Aboubakar Keita

Aboubakar Keita
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-11-05) 5 November 1997
Place of birth Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Diósgyőri VTK
Number 19
Youth career
–2015 ATM Abobo
2015 Copenhagen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 Copenhagen 4 (0)
2017Halmstads BK (loan) 25 (2)
2018Stabæk (loan) 10 (2)
2019OH Leuven (loan) 5 (0)
2019–2021 OH Leuven 24 (0)
2021–2023 Charleroi 1 (0)
2021–2022RWDM (loan) 20 (0)
2022–2023Sektzia Ness Ziona (loan) 16 (0)
2023 AIK 14 (0)
2024 Újpest 14 (1)
2024–2025 Nyíregyháza 25 (0)
2025– Diósgyőr 11 (1)
International career
2016 Ivory Coast U23 1 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19 January 2026

Aboubakar Keita (born 5 November 1997) is an Ivorian professional footballer who is currently playing as a midfielder for Hungarian club Diósgyőri VTK.

Club career

F.C. Copenhagen

After having visited F.C. Copenhagen on multiple occasions,[1][2] Keita signed a contract with the club shortly after his 18th birthday in November 2015,[3] playing the remainder of the autumn with the under-19 team. On 11 January 2016 Keita was promoted to the first team squad.[3]

On 13 March 2016, Keita debuted for the first team, when he substituted William Kvist in the Danish Superliga match against AaB.[4] Three days later, he was in the starting eleven in the Danish Cup game against Randers FC.[5]

Keita signed a loan deal with Norwegian club Stabæk to June 2019.[6]

Charleroi

In July 2022, Keita was loaned to Israeli club Sektzia Ness Ziona.[7] During the 2022–23 winter transfer window, he returned from Israel.[8]

AIK

On 1 February 2023, Keita signed with Swedish club AIK until the end of 2024.[9]

Diósgyőr

On 3 September 2025, Keita signed with Nemzeti Bajnokság I club Diósgyőri VTK.[10]

International career

He debuted for the Ivory Coast U23s in a 5–1 loss to France U21, scoring the only goal for his team in the game.[11]

Honours

Club

Copenhagen

Ivory Coast U23

References

  1. ^ Ung ivorianer igen i spil i FCK, bold.dk, 21 February 2014
  2. ^ FCK venter på ung ivorianer, bold.dk, 12 September 2014
  3. ^ a b Keita rykket op i Alka Superligatruppen, F.C. Copenhagen, 11 January 2016
  4. ^ FC Copenhagen vs Aalborg Boldspilklub, Football-Lineups.com
  5. ^ FC Copenhagen vs Randers FC, Football-Lineups.com
  6. ^ "Fra FC København til Stabæk". Stabæk. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  7. ^ Yaacobi, Hadar (19 July 2022). "רכש חדש: אבובאקר קייטה חתם בנס ציונה" [New acquisition: Aboubakar Keita signed with Ness Ziona] (in Hebrew). Sport 5.
  8. ^ "שובם של הליגיונרים: חמישה חזרו, 18 זרים חדשים הגיעו" [The return of the legionnaires: five returned, 18 new foreigners arrived] (in Hebrew). Walla!. 1 February 2023. עזבו: אבובקאר קייטה - שרלרואה [Left: Aboubakar Keita - Charleroi]
  9. ^ "Aboubakar Keita till AIK Fotboll" (in Swedish). AIK Fotboll. 1 February 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  10. ^ "Aboubakar Keita a DVTK játékosa" [Aboubakar Keita is a player of DVTK]. dvtk.eu (in Hungarian). Diósgyőri VTK Official Website. 3 September 2025.
  11. ^ "FRANCE Espoirs – COTE D'IVOIRE Espoirs : Large victoire pour les Bleuets. (5–1)". lequipe.fr (in French). 11 November 2016. Archived from the original on 11 November 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  12. ^ U-23 Cup of NationsFédération Ivoirienne de Football Archived 31 October 2019 at the Wayback Machine
  13. ^ Football, CAF-Confedération Africaine du. "Matches | Total U-23 Africa Cup of Nations Egypt 2019". CAFOnline.com. Retrieved 4 February 2023.