Naby Keïta

Naby Laye Keïta (born 10 February 1995) is a Guinean professional footballer. He plays as a central midfielder for Bundesliga club Werder Bremen and for the Guinea national team.

Naby Keïta

Keïta with Red Bull Salzburg in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Naby Laye Keïta
Date of birth	(1995-02-10) 10 February 1995 (age 30)
Place of birth	Conakry, Guinea
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Central midfielder
Team information
Current team	Werder Bremen
Number	18
Youth career
2004–2012	Horoya U19
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–2013	Horoya
2013–2014	Istres	23	(4)
2014–2016	Red Bull Salzburg	59	(17)
2016–2018	RB Leipzig	58	(14)
2018–2023	Liverpool	84	(7)
2023–	Werder Bremen	0	(0)
International career‡
2012–	Guinea	54	(12)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:15, 25 February 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:04, 17 June 2023 (UTC)

Career

Keïta joined hometown club Horoya AC at the age of nine.^[1] He moved to France in 2012, joining the youth team of FC Istres after unsuccessful trials at FC Lorient and Le Mans FC.^[1] Keïta began his professional career with Ligue 2 club FC Istres in 2013. 2014 he moved to Red Bull Salzburg in the Austrian Football Bundesliga. He won the Austrian Football Bundesliga and Austrian Cup double in both of his seasons. 2016 he moved to RB Leipzig. He agreed to join Liverpool in 2017. 2023 he went to Werder Bremen in the Bundesliga.

International

Keïta made his senior international debut for Guinea in 2012. He has earned 52 caps and scored 12 goals. He was part of their squad at the Africa Cup of Nations in 2015, 2019 and 2021.

Honours

Keïta after winning the 2015–16 Austrian Cup with Red Bull Salzburg

Red Bull Salzburg

• Austrian Bundesliga: 2014–15, 2015–16
• Austrian Cup: 2014–15, 2015–16

Liverpool

• Premier League: 2019–20^[2]
• FA Cup: 2021–22^[3]
• EFL Cup: 2021–22^[4]
• FA Community Shield: 2022^[5]
• UEFA Champions League: 2018–19;^[6] runner-up: 2021–22^[7]
• UEFA Super Cup: 2019^[8][9]
• FIFA Club World Cup: 2019^[10]

Individual

• Footballer of the Year in Guinea: 2015,^[11] 2021
• Austrian Football Bundesliga Player of the Year: 2015–16^[12]
• Bundesliga Team of the Season: 2016–17^[13]
• UEFA Europa League Squad of the Season: 2017–18^[14]
• CAF Team of the Year: 2018^[15]

Other websites

• Naby Keïta^{[permanent dead link]} at the SV Werder Bremen website
• Naby Keïta at the Bundesliga website
• Naby Keïta at DFB (also available in German)
• Naby Keïta – UEFA competition record (archive)