Sekou Koita
Sekou Koita (born 28 November 1999) is a Malian football player. He plays for FC Liefering in Austrias second league as attacking midfielder.
_01.jpg) Koïta with Red Bull Salzburg in 2019 | |||
| 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] | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club 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 | 57 | (29) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2015 | Mali U17 | 10 | (3) |
| 2017–2019 | Mali U20 | 10 | (3) |
| 2016– | Mali | 14 | (3) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 July 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 November 2020 | |||
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.
Honours
Mali
- Winner of the African U17 championship 2015
- Final of the U17 Worldchampionship 2015
- Final of the African Nationschampionship (only players playing in their homecountries) 2016
Red Bull Salzburg
- Austrian Bundesliga: 2020, 2021, 2022
- Austrian Cup: 2020,2021, 2022
Trivia
Also his brothers Mamby and Morimakan are professional footballers.