Mamadou Keita (basketball)
No. 10 – SLAC | |
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Position | Shooting guard / Point guard |
League | Basketball Africa League Ligue 1 |
Personal information | |
Born | Bamako, Mali | 1 February 1993
Nationality | Malian |
Listed height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) |
Listed weight | 94 kg (207 lb) |
Career information | |
NBA draft | 2015 / Undrafted |
Career history | |
USFAS Bamako | |
2018–2019 | OS Bordj Bou Arréridj |
2019–2021 | AS Police |
2021–present | SLAC |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Mamadou Keita (born 1 February 1993) is a Malian basketball player, who currently plays for SLAC of the Basketball Africa League (BAL) and the Mali national basketball team. Standing at 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in), he plays as shooting guard or point guard.
Professional career[]
Keita started his career with USFAS Bamako and was the MVP of the Malian Ligue 1 in the 2017–18 season.[1]
In the 2018–19 season, Keita played in Algeria with OS Bordj Bou Arréridj.[1]
In 2019, Keita joined the AS Police and helped them qualify for the inaugural season of the Basketball Africa League (BAL). He was also on the Police roster for the 2021 BAL season and average 14.3 points in three group stage games.[2]
In October 2021, Keita was on the roster of Guinean champions SLAC to play in the 2022 BAL Qualifying Tournaments.[3]
National team career[]
Keita has been a member of the Mali national basketball team. He played at 2017 AfroBasket, 2019 FIBA AfroCan and 2021 AfroBasket.[4]
BAL career statistics[]
GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2021 | AS Police | 3 | 3 | 27.7 | .410 | .400 | 1.000 | 3.0 | 1.3 | 1.7 | .0 | 14.3 |
Career | 3 | 3 | 27.7 | .410 | .400 | 1.000 | 3.0 | 1.3 | 1.7 | .0 | 14.3 |
Honours[]
- AS Police
- Ligue 1: 2019, 2020
- Malian Cup: 2020
- Individual
- Ligue 1 Most Valuable Player: 2017
References[]
- ^ a b "Itw : Mamadou Keita nous parle de l'Afrocan et de sa saison en Algérie". BasketMali. 2019-07-15. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
- ^ "Mamadou Keita Player Profile". basketball.realgm.com. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
- ^ "S.L.A.C at the ROAD TO BAL 2022 2021". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
- ^ "Mamadou KEITA at the FIBA AfroCan 2019". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
External links[]
- African basketball biography stubs
- Malian sportspeople stubs
- 1993 births
- Living people
- Malian men's basketball players
- Shooting guards
- AS Police basketball players
- USFAS Bamako basketball players
- Sportspeople from Bamako
- SLAC basketball players
- 21st-century Malian people