Sekou Koita
_31.jpg) Koïta with Red Bull Salzburg in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sékou Koïta | ||
| Date of birth | 28 November 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Kita, Mali | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) [1] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Red Bull Salzburg | ||
| Number | 20 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| USC Kita | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2019 | Liefering | 15 | (2) |
| 2019 | → Wolfsberger AC (loan) | 14 | (5) |
| 2019– | Red Bull Salzburg | 62 | (31) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015 | Mali U17 | 10 | (3) |
| 2017–2019 | Mali U20 | 10 | (3) |
| 2016– | Mali | 20 | (4) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 September 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 June 2023 (UTC) | |||
Sekou Koita (born 28 November 1999) is a Malian football player. He plays for Austrian Bundesliga club Red Bull Salzburg and the Mali national team.
Club career
Sekou Koita started playing football for Union Sportive des Clubs de Kita and Centre Latika de Bamako. He had his first senior appearances for AS Bakaridjan, then he played for USC Kita. In 2017 he came to Austria, signing for the Austrian side FC Red Bull Salzburg. He went on loan to FC Liefering. In 2019 he came back to Red Bull Salzburg.
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| FC Liefering | 2017–18 | Austrian Football Second League | 6 | 1 | — | — | — | 6 | 1 | |||
| 2018–19 | Austrian Football Second League | 9 | 1 | — | — | — | 9 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 15 | 2 | |||
| Wolfsberger AC (loan) | 2018–19 | Austrian Bundesliga | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 5 | ||
| Red Bull Salzburg | 2019–20 | Austrian Bundesliga | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 11 |
| 2020–21 | Austrian Bundesliga | 17 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 8[b] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 17 | |
| 2021–22 | Austrian Bundesliga | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2022–23 | Austrian Bundesliga | 22 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 6 | |
| 2023–24 | Austrian Bundesliga | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | |
| Total | 62 | 32 | 11 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 38 | ||
| Career total | 91 | 39 | 11 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 116 | 45 | ||
- ↑ One appearance in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
- 1 2 3 Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
International
- As of match played 18 June 2023[4]
| Mali | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2016 | 6 | 1 |
| 2019 | 4 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 |
| Total | 19 | 4 |
- As of match played 9 June 2022
- Mali score listed first, score column indicates score after each Koïta goal.[4]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 19 January 2016 | Umuganda Stadium, Gisenyi, Rwanda |  Uganda | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2016 African Nations Championship |
| 2. | 10 October 2019 | Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth, South Africa |  South Africa | 1–2 | 1–2 | Friendly |
| 3. | 17 November 2020 | Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia |  Namibia | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| 4. | 9 June 2022 | St. Mary's Stadium-Kitende, Entebbe, Uganda |  South Sudan | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
Honours
Red Bull Salzburg
- Austrian Bundesliga: 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22
- Austrian Cup: 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22
Mali U-17
- FIFA U-17 World Cup runner-up: 2015
Mali U-20
- Africa U-20 Cup of Nations: 2019
Mali
- African Nations Championship runner-up: 2016
References
- ↑ "FC Red Bull Salzburg - koita".
- ↑ Sékou Koïta at Soccerway. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
- ↑ Sekou Koita at WorldFootball.net
- 1 2 Sekou Koita at National-Football-Teams.com
Other websites
Media related to Sékou Koïta at Wikimedia Commons
- Sekou Koita at Soccerway