Abdoulaye Keita (born 16 August 1990) is a French

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who plays as a

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for Vendée Fontenay Foot.

Career

Born in Clichy-la-Garenne, Keita began his career 2006 in the youth side for

FC Girondins de Bordeaux Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux (), commonly referred to as Girondins de Bordeaux ( oc, Girondins de Bordèu) or simply Bordeaux, is a French professional Association football, football club based in the city of Bordeaux in Gironde (de ...

and made his first team debut against

Paris Saint-Germain Paris Saint-Germain Football Club (), commonly referred to as Paris Saint-Germain, Paris, Paris SG or simply PSG is a professional football club based in Paris, France. They compete in Ligue 1, the top division of French football. As Fr ...

on 10 April 2010 in the

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International career

Born in France, Keita is of Malian descent. He is former French international Under-17 and under 19 player, he played the

2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup The FIFA U-17 World Cup 2007, the twelfth edition of the tournament, was held in South Korea between 18 August and 9 September 2007. For this event, the number of teams had been expanded from 16 to 24, with the top two of each group and the four ...

, where he made three appearances.

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* Living people 1990 births French men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers FC Girondins de Bordeaux players French sportspeople of Malian descent Ligue 1 players People from Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine Footballers from Hauts-de-Seine {{France-footy-goalkeeper-stub