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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Aly Keita | ||
| Date of birth | (1986-12-08)8 December 1986 (age 38) | ||
| Place of birth | Västerås, Sweden[1] | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| IK Oden | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2012 | Syrianska IF | 31 | (0) |
| 2012–2014 | Västerås SK | 30 | (0) |
| 2014–2024 | Östersunds FK | 213 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018–2022 | Guinea | 24 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15 July 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 2 June 2023 | |||
Aly Keita (born 8 December 1986) is a former professionalfootballer who last played as agoalkeeper forÖstersunds FK. Born in Sweden, he accumulated 24 caps for theGuinea national team.
Keita started his career atSkiljebo SK[citation needed], before moving toSyrianska IF in 2007.[2] Just before the2012 season, Keita left Syrianska IF on a free transfer toVästerås SK.[2] He then joinedÖstersunds FK ahead of the2014 season.
Keita played most of the games in hissecond season withÖFK, where they finished second in the league, securing an automatic promotion toAllsvenskan.[3]
On 15 August 2016, Keita was attacked by a pitch invader during a game againstJönköpings Södra IF. In the closing of what would have been a 1–1 draw ended with an invader running onto the field and grabbed Keita. He later reported that during the confrontation, he was struck in the temple. After the incident, the 17-year old invader was arrested and the match was abandoned.[4]
On 13 April 2017, Keita played in the 4-1Swedish Cup final victory againstIFK Norrköping.[5] This qualified ÖFK to the second qualifying round of the2017-18 Europa League. Keita played all qualifier games againstGalatasaray andFola Esch. In the final seconds of the play-off reverse fixture againstPAOK, Keita threw himself onto the post, saving a header by the far post to keep the aggregate score at 3-3 and qualify ÖFK to theEuropa League onaway goals.[6] On 19 October 2017, in agroup stage Europa League match againstAthletic Bilbao, Keita took a heavy touch on a back pass and slipped upon trying to recover the ball, allowingAritz Aduriz to score the first goal in a 2-2 match.[7] After finishing second in their group, Östersunds FK were knocked out of the Europa League 4-2 on aggregate in the Round of 32 againstArsenal.[8]
After avoiding the relegation play-offs by one place in 2020, ÖFK finished last in Allsvenskan 2021, 18 points below the relegation play-off spot.
At the end of the2022 Superettan, Keita played in the relegation play-off reverse fixture againstFalkenberg. ÖFK narrowly avoided a double relegation tothe third tier by winning 3-1 on aggregate.[9]
On June 20 2024, Aly Keita was indefinitely suspended byÖstersunds FK following being suspected ofdrug-impaired driving andmoney laundering. Three months later, he was found guilty of drug-impaired driving, and got fired by ÖFK.[10] His money laundering investigation was later dropped.[11]
Keita was born in Sweden to a Guinean father and a Norwegian mother. He opted to represent theGuinea national football team in April 2018,[12] and he received a call-up to the national team in October 2018.[13] Keita made his debut for Guinea in a 2–02019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification win overRwanda on 12 October 2018.[14]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Syrianska IF | 2010 | Division 1 Norra | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 8 | 0 | |
| 2011 | Division 1 Norra | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 23 | 0 | ||
| Total | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
| Västerås SK | 2012 | Division 1 Norra | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 21 | 0 | |
| 2013 | Division 1 Norra | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 9 | 0 | ||
| Total | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Östersunds FK | 2014 | Superettan | 14 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | – | 15 | 0 | |
| 2015 | Superettan | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 23 | 0 | ||
| 2016 | Allsvenskan | 12 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
| 2017 | Allsvenskan | 21 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 14[b] | 0 | 37 | 0 | |
| 2018 | Allsvenskan | 22 | 0 | 3[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | |
| 2019 | Allsvenskan | 23 | 0 | 3[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | |
| 2020 | Allsvenskan | 29 | 0 | 3[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | |
| 2021 | Allsvenskan | 24 | 0 | 4[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | |
| 2022 | Superettan | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 18 | 0 | ||
| 2023 | Superettan | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 22 | 0 | ||
| 2024 | Superettan | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 8 | 0 | ||
| Total | 213 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 247 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 274 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 308 | 0 | ||
Appearances and goals by national team and year
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guinea | 2018 | 3 | 0 |
| 2019 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 6 | 0 | |
| Total | 24 | 0 | |
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