Football Career
After starring for Ivory Coast at the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship, Keita, alongside countryman Félix Dja Ettien, was bought by Spanish side Levante UD. The pair struggled mightily during their first months in the new reality, with Keita eventually failing to settle altogether and leaving in January 1999 for La Liga team Real Oviedo, being irregularly used during his stay, and starting in 37 of his 48 games in the top division (the Asturias club would be relegated in his third season).
After five years with Oviedo (which included a loan in Portugal), Keita continued his career in Spain, in its second and third levels, in a stint in the country which spanned over a decade.
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