Salif Keïta

**Salif Keïta Traoré** (6 December 1946 – 2 September 2023), known as **Keita**, was a Malian footballer. He played for Mali national team.

### Club

|rowspan=2|Club|rowspan=2|Season|colspan=3|League|colspan=2|Cup|colspan=2|Continental|colspan=2|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=3|Real Bamako|1963–64||||||||||
|1964–65||21|8|0|0|1+|3|22+|11|||
|Stade Malien|1965–66|Malian Première Division|24|12|0|0|5+|14|29+|26||
|Real Bamako|1966–67|Malian Première Division|26|15|||||26|15||
|rowspan=6|Saint-Étienne|1967–68|Division 1|18|12|||||18|12|
|1968–69|Division 1|33|21|||2|1|35|22|||
|1969–70|Division 1|31|21|||4|1|35|22|||
|1970–71|Division 1|38|42|||2|0|40|42|||
|1971–72|Division 1|29|29|||2|0|32|29|||
|Marseille|1972–73|Division 1|18|10|||0|0|18|10||
|rowspan=4|Valencia|1973–74|La Liga|30|7|||—|30|7||
|1974–75|La Liga|22|11|||—|22|11||||
|1975–76|La Liga|22|5|||—|22|5||||
|rowspan=4|Sporting CP|1976–77|Primeira Divisão|24|15|||—|24|15||
|1977–78|Primeira Divisão|21|7|||2|0|23|7|||
|1978–79|Primeira Divisão|18|10|||2|0|20|10|||
|rowspan=3|New England Tea Men|1979|NASL|21|6|||—|21|6||
|1980|NASL|18|11|||—|18|11||||

## Honours

**Real Bamako**
- Malian Cup: 1963–64, 1965–66, 1966–67
- African Cup of Champions Clubs: runner-up 1966

**Stade Malien**
- African Cup of Champions Clubs: runner-up 1965

**Saint-Étienne**
- Ligue 1: 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70; runner-up 1970–71
- Coupe de France: 1967–68, 1969–70
- Trophée des Champions: 1967, 1968, 1969

**Sporting CP**
- Primeira Liga: Runner-up 1976–77
- Taça de Portugal: 1977–78; runner-up 1978–79

**Mali**
- African Games: runner-up 1965
- Africa Cup of Nations: runner-up 1972

**Individual**
- African Cup of Champions Clubs: Best goalscorer 1965, 1966
- African Footballer of the Year: 1970

**Decorations**
- FIFA Order of Merit: 1996

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Salif Keïta
- **image**: Salif Keita (1946).jpg
- **image size**: 175
- **caption**: Keita with AS Saint-Étienne, Saint-Étienne in 1968
- **fullname**: Salif Keita Traoré
- **birth place**: Bamako, French Sudan
- **death place**: Bamako, Mali
- **position**: Forward (association football)#Striker, Striker
- **youthyears1**: 1960–1963
- **youthclubs1**: Stade Malien
- **years1**: 1963–1965
- **clubs1**: AS Real Bamako, Real Bamako
- **caps1**: 21
- **goals1**: 8
- **years2**: 1965–1966
- **clubs2**: Stade Malien
- **caps2**: 24
- **goals2**: 12
- **years3**: 1966–1967
- **clubs3**: AS Real Bamako, Real Bamako
- **caps3**: 26
- **goals3**: 15
- **years4**: 1967–1972
- **clubs4**: AS Saint-Étienne, Saint-Étienne
- **caps4**: 149
- **goals4**: 125
- **years5**: 1972–1973
- **clubs5**: Olympique de Marseille, Marseille
- **caps5**: 18
- **goals5**: 10
- **years6**: 1973–1976
- **clubs6**: Valencia CF, Valencia
- **caps6**: 74
- **goals6**: 23
- **years7**: 1976–1979
- **clubs7**: Sporting Clube de Portugal, Sporting CP
- **caps7**: 63
- **goals7**: 32
- **years8**: 1979–1980
- **clubs8**: New England Tea Men
- **caps8**: 39
- **goals8**: 17
- **totalcaps**: 414
- **totalgoals**: 242
- **nationalyears1**: 1963–1972
- **nationalteam1**: Mali national football team, Mali
- **nationalcaps1**: 28
- **nationalgoals1**: 13


## Infobox (officeholder)

- **name**: Salif Keïta Traorè
- **office**: Delagated minister of the Prime Minister of Mali
- **term start**: 2007
- **term end**: 2007
- **birth date**: 6 December, 1946
- **birth place**: Bamako, French Sudan
- **death date**: 2 September 2023, (aged 76)
- **death place**: Bamako,Mali
- **occupation**: Footballer, politician