Jules Keita

Jules Keita
Keita in 2019
Personal information
Full name Abdoulaye Jules Keita
Date of birth (1998-07-20) 20 July 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Conakry, Guinea
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
–2016 FC Atouga
2016–2017 Bastia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 Dijon 20 (2)
2019–2021 Lens 4 (0)
2020–2021 → CSKA Sofia (loan) 14 (2)
International career‡
2015 Guinea U-17 3 (0)
2017 Guinea U-20 3 (0)
2019– Guinea 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:02, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 05:14, 22 February 2020 (UTC)

Abdoulaye Jules Keita (born 20 July 1998) is a Guinean professional footballer who most recently played as a midfielder for RC Lens.

Keita started his senior career at Dijon in Ligue 1, before joining Lens in September 2019.

Club career

On 20 July 2020, Keita left Lens and joined Bulgarian club CSKA Sofia on a season-long loan.[1] In June 2021, CSKA Sofia decided against exercising the purchase option and Keita returned to Lens.[2]

International career

Keita debuted for the Guinea national team in a 1–0 friendly loss to Comoros on 12 October 2019.[3]

Career statistics

Club

As of 1 July 2022[4]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Dijon 2018–19 Ligue 1 17 2 4 1 0 0 — — 21 3
2019–20 3 0 0 0 0 0 — — 3 0
Total 20 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 3
Lens 2019–20 Ligue 2 4 0 1 2 1 0 — — 6 2
CSKA Sofia 2020–21 First League 14 2 1 0 – 6 1 – 21 3
Career total 38 4 6 3 1 0 6 1 0 0 51 8

International

As of match played 12 October 2019
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Guinea 2019 1 0
Total 1 0

Honours

CSKA Sofia

Guinea U17

References

  1. ^ "ЦСКА привлече Жул Кейта". cska.bg (in Bulgarian). 20 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Jules Keita vers un retour au RC Lens avant un nouveau départ" (in French). lensois.com. 4 June 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Guinea vs. Comoros Islands - Football Match Summary - October 12, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com.
  4. ^ Jules Keita at Soccerway
  5. ^ "African U-17 Championship 2015".