Kader Keïta (footballer, born 2000)

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Kader Keïta

| image =

| caption =

| fullname = Abdul Kader Keïta

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|11|6|df=y}}

| birth_place = Ouragahio, Ivory Coast

| height = 1.78 m{{cite web |url=https://www.sivasspor.org.tr/futbolcular/kader-ketia-2/ |title=Kader Keïta |publisher=Sivasspor |access-date=12 November 2022}}

| position = Defensive midfielder{{Cite web|url=https://www.gva.be/cnt/dmf20210219_97973133|title=Kader Keita (Westerlo) lokt buitenlandse scouts naar het Kuipje|website=Gazet van Antwerpen|access-date=10 July 2021|archive-date=10 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210710212850/https://www.gva.be/cnt/dmf20210219_97973133|url-status=live}}

| currentclub = Rapid București
(on loan from CFR Cluj)

| clubnumber = 18

| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2014

| youthclubs1 = Paris FC

| youthyears2 = 2014–2015

| youthclubs2 = FC Montfermeil

| youthyears3 = 2015–2017

| youthclubs3 = Ajaccio

| youthyears4 = 2017–2018

| youthclubs4 = Lille

| years1 = 2016–2017

| clubs1 = Ajaccio B

| caps1 = 1

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2017–2019

| clubs2 = Lille B

| caps2 = 23

| goals2 = 1

| years3 = 2019–2022

| clubs3 = Westerlo

| caps3 = 50

| goals3 = 2

| years4 = 2021–2022

| clubs4 = → Sion (loan)

| caps4 = 6

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2022–2024

| clubs5 = Sivasspor

| caps5 = 22

| goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2024–

| clubs6 = CFR Cluj

| caps6 = 32

| goals6 = 1

| years7 = 2025–

| clubs7 = → Rapid București (loan)

| caps7 = 7

| goals7 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2021

| nationalteam1 = Ivory Coast Olympic

| nationalcaps1 = 3

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 2024–

| nationalteam2 = Ivory Coast

| nationalcaps2 = 1

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| club-update = 27 April 2025

| nationalteam-update = 26 March 2024

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Abdul Kader Keïta (born 6 November 2000) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Liga I club Rapid București, on loan from CFR Cluj.

Club career

After playing for the reserve side of Ajaccio, Keïta joined Lille's reserve team in summer 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/hauts-de-france/nord-0/losc-recrute-kader-keita-provenance-ac-ajaccio-1282757.html|title=Le LOSC recrute Kader Keita, en provenance de l'AC Ajaccio|website=France 3 Hauts-de-France|access-date=10 July 2021|archive-date=10 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210710211345/https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/hauts-de-france/nord-0/losc-recrute-kader-keita-provenance-ac-ajaccio-1282757.html|url-status=live}} He joined Westerlo on a three-year contract in summer 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gva.be/cnt/dmf20190627_04482801|title=Westerlo neemt 18-jarige Fransman Keita over van Lille|website=Gazet van Antwerpen|access-date=10 July 2021|archive-date=10 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210710211348/https://www.gva.be/cnt/dmf20190627_04482801|url-status=live}} On 31 August 2021, Keïta joined Swiss Super League club Sion on a year-long loan with an option to buy.{{cite web |url=https://www.lenouvelliste.ch/dossiers/fc-sion/articles/kader-keita-un-jeune-milieu-defensif-ivoirien-arrive-au-fc-sion-1104957 |title=Kader Keïta, un jeune milieu défensif ivoirien, arrive au FC Sion |language=fr |trans-title= |date=31 August 2021 |website=Le Nouvelliste |location=Valais |access-date=12 September 2021 |archive-date=12 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210912113515/https://www.lenouvelliste.ch/dossiers/fc-sion/articles/kader-keita-un-jeune-milieu-defensif-ivoirien-arrive-au-fc-sion-1104957 |url-status=live }} On 12 August 2022, Keïta signed a three-year contract with Sivasspor in Turkey.{{cite web|publisher=Sivasspor|url=https://www.sivasspor.org.tr/kader-keita-demir-grup-sivassporumuzda/|title=Kader Keita Demir Grup Sivasspor'umuzda|date=12 August 2022|access-date=18 August 2022|language=tr}} In January 2024, Keita was acquired by Romanian club CFR Cluj, for a reported fee of €120.000.[https://www.eurosport.ro/fotbal/romanian-liga-i/2023-2024/cfr-cluj-s-a-inteles-cu-noul-atacant-nigerianul-ar-putea-fi-prezentat-azi_sto9971882/story.shtml CFR CLUJ S-A ÎNȚELES CU NOUL ATACANT! NIGERIANUL AR PUTEA FI PREZENTAT AZI], eurosport.ro, 18 January 2024 In February 2025, Rapid Bucureşti managed to obtain the loan of Kader Keita from CFR Cluj until the end of the season, with an option to buy.{{cite web|url=https://www.fcrapid.ro/kader-keita-va-juca-la-rapid/?fbclid=IwY2xjawIXTGlleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHX4diWD5Zi_OG8rTFZYJEJrBPnm6wtIbjBoAOUr3kgROndHnt1sYTzgkIA_aem_DNPKMglTqLq4O0FBOtOf8A|title=KADER KEITA VA JUCA LA RAPID|publisher=fcrapid.ro|date=10 February 2025|language=ro|access-date=10 February 2025}}

International career

Keïta is a dual-citizen of France and the Ivory Coast.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gva.be/cnt/dmf20210705_96100462|title=Keita (Westerlo) naar Olympische Spelen met Ivoorkust|website=Gazet van Antwerpen|access-date=10 July 2021|archive-date=10 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210710212853/https://www.gva.be/cnt/dmf20210705_96100462|url-status=live}} He was selected as part of the Ivory Coast Olympic squad for the 2020 Summer Olympics,{{Cite web|url=https://www.goal.com/en/news/manchester-united-duo-diallo-and-bailly-ac-milans-kessie/xb5116xat0y31bx4izb3oij9v|title=Manchester United duo Diallo and Bailly, AC Milan's Kessie make Ivory Coast's Olympics squad | Goal.com|website=www.goal.com|access-date=10 July 2021|archive-date=10 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210710211345/https://www.goal.com/en/news/manchester-united-duo-diallo-and-bailly-ac-milans-kessie/xb5116xat0y31bx4izb3oij9v|url-status=live}} and made 3 appearances at the Olympics.{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/kader-keita/|title=Kader Keita|website=worldfootball.net|access-date=12 September 2021|archive-date=10 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210710212333/https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/kader-keita/|url-status=live}}

=International stats=

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National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Ivory Coast \|2024	1	0
colspan="2"\|Total !1	0

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National team

Year

Apps

Goals

Ivory Coast

|2024

colspan="2"|Total

Honours

Westerlo

Belgian First Division B: 2021–22{{Cite web |date=2 April 2022 |title=Welcome back les Campinois |url=https://www.proleague.be/fr/1b/news/welcome-back-les-campinois |access-date=23 April 2022 |website= |publisher=Belgian Pro League |language=fr}}