Tidjan Keita

Tidjan Keita

No. 13 – Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Position	Forward
League	Israeli Basketball Premier League
Personal information
Born	(1996-11-30) November 30, 1996 (age 28) Paris, France
Nationality	French-Guinean
Listed height	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight	205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High school	Cégep de Thetford (Thetford Mines, Quebec, Canada)
Career highlights and awards
also plays for the Guinea men's national basketball team
Stats at Basketball Reference

Tidjan Keita (born November 30, 1996) is a French-Guinean basketball player who plays forward for Hapoel Be'er Sheva of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. He also plays for the Guinea men's national basketball team.

Early life

Keita was born in Paris, France.[1] He started playing basketball in Paris when he was 17 years old.[2] He is 6' 10" (208 cm) tall, and weighs 205 pounds (93 kg).[3][1] He has a 7' 3" wingspan.[4]

He attended college and played basketball at Cégep de Thetford in Thetford Mines, Quebec, Canada.[5][4][1][3]

Professional career

2017-19

Keita played two games for the Toronto Raptors at 2017 NBA Summer League in Las Vegas, Nevada.[4][3][6]

In October 2017, the NBA's Phoenix Suns signed Keita; later the same month they waived him.[4][5][7]

In 2018-19 Keita played for GET Vosges in the NM1 in France. [3][8] He averaged 2.6 points per game.[3][6]

In 2019-20 he played for BBC Coburg in Coburg, Germany, in the German ProB. [3] Keita averaged 15.1 points and 7.6 rebounds per game.[3]

2020-present

In 2020-21 Keita played for VfL Kirchheim Knights in Kirchheim unter Teck, Germany, in the German ProA.[3][9] He averaged 3.5 points per game.[3]

In 2021-22 he played for the Noma Iserlohn Kangaroos in Iserlohn, Germany, in the German Pro B.[3][10][11] Keita averaged 14.3 points, 8.7 rebounds (5th in the league), and 1.6 blocks (5th) per game.[3][12]

The same season Keita then played for the Niagara River Lions in the CEBL in Canada.[3][2][13] He averaged 5.7 points per game.[3]

On August 15, 2022, Keita signed a two-year contract with Hapoel Be'er Sheva of the Israeli Basketball Premier League, and he has played forward with the team since then.[14][3][15][16][17]

International play

He played for the Guinea men's national basketball team in 2021 in the African FIBA World Cup Qualifier and the FIBA AfroBasket.[3][18][6]

References

1. "Tidjan Keita Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft Status and more". Basketball-Reference.com.
2. Puchalski, Bernie (July 30, 2022). "Keita solid for River Lions". BP Sports Niagara.
3. "Tidjan Keita Player Profile, Northern Arizona Suns". RealGM.
4. Tony Gautier (October 13, 2017). "Suns Sign Tidjan Keita". nba.com.
5. Peter Tardif (October 29, 2017). "How the Quebec town of Thetford Mines became a basketball hotbed," CBC News.
6. "Le Franco-Guinéen Tidjan Keita poursuit sa carrière en Israël". BeBasket. August 15, 2022.
7. Matt Petersen (October 14, 2017). "Suns Waive Tidjan Keita". nba.com.
8. "Epinal. Basket: le GET Vosges se sépare de Tidjan Keita". Vosges Matin. January 31, 2019.
9. "Tidjan Keita verstärkt Knights-Kader". BARMER 2. Basketball Bundesliga. July 11, 2020.
10. "Tidjan Keita: "Die wahnsinnige Teamchemie hat mich beeindruckt!"". Iserlohn Kangaroos. June 7, 2022.
11. "Tidjan Keita komplettiert den Kangaroos-Kader". Iserlohn Kangaroos. July 27, 2021.
12. "2021-2022 German Pro B Stats". RealGM.
13. "River Lions Sign First International Player Tidjan Keita". riverlions.ca. February 8, 2022.
14. "Hapoel Beer Sheva signed Tidjan Keita for two years". Time News. August 15, 2022.
15. Abreu, Dylan de (August 16, 2022). "Tidjan Keita s'exile en Israël". BasketActu.
16. "מנהלת ליגת העל בכדורסל | כדורסל ישראלי | עונת 2022-23 | הפועל אלטשולר שחם ב"ש/דימונה | טידג'אן קייטה". basket.co.il.
17. אור שקדי (August 15, 2022). "הפועל באר שבע החתימה את טידג'אן קייטה לשנתיים". וואלה!.
18. "Tidjan KEITA at the FIBA AfroBasket 2021". FIBA.basketball.