Abdul Kader Keïta (born 6 November 2000) is an Ivorian professional

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 lea ...

who plays as a

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for

Liga I Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1 and officially known as SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Romania and the highest level of the Romanian football league system. Contested by 1 ...

club

Rapid București Rapid(s) or RAPID may refer to: Hydrological features * Rapids, sections of a river with turbulent water flow * Rapid Creek (Iowa River tributary), Iowa, United States * Rapid Creek (South Dakota), United States, namesake of Rapid City Sport ...

Club career

After playing for the reserve side of

Ajaccio Ajaccio (, , ; French language, French: ; or ; , locally: ; ) is the capital and largest city of Corsica, France. It forms a communes of France, French commune, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Corse-du-Sud, and head o ...

, Keïta joined

Lille Lille (, ; ; ; ; ) is a city in the northern part of France, within French Flanders. Positioned along the Deûle river, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France Regions of France, region, the Prefectures in F ...

's reserve team in summer 2017. He joined

Westerlo Westerlo () is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises seven towns: * Westerlo centrum * * Tongerlo * Heultje * Voortkapel * Oosterwijk * In 2021, Westerlo had a total population of 25,288. Th ...

on a three-year contract in summer 2019. On 31 August 2021, Keïta joined

Swiss Super League The Super League (also known as the Credit Suisse Super League for sponsorship reasons) is a professional association football league in Switzerland and the highest level of the Swiss football league system. It has been played in its current fo ...

club Sion on a year-long loan with an option to buy. On 12 August 2022, Keïta signed a three-year contract with

Sivasspor Sivasspor Kulübü, known as Net Global Sivasspor due to sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish sports club based in Sivas. The primary department of the club is men's football. Formed in 1967, its football department has competed in Süper Lig since t ...

in Turkey. In January 2024, Keita was acquired by Romanian club

CFR Cluj Fotbal Club CFR 1907 Cluj, commonly known as CFR Cluj ( or ) or simply CFR, is a Romanian professional association football, football club based in the city of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, that competes in the Liga I. Founded as ''Kolozsvári Vasut ...

, for a reported fee of €120.000. In February 2025, Rapid Bucureşti managed to obtain the loan of Kader Keita from

until the end of the season, with an option to buy.

International career

Keïta is a dual-citizen of France and the Ivory Coast. He was selected as part of the Ivory Coast Olympic squad for the

2020 Summer Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...

, and made 3 appearances at the Olympics.

International stats

Honours

Westerlo *

Belgian First Division B The Challenger Pro League, previously known as 1B Pro League is the second-highest division in the Football in Belgium, Belgian football Belgian football league system, league system, one level below the Belgian Pro League. It was created by the ...

: 2021–22

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Keïta, Kader 2000 births Living people Naturalized citizens of France Ivorian emigrants to France French sportspeople of Ivorian descent French men's footballers Ivorian men's footballers Ivorian expatriate men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Ivory Coast men's international footballers AC Ajaccio players Lille OSC players K.V.C. Westerlo players FC Sion players Sivasspor footballers CFR Cluj players FC Rapid București players Challenger Pro League players Championnat National 2 players Championnat National 3 players Swiss Super League players Süper Lig players Liga I players Footballers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Ivory Coast Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Romania Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in Romania 21st-century French sportsmen