Charly Keita

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Charly Keita

| full_name = Charly Soualio Keita

| image =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|8|23|df=y}}

| birth_place = Yopougon, Ivory Coast

| height = 1.83m

| position = Striker

| currentclub = Amed

| clubnumber = 25

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Pau

| years1 = 2019–2021

| clubs1 = Pau II

| caps1 = 9

| goals1 = 5

| years2 = 2021–2022

| clubs2 = Pau

| caps2 = 2

| goals2 = 1

| years3 = 2022–2023

| clubs3 = Sedan

| caps3 = 28

| goals3 = 3

| years4 = 2023

| clubs4 = Clermont Foot

| caps4 = 0

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2023

| clubs5 = → Biel-Bienne (loan)

| caps5 = 14

| goals5 = 4

| years6 = 2023–2025

| clubs6 = Beerschot

| caps6 = 48

| goals6 = 5

| years7 = 2025–

| clubs7 = Amed

| caps7 = 7

| goals7 = 2

| club-update = 7 March 2025

}}

Charly Keita (born 23 August 1999) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Turkish TFF 1. Lig club Amed.{{WorldFootball.net|charly-keita}}

Career

A youth product of Pau, Keita was promoted to the club's first team in September 2021.{{Cite web|url=https://paufc.fr/seance-entre-les-pros-et-la-formation/|title=Séance entre les Pros et la Formation - Pau FC}} He made his debut for the club as a late sub in a 2–1 Ligue 2 loss to Quevilly-Rouen on 11 December 2021, scoring his side's only goal in the 87th minute.{{Cite web|url=https://www.20minutes.fr/sport/football/3195207-20211211-resultats-ligue-2-1-2-pour-quevilly-rm-contre-pau-a-nouste-camp|title=Résultats Ligue 2: Quevilly RM vainqueur de Pau: 1-2 à Nouste Camp|website=www.20minutes.fr}} On 1 January 2022, he moved to Sedan.{{cite web|publisher=Sedan|url=https://www.facebook.com/ClubSportifSedanArdennes/videos/917313338920657/|title=Pour commencer cette année 2022 nous vous annonçons l'arrivée d'un nouvel attaquant|date=1 January 2022|language=fr}}

On 25 January 2023, Keita signed for Ligue 1 club Clermont Foot on an eighteen-month contract, joining partner Swiss 1. Liga club Biel-Bienne on loan until the end of the season. {{cite web|url=https://www.clermontfoot.com/charly-keita-arrive-au-cf63/|title=CHARLY KEITA ARRIVE AU CF63|trans-title=CHARLY KEITA ARRIVES AT CF63|website=www.clermontfoot.com|date=25 January 2023|accessdate=25 January 2023}}

On 1 August 2023, Keita signed for Belgian Challenger Pro League club Beerschot on an initial two-year deal with the option for a further year. {{cite web|url=https://www.beerschot.be/nl/nieuws/aanvaller-charly-keita-tekent-tweejarig-contract-bij-beerschot|title=AANVALLER CHARLY KEITA TEKENT TWEEJARIG CONTRACT BIJ BEERSCHOT|trans-title=ATTACKER CHARLY KEITA SIGNS A TWO-YEAR CONTRACT WITH BEERSCHOT|language=Dutch|website=www.beerschot.be/nl|date=1 August 2023|accessdate=2 August 2023}}

Dirk Kuyt was appointed mid-season as first-team coach, inspiring a surge up the table to see Beerschot crowned as Challenger Pro League champions for 2023-24, earning promotion to the top flight, the Belgian Pro League, after only two years away.

On 31 January 2025, Keita moved to Amed in Turkey.{{cite web|publisher=Beerschot|url=https://www.beerschot.be/en/node/1886|title=Charly Keita verlaat Beerschot en maakt de overstap naar Amed SFK|trans-title=Charly Keita leaves Beerschot and moves to Amed SFK|date=31 January 2025|access-date=1 February 2025|language=nl}}