Sani Haruna Keita ( born Sani Haruna Kaita ; May 2, 1986, Kano , Nigeria ) - Nigerian footballer , midfielder of the Ifeani Ubah club. Silver medalist at the XXIX Olympic Games 2008 .
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| Growth | 179 cm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 76 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career
Club
A student of the Kano Pillars club football school from the Nigerian city of Kano, where he began his professional career in 2004. In 2005, he moved to the Netherlands, where he signed a four-year contract with Sparta Rotterdam, which made his debut on October 22, 2005 in a home match against Roda , playing 22 matches for Sparta. In September 2008 he moved to “ Monaco ” [1] , in which he made his debut on October 5 in an away match against “ Saint-Etienne ”, he played 3 games for “Monaco”, after which, in January 2009, it was reported that Sani transferred to Kuban , which reached an agreement with Monaco on its transfer [2] , which is a lease agreement until the end of 2009 [3] .
On March 14, 2009, Keita made her debut for the new club in the 1st round of the Russian Championship in the game against Kazan “ Rubin ”, his team lost the match 0-3, Sani won the whole match, got a yellow card in 81 minutes. In total, he spent 17 matches in the Premier League and 1 match in the Russian Cup for Kuban [4] .
In August, information appeared about Sani’s possible transfer to Moscow Lokomotiv . On August 25, it was confirmed that Keita transferred to Loko on loan until the end of the season [5] . In Loko, Sani chose the 18th game number for himself [6] . As part of Lokomotiv, he spent only 3 matches, and at the end of the season, the club president said that Loko would neither buy back the Sani transfer nor extend the lease agreement [7] .
February 20, 2010 it was reported that Sani transferred to the Vladikavkaz " Alania " on loan for a period of six months [8] . As part of Alania, Sani made his debut on March 14 in the home match of the 1st round of the championship against Saturn [9] .
After completing his performances in Alania, Sani went, again on loan, to Kharkov Metalist . On August 15, 2014, he signed a contract with the Chadyr-Lung club “ Saksan ”.
Team
He played for the youth team of Nigeria (under 20), in 2005 he became a silver medalist of the World Cup in its composition, playing at the tournament in all 7 matches of the team. [10] As part of the Nigeria national team, he made his debut on August 17, 2005 in a friendly match with the Libyan national team in Tripoli. In 2006, he became the bronze medalist of the African Cup of Nations in 2006 as part of the team, at which, however, he played only one match in the 1/2 finals against the Côte d'Ivoire national team . In 2008, as part of the Olympic team of Nigeria, he became the silver medalist of the Olympic Games . Member of the 2010 World Cup. In the match with Greece for unsportsmanlike behavior, he received a red card (in the end, Nigeria, leading 1-0, lost 1: 2).
Achievements
- Silver Olympic medalist (1): 2008
- African Nations Cup bronze medalist (2): 2006 , 2010
- Silver medalist of the Youth World Championship (U20) (1): 2005
Notes
- ↑ Sani Kaita vertrekt naar Monaco. Archived on September 14, 2008. // The official website of the Sparta Rotterdam (nid.)
- ↑ Midfielder of "Monaco" goes to the "Kuban". Archived copy of February 7, 2016 on Wayback Machine // Official site of FC Kuban
- ↑ News on the website Russia.theoffside.com Archived on July 19, 2010. (eng.)
- ↑ Profile on the RPL website
- ↑ Lokomotiv rented Sani Keita free of charge from Kuban. (unavailable link) // championat.ru
- ↑ Sani Kaita became a player in Lokomotiv. Archived copy of September 29, 2009 on Wayback Machine // Moscow Lokomotiv official website
- ↑ Lokomotiv will not redeem the transfer of Kite. // sports.ru
- ↑ Dakosta and Sani Kait go to Alania . sports.ru (with reference to " Soviet Sport ") (02/20/2010). Date of treatment February 20, 2010. Archived March 15, 2012.
- ↑ Match statistics “Alania” - “Saturn” . championat.ru (03/14/2010). Date of treatment March 14, 2010. Archived March 24, 2012.
- ↑ Profile on FIFA.com