Aly Keita

Aly Keita
Personal information
Full name	Aly Keita
Date of birth	8 December 1986 (age 37)
Place of birth	Västerås, Sweden
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Östersunds FK
Number	1
Youth career
	IK Oden
Senior career*
Years	Team
2007–2012	Syrianska IF
2012–2014	Västerås SK
2014–	Östersunds FK
International career‡
2018–	Guinea
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 July 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 June 2023

Aly Keita (born 8 December 1986) is a professional footballer who plays a goalkeeper for Östersunds FK. Born in Sweden, he plays for the Guinea national team.

Club career

Keita started his career at Skiljebo SK^{[citation needed]}, before moving to Syrianska IF in 2007.^[2] Just before the 2012 season, Keita left Syrianska IF on a free transfer to Västerås SK.^[2]

Pitch invader incident

On 15 August 2016, Keita was attacked by a pitch invader during a game against Jönköpings 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.^[3]

This was the second time a game in the Swedish top flight had been abandoned that year, with the first one being IFK Göteborg's match against Malmö in April.^[4]

International career

Keita was born in Sweden to a Guinean father and a Norwegian mother. He opted to represent the Guinea national football team in April 2018,^[5] and he received a call-up to the national team in October 2018.^[6] Keita made his debut for Guinea in a 2–0 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification win over Rwanda on 12 October 2018.^[7]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 26 February 2024.^[8]

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Total
Club	Season	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	0	0	2	0	–		2	0
	Total		207	0	20	0	14	0	241	0
Career total			268	0	20	0	14	0	302	0