Naby Keïta

Club

Ferencvaros

Position

Central Midfield

Nationality

Guinea

Date of birth

1995-02-10

Birthplace

Conakry, Guinea

Height

1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)

Weight

139 lbs

Shirt number

18

Signing / transfer fee

On Loan

Naby Laye Keïta (born 10 February 1995) is a Guinean professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for NB I club Ferencváros, on loan from Bundesliga club Werder Bremen, and captains the Guinea national team.
Keïta began his professional career with Ligue 2 club FC Istres in 2013, and a year later he moved to Red Bull Salzburg, where he won the Austrian Football Bundesliga and Austrian Cup double in both of his seasons. He then moved to RB Leipzig in 2016, making the Bundesliga team of the season in his first year and the UEFA Europa League squad of the season in his second. He agreed to join Liverpool in 2017, and completed the move a year later, winning the UEFA Champions League in his first season at the club.

Keïta made his senior international debut for Guinea in 2013. He has earned over 30 caps and was part of their squad at the Africa Cup of Nations in 2015 and 2019.