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Sékou Koïta
Koïta with Red Bull Salzburg in 2022
Personal information
Full name Sékou Koïta[1]
Date of birth (1999-11-28) 28 November 1999 (age 24)
Place of birth Kita, Mali
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 CSKA Moscow
Number 20
Youth career
USC Kita
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 FC Liefering 15 (2)
2019 → Wolfsberger AC (loan) 14 (5)
2019–2024 Red Bull Salzburg 76 (36)
2024– CSKA Moscow 11 (0)
International career‡
2015 Mali U17 10 (3)
2017–2019 Mali U20 10 (3)
2016– Mali 31 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 November 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 October 2024 (UTC)

Sékou Koïta (born 28 November 1999) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Russian Premier League club CSKA Moscow and the Mali national team.

Club career

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On 8 January 2018, Koïta moved to Wolfsberger AC on loan from Red Bull Salzburg.[3] On 18 December 2019, Koïta extended his contract with Red Bull Salzburg until the summer of 2024.[4]

On 18 February 2021, Koïta was suspended for three months of all club and international football activities by UEFA, following a doping investigation conducted by UEFA on which Koïta tested positive.[5] Koita was prescribed medicine to combat altitude sickness that contained a substance on the banned list. In its verdict, UEFA ruled that in this case there was no intentional violation of doping rules, but the rules stipulate that every player is personally responsible for ensuring that no banned substances enter their body.[6]

On 8 July 2024, Koïta signed a three-year contract with CSKA Moscow in the Russian Premier League.[7]

International career

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Sékou Koïta won the U-17 Africa Cup of Nations in 2015 with the Mali Under-17 team. He scored two goals in this tournament. The Malian selection scores a total of ten goals, and finishes the competition by being undefeated. This is the very first time Mali has won an African championship title.[8]

Sékou Koïta subsequently participates in the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup held in Chile. In the world, he plays seven games, scoring two goals. He scored a goal in the quarterfinals against Croatia, which proved to be the only goal of the match. He then scored a goal against Belgium in the semi-final (victory 3-1). Mali is bowing in the final against Nigeria with two goals to zero.

In 2016, Sékou Koïta competes with Mali for the African Nations Championship held in Rwanda. His presence in this competition was due to the N'Tji Samaké package, in which doctors diagnosed a heart condition the day before the competition.[9] He plays six games in this tournament,[10] scoring a goal against Uganda in the first round.[11] Mali reached the final of the competition, being defeated by the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

With those under 20 years of age, he participated twice in the U-20 Africa Cup of Nations, in 2017 and then in 2019. In the 2017 edition in Zambia, he plays three games, scoring a goal against Guinea. With an unfortunate record of one draw, two losses and nine goals cashed, Mali does not exceed the first round of the tournament. In the 2019 edition held in Niger, he plays five games. Mali won the competition this time, beating Senegal in the final, after a shoot-out at the goal.

He is then among the 23 players selected to compete in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations held in Egypt. In this tournament, he plays only one match against Angola. Mali is entering the eighth final against Ivory Coast.

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 6 November 2024[12][13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
FC Liefering 2017–18 2. Liga 6 1 — — — 6 1
2018–19 2. Liga 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 19 7 3 0 2[b] 0 0 0 24 7
Total 76 36 12 6 15 0 0 0 103 42
CSKA Moscow 2024–25 Russian Premier League 11 0 7 1 — — 18 1
Career total 116 43 19 7 15 0 0 0 150 50
  1. ^ One appearance in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ a b c Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League

International

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As of match played 15 October 2024[14]
Mali
Year Apps Goals
2016 6 1
2019 6 1
2020 2 0
2021 5 1
2022 1 1
2023 3 0
2024 8 0
Total 31 4
As of match played 9 June 2022
Mali score listed first, score column indicates score after each Koïta goal.[14]
List of international goals scored by Sékou Koïta
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

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Red Bull Salzburg

Mali U17

Mali U20

Mali

References

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  1. ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019™: List of Players" (PDF). tournament.fifadata.com/. FIFA. 15 May 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 June 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  2. ^ "FC Red Bull Salzburg - koita".
  3. ^ "Sékou Koïta Leihweise Zum WAC". redbullsalzburg.at (in German). FC Red Bull Salzburg. 8 January 2019. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
  4. ^ "DAKA, MWEPU AND KOITA EXTEND UNTIL 2024". redbullsalzburg.at/. FC Red Bull Salzburg. 18 December 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  5. ^ "FC Red Bull Salzburg - Suspensions for Camara and Koita". Red Bull Salzburg Official Website. 18 February 2021. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
  6. ^ "Mali and RB Salzburg pair crash after altitude sickness pills land then with a doping ban". 22 February 2021.
  7. ^ "Секу Койта — с нами!" (in Russian). PFC CSKA Moscow. 8 July 2024.
  8. ^ Coupe d’Afrique des Nations des moins de 17 ans : Le retour des héros au bercail, article sur maliweb.net, 4 mars 2015
  9. ^ CHAN 2016 : Koïta, un héros appelé par les circonstances, article sur footmali.com, 20 janvier 2016
  10. ^ 62023 at National-Football-Teams.com
  11. ^ https://www.footballdatabase.eu/fr/match/resume/1390286
  12. ^ Sékou Koïta at Soccerway. Retrieved 30 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  13. ^ Sékou Koïta at WorldFootball.net Edit this at Wikidata
  14. ^ a b "Sékou Koïta". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
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