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Full name
  
Keita Balde Diao

0000–2004
  
Damm

Weight
  
77 kg

Number
  
14

Height
  
1.81 m


Playing position
  
Forward

Role
  
Footballer

Place of birth
  
Arbucies, Spain

Name
  
Keita Diao

Career start
  
2012

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Date of birth
  
(1995-03-08) 8 March 1995 (age 20)

Current team
  
S.S. Lazio (#14 / Forward)

Similar People
  
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Keita Baldé Diao (born 8 March 1995) is a Spanish born Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Italian club Lazio.

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Early career

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Born in Arbúcies, Girona, Catalonia, to Senegalese parents, Keita came up through the FC Barcelona's youth academy. In 2010, Keita travelled with the Barcelona youth team to Qatar for a tournament, where he played a practical joke by placing an ice-cube in a teammate's bed.

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As a punishment, Barcelona sent the 15-year-old Keita on loan to satellite club UE Cornellà, despite Keita's reputation as a future prospect for the first team. The loan meant Cornellà held the rights to a fraction of Keita's playing rights. After a season in which he scored 47 goals for Cornellà's youth side, Keita turned down the chance to return to Barcelona, attracting the interest of Real Madrid and Manchester United.

Lazio

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In the summer of 2011, he was signed by Serie A club Lazio for a fee of €300,000, of which 10% went to Cornellà. Keita was unable to play official matches for Lazio's youth sides for a year, as he had to wait to be granted Spanish citizenship and the EU passport required for the Italian club to register him. However, he impressed while playing in the Torneo Karol Wojtyla youth competition, where he scored six goals in just four matches.

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Keita then spent the 2012–13 season playing with Lazio's Primavera youth side and training with the first team. He was selected by coach Vladimir Petković to sit on the bench for some matches in the latter part of the season but did not make his senior debut.

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Promoted to the first team for the following season, Keita made his league debut in a 3–0 home win against Chievo at the Stadio Olimpico on 15 September 2013, coming on as a late substitute for Luis Pedro Cavanda. Five days later, Keita made his debut in the Europa League, starting in a 1–0 home victory against Legia Warsaw. He provided the assist for the only goal of the game, scored by Hernanes. On 10 November 2013, he scored his first senior goal in a 1–1 draw against Parma.

On 18 August 2015 Keita came off the bench to score the only goal of the game as Lazio beat Bayer Leverkusen 1–0 in the first leg of their Champions League play-off at the Stadio Olimpico.

International career

Keita was born in Spain to parents of Senegalese descent. Although he was eligible to play for Spain, Keita chose to play for his parents' country, Senegal, being called-up by their manager, Aliou Cissé, for the match against Niger, valid for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group K. He made his debut for Senegal in a 2–0 win over Niger as a late sub. He also played a friendly match with Catalonia national team in December 2015 against Basque Country.

Club

As of 5 March 2017
  • 1.^ Includes UEFA Champions League Qualification and Italian Super Cup.
  • International

    Statistics accurate as of matches played on 28 January 2017.

    International goals

    Scores and results list Senegal's goal tally first.

    Club

    Lazio
  • Coppa Italia: 2012–13
  • References

    Keita Baldé Diao Wikipedia


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