Ismaël Keïta Vieira (born 8 July 1990) is a Malian professional

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who plays as a

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for French club

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Club career

Born in Bamako, Keïta started his career with the Centre Salif Keita in 2007. On 12 August 2009, he joined French

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club

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, signing a four-year contract. He made his league debut as a substitute in a 0–1 defeat against Arles-Avignon on 30 April 2010. At the end of his contract he left Nantes and signed a three-year contract with fellow Ligue 2 side

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. His league debut came on 2 August 2013 in a 2–4 away victory over

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. Midway through the final year of his Angers contract, he agreed a termination deal with the club, and signed a six-month deal with

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, with an option for an additional year if the club remained in Ligue 2. Paris FC were relegated at the end of the season, and Keïta was without a club until he signed for

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side Gazişehir Gaziantep on 5 January 2017. In September 2017 Keïta returned to France, signing for

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side Cholet. After two seasons as a regular starter for Cholet, Keïta had an aborted transfer to

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in the summer of 2019, which disrupted the start to the 2019–20 season. At the end of the season he signed for

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in the fourth tier.

International career

Between 2010 and 2011, he won six caps for the Mali national team.

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* 1990 births Living people Footballers from Bamako Men's association football midfielders Malian men's footballers Mali men's international footballers JS Centre Salif Keita players FC Nantes players Angers SCO players SO Cholet players Paris FC players Gaziantep F.K. footballers US Orléans players US Créteil-Lusitanos players Ligue 2 players Championnat National players TFF 1. Lig players Malian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in France Malian expatriate sportspeople in France Malian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey {{Mali-footy-bio-stub