Keita Baldé
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Full name | Keita Baldé Diao | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 8 March 1995 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Arbúcies, Spain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Forward, winger | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current team |
Espanyol (on loan from Spartak Moscow) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2000–2005 | Damm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2005–2011 | Barcelona | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2010–2012 | → Cornellà (loan) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2012–2013 |
Lazio | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2013–2017 |
Lazio | 110 | (26) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2017–2021 | Monaco | 44 | (12) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2018–2019 | → Inter Milan (loan) | 24 | (5) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2020–2021 |
→ Sampdoria (loan) | 25 | (7) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2021–2022 | Cagliari | 26 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2022– | Spartak Moscow | 14 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2023– | → Espanyol (loan) | 9 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015–2016 | Catalonia | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2015 | Senegal U20 | 7 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2016–2022 | Senegal | 40 | (6) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 December 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:26, 7 June 2022 (UTC) |
Keita Baldé Diao (born 8 March 1995) is a professional
Club career
Early career
Born in
Lazio
In the summer of 2011, Keita was signed by
Keita then spent the 2012–13 season playing with Lazio's Primavera youth side and training with the first team. He was selected by head coach Vladimir Petković to sit on the bench for some matches in the latter part of the season but did not make his senior debut.
Promoted to the first team for the following season, Keita made his league debut in a 3–0 home win against
On 18 August 2015, Keita came off the bench to score the only goal of the game as Lazio beat Bayer Leverkusen 1–0 in the first leg of their Champions League play-off at the Stadio Olimpico.[7]
Keita fully established himself in the starting lineup in the
Monaco
On 29 August 2017, Keita joined Monaco on a five-year contract for a reported €30 million transfer fee. He was assigned the number 14 shirt vacated by Tiémoué Bakayoko, who left for Chelsea earlier that summer.[15][16] [17] On 21 October 2017, Keita opened the scoring in the 2–0 Ligue 1 home win over Caen to register his first competitive Monaco goal after playing seven matches in all competitions for the club.[18]
Loan to Inter Milan
On 13 August 2018, Keita signed for
Loan to Sampdoria
On 29 September 2020, Keita joined
Cagliari
On 31 August 2021, Keita joined then-Serie A side Cagliari, where he played for one season.[30]
Spartak Moscow
On 26 August 2022, Keita signed a three-year contract with Russian Premier League club Spartak Moscow. He made his debut on 4 September in a 1–2 loss to Zenit Saint Petersburg.[31]
On 17 September 2022, it was announced that the Italian Anti-Doping Organization concluded an investigation into Balde's actions from the time he was playing for Cagliari and banned him from playing until 5 December 2022 for violating testing procedures, despite no banned substances being found. Spartak announced it would comply with the decision taken in Italy.[32]
On 4 April 2023, Baldé scored his first goal for Spartak in a 1-2 cup loss to Ural Yekaterinburg.
Loan to Espanyol
On 1 September 2023, Keita was moved to Espanyol back in his home country on loan for the 2023–24 season.[33]
International career
Keita was born in Spain to Senegalese parents. Although he was eligible to play for Spain, he chose to play for his parents' country, Senegal, being called up by their manager, Aliou Cissé, for the match against Niger for 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group K.[34] He made his debut for Senegal on 26 March 2016, in a 2–0 win over Niger as a late substitute.[35] He also played a friendly match with the Catalonia national team in December 2015 against Basque Country.[36]
In May 2018, Keita was named in Senegal's 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[37]
He was part of Senegal's squad for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations; the Lions of Teranga went on to win the tournament for the first time in their history.[38][39]
Personal life
His younger brother Ibourahima Baldé is also a football player.[40]
As a child, Keita supported Inter Milan and has credited Samuel Eto'o for being his childhood idol.[41]
He was appointed a Grand Officer of the National Order of the Lion by President of Senegal Macky Sall following the nation's victory at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations.[42]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 23 July 2023[43]
Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Lazio
|
2013–14
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Serie A | 25 | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | 8[c] | 1 | — | 35 | 6 | ||
2014–15
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Serie A | 23 | 1 | 6 | 3 | — | — | — | 29 | 4 | ||||
2015–16
|
Serie A | 31 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | 6 | 1 | 1[d] | 0 | 39 | 5 | ||
2016–17
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Serie A | 31 | 16 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 34 | 16 | ||||
Total | 110 | 26 | 12 | 3 | — | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 137 | 31 | |||
Monaco | 2017–18 | Ligue 1 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6[e] | 0 | — | 33 | 8 | |
2019–20 | Ligue 1 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 26 | 8 | ||
Total | 44 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 16 | ||
Inter Milan (loan) | 2018–19 | Serie A | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | 5[c] | 0 | — | 29 | 5 | ||
Sampdoria (loan)
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2020–21
|
Serie A | 25 | 7 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 26 | 7 | |||
Cagliari | 2021–22 | Serie A | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 26 | 3 | |||
Spartak Moscow | 2022–23 | Russian Premier League | 12 | 3 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | 16 | 4 | |||
2023–24 | Russian Premier League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
Total | 13 | 3 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4 | |||
Career total | 245 | 56 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 297 | 68 |
- ^ Includes Coppa Italia, Coupe de France, Russian Cup
- ^ Includes Coupe de la Ligue
- ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Appearance in Supercoppa Italiana
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
International
- As of match played 7 June 2022[44]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
Senegal | 2016 | 6 | 2 |
2017 | 10 | 1 | |
2018 | 7 | 1 | |
2019 | 7 | 1 | |
2020 | 0 | 0 | |
2021 | 6 | 1 | |
2022 | 4 | 0 | |
Total | 40 | 6 |
- Scores and results list Senegal's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Keita goal.[44]
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 3 September 2016 | Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar, Senegal | Namibia | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
2. | 8 October 2016 | Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar, Senegal | Cape Verde | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
3. | 11 January 2017 | Stade Municipal de Kintélé, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo | Congo | 1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
4. | 9 September 2018 | Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo, Madagascar | Madagascar | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
5. | 23 June 2019 | 30 June Stadium, Cairo, Egypt | Tanzania | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2019 Africa Cup of Nations |
6. | 9 October 2021 | Stade Lat-Dior, Thiès, Senegal | Namibia | 4–1 | 4–1 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
Honours
Senegal
- Africa Cup of Nations: 2021;[45] runner-up: 2019[46]
Individual
Orders
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