC Zürich; during his five-season stay he scored goals at an extraordinary rate, including 20 in 2005–06 as the club emerged champions and the player was crowned league top scorer.[1]

Keita started the

Ittihad FC, in Jeddah. In late June 2008 he joined Spain's RCD Mallorca on a five-year link,[2] being irregularly used in his first year – he did manage, however, to score twice as a second-half substitute in a 2–0 La Liga home win over Real Valladolid.[3]

In July 2009, Keita was initially banned for four months after it was found out he signed with

Umm-Salal Sports Club in Qatar after he had already committed to Mallorca.[4] As the appeals begun,[5] though, he was able to start the new season with the team,[6]
appearing in several matches from the bench; in late January 2010, the situation was resolved favorably to the Spaniards.

Keita was loaned to Valladolid in the

Al-Shabab Riyadh from Saudi Arabia until 2013.[9]

In August 2011, Keita left Saudi Arabia for

UAE Arabian Gulf League, following a short spell.[10] The same month in the following year, he moved to Dubai CSC
.

In early January 2015, Keita moved clubs and countries again, signing with Jacksonville Armada FC from the North American Soccer League.[11] He left two years later, as their all-time leading scorer.[12]

In July 2017, Keita joined

Al-Watani.[13] On 28 March of the following year, he returned to the Armada.[14]

International career

Keita was part of the

2004 Africa Cup of Nations as they reached the competition's quarter-finals, with an exit against Mali. He did not play in the tournament, however.[15]

Club statistics

As of 30 May 2009[16]
Season club championship
2000–01
Olympique Khouribga
 15 games/7 goals
2001–02 Zürich 8/2
2002–03 Zürich 29/17
2003–04 Zürich 28/4
2004–05 Zürich 30/11
2005–06 Zürich 32/20
2006–07 Zürich 4/4
2006–07
Ittihad
 22/12
2007–08
Ittihad
 18/7
2008–09 Mallorca 24/5

Honours

FC Zürich

References

  1. ^ "Keita bleibt – Fans randalieren" [Keita stays – Fans on the rampage]. Blick (in German). 3 August 2006. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  2. ^ Guinean star Alhassane Keita signs for La Liga’s Mallorca Archived 19 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine; Click Afrique, 21 June 2008
  3. ^ African goals in Europe: 25–26 April; BBC Sport, 27 April 2009
  4. ^ "La FIFA sanciona a Keita con cuatro meses sin jugar" [FIFA hands four-month ban to Keita]. Marca (in Spanish). 11 July 2009. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  5. ^ "Alemany confirma que recurrirá la sanción a Keita" [Alemany confirms he will appeal Keita ban]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 13 July 2009. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  6. ^ "El TAS levanta la sanción a Keita en el caso de duplicidad de contrato" [CAS lifts ban on Keita in dual contract case]. Marca (in Spanish). 25 January 2010. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  7. ^ "Webó se queda y Keita se va cedido al Valladolid" [Webó stays and Keita goes to Valladolid on loan]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 1 September 2010. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  8. ^ "Keita terminates Valladolid contract". Real Mallorca. 19 January 2011. Archived from the original on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
  9. ^ "Keita rescinde su contrato con el Mallorca" [Keita terminates his contract with Mallorca] (in Spanish). RCD Mallorca. 25 January 2011. Archived from the original on 20 November 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
  10. ^ "Foreign strikers to join team". Gulf News. 2 August 2011. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
  11. ^ "Armada FC makes splash with addition of former La Liga and Swiss Super League striker Alhassane Keita". Jacksonville Armada. 7 January 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  12. ^ "Armada signs midfielders J.C. Banks and Bryam Rebellón". Jacksonville Armada. 25 January 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  13. ^ Fast alles neu: So stark verändern sich die Kader von YB, FCB und Co. innert kurzer Zeit (Almost everything new: Squads of YB, FCB and Co. change so much in a short time); Watson, 23 August 2017 (in German)
  14. ^ "Two players sign with the Armada FC for 2018". Jacksonville Armada. 28 March 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  15. RSSSF
    . Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  16. ^ "A. Keita". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  17. ^ "Schweizer-Cup - Swisscom-Cup - Final". football.ch. Retrieved 2 November 2022.

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