Sidi Yaya Keita

Football player infobox| playername= Yaya Keita
fullname = Sidi Yaya Keita
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1985|3|20
cityofbirth = flagicon|Mali Bamako
countryofbirth = Mali
height = height|m=1.77
currentclub = RC Lens
position = Midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = -2004
2004 - 05 2005 - 06 2006 -
clubs = Djoliba AC
Strasbourg Strasbourg RC Lens
caps(goals) = ?
15 (0)
12 (0)
? (?)
nationalyears = 2006 -
nationalteam = Mali
nationalcaps(goals) = ? (?)
pcupdate = 6 October 2006
ntupdate = 6 October 2006

Sidi Yaya Keita (born march 20, 1985 in Bamako) is a football midfielder who plays for French Ligue 1 club RC Lens and the Mali national team.

He is a young and gifted midfielder, coming from the club Djoliba in his native Mali. He joined RC Strasbourg in 2004, and after two impressive seasons there was signed by RC Lens for 4.5 M €. AS Monaco and AS Saint-Étienne were both linked with him before he joined Lens. Keita's cousin Salif Keita also plays for Mali.

External references

* French [http://www.sitercl.com/Fichejo/K/keitasid.htm Profile and pictures of Sidi Yaya Keita]