Jules Keita

Jules Keita
	Keita in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Abdoulaye Jules Keita
Date of birth	20 July 1998 (age 25)
Place of birth	Conakry, Guinea
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Youth career
0000–2016	FC Atouga
2016–2017	Bastia
Senior career*
Years	Team
2018–2019	Dijon
2019–2021	Lens
2020–2021	→ CSKA Sofia (loan)
International career‡
2015	Guinea U-17
2017	Guinea U-20
2019–	Guinea
	*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[edit]

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[edit]

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

Career statistics[edit]

Club[edit]

As of 1 July 2022^[4]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			Cup		League Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	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	Ligue 1	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[edit]

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[edit]

CSKA Sofia

Bulgarian Cup: 2020–21

Guinea U17

Africa U-17 Cup of Nations bronze: 2015^[5]

References[edit]

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

External links[edit]

Jules Keita at National-Football-Teams.com

[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.

[SW-4] Jules Keita at Soccerway

[5] "African U-17 Championship 2015".

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