Ismaël Keïta

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Ismaël Keïta

| image =

| fullname = Ismaël Keïta Vieira

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1990|07|08}}

| birth_place = Bamako, Mali

| currentclub = Créteil

| clubnumber =

| height = 1.88 m

| position = Defensive midfielder[http://www.francefootball.fr/FF/stats/fj/FicheJoueur34235.html La fiche de Ismaël Keita] – Francefootball

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Centre Salif Keita

| years1 = 2007–2009 | clubs1 = Centre Salif Keita

| years2 = 2009–2013 | clubs2 = Nantes | caps2 = 47 | goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2012–2013 | clubs3 = Nantes B | caps3 = 13 | goals3 = 3

| years4 = 2013–2016 | clubs4 = Angers | caps4 = 47 | goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2014–2015 | clubs5 = Angers B | caps5 = 7 | goals5 = 2

| years6 = 2016 | clubs6 = Paris FC | caps6 = 14 | goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2017 | clubs7 = Gazişehir Gaziantep | caps7 = 5 | goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2017–2020 | clubs8 = Cholet | caps8 = 53 | goals8 = 0

| years9 = 2020–2022 | clubs9 = Orléans | caps9 = 54 | goals9 = 1

| years10 = 2022– | clubs10 = Créteil | caps10 = 14 | goals10 = 2

| nationalyears1 = 2010–2011 | nationalteam1 = Mali | nationalcaps1 = 6 | nationalgoals1 = 0

| club-update = 21:13, 18 December 2022 (UTC)

}}

Ismaël Keïta Vieira (born 8 July 1990) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for French club Créteil.

Club career

Born in Bamako,{{Cite news|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/FootballFicheJoueur34235.html|title=Ismaël KEITA – Football: la fiche de Ismaël KEITA (Cholet)|work=L'Equipe.fr|access-date=9 May 2018|language=fr}} Keïta started his career with the Centre Salif Keita in 2007.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/mali07.html|title=Mali 2007|website=RSSSF|access-date=9 May 2018}} On 12 August 2009, he joined French Ligue 2 club Nantes, signing a four-year contract.[http://www.footmali.com/details_actualites.php?id=256&news=Mercato-:-Alphousseyni-Keita-pr%EAt%E9-au-N%EEmes-Olympique-et-Isma%EBl-Keita--%E0-l%27essai-%E0-Nantes Mercato: Alphousseyni Keita prêté au Nîmes Olympique et Ismaël Keita à l'essai à Nantes]{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} He made his league debut as a substitute in a 0–1 defeat against Arles-Avignon on 30 April 2010.{{Cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2010/04/30/france/ligue-2/ac-arles/fc-nantes/779581/|title = Arles-Avignon vs. Nantes – 30 April 2010 – Soccerway}}

At the end of his contract he left Nantes and signed a three-year contract with fellow Ligue 2 side Angers.{{cite web|url=http://www.presseocean.fr/actualite/football-ismael-keita-quitte-le-fc-nantes-pour-rejoindre-le-sco-dangers-17-06-2013-67333|title=Football: Ismaël Keita quitte le FC Nantes pour rejoindre le Angers-SCO|publisher=Presse Océan|language=fr|date=17 June 2013|access-date=7 November 2017}} His league debut came on 2 August 2013 in a 2–4 away victory over Istres.{{Cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2013/08/02/france/ligue-2/football-club-istres-ouest-provence/angers-sporting-club-de-louest/1479681/|title=Istres vs. Angers – 2 August 2013|work=Soccerway}}

Midway through the final year of his Angers contract, he agreed a termination deal with the club, and signed a six-month deal with Paris FC, with an option for an additional year if the club remained in Ligue 2.{{cite web|url=http://www.getfootballnewsfrance.com/2016/official-ismael-keita-swaps-angers-for-paris-fc/|title=Official: Ismaël Keita swaps Angers for Paris FC|publisher=Get French Football News|date=12 January 2016|access-date=7 November 2017}} Paris FC were relegated at the end of the season, and Keïta was without a club until he signed for TFF First League side Gazişehir Gaziantep on 5 January 2017.{{cite web|url=http://www.gaziantepgunes.com/61254/%C4%B0smail-Keita-kampta...|title=İsmail Keita kampta...|language=tr|publisher=Gaziantep Güneş|date=5 January 2017|access-date=7 November 2017}}

In September 2017 Keïta returned to France, signing for Championnat National side Cholet.{{cite web|url=http://www.actufoot.com/49/actualites-football-49/ismael-keita-pose-sac-so-cholet/|title=ISMAËL KEITA POSE SON SAC AU SO CHOLET|language=fr|date=28 September 2017|access-date=7 November 2017|publisher=actufoot.fr}} After two seasons as a regular starter for Cholet, Keïta had an aborted transfer to Red Star in the summer of 2019, which disrupted the start to the 2019–20 season. At the end of the season he signed for Orléans on a one-year contract with an option to extend to a second year.{{cite web|url=https://www.foot-sur7.fr/448110-ismael-keita-rejoint-us-orleans|title=US Orléans Mercato : Officiel, Ismaël Keita rejoint le club|publisher=foot-sur7.fr|language=fr|date=18 June 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.larep.fr/orleans-45000/sports/je-serais-venu-a-orleans-a-pied-sil-avait-fallu-oui-ismael-keita-se-rejouit-de-signer-a-l-uso-foot_13801402/#refresh|title="Je serais venu à Orléans à pied s'il avait fallu !" : Oui, Ismaël Keita se réjouit de signer à l'USO foot|publisher=Le République|language=fr|date=17 June 2020}}

On 13 July 2022, Keïta joined Créteil in the fourth tier.{{cite web|publisher=Créteil|url=https://www.uscl.fr/2022/07/13/mercato-luscl-enregistre-5-nouvelles-arrivees/|title=[Mercato] L'USCL enregistre 5 nouvelles arrivées|date=13 July 2022|access-date=13 July 2022|language=fr}}

International career

Between 2010 and 2011, he won six caps for the Mali national team.{{cite web|url=http://national-football-teams.com/player/39741/Ismael_Keita.html|title=Ismaël Keita|publisher=National Football Teams|access-date=19 August 2013}}