page_title: Aboubacar Keita
section_title: International career
hierarchical_section_title: Aboubacar Keita / International career
caption_attribution_description: English: USA U20 v France U20, 22 March 2019
context_page_description: Aboubacar Kobele Keita is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender for Major League Soccer club Columbus Crew SC. He previously spent time on loan with Richmond Kickers.
  Keita was born in New York City but grew up in Ohio, attending Westerville North High School and playing for the Crew SC Academy. After just one year in college at Virginia, he signed with Columbus Crew SC as the 12th Homegrown Player in club history. Keita made his professional debut in 2019 while on loan to Richmond Kickers in USL League One.
context_section_description: After earning previous camp call-ups for the United States U17, U18, and U19 national teams, Keita earned his first youth caps with the United States U20 team in March of 2019. In the team's final camp ahead of the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup, he came off the bench against France on March 22 and provided Christian Cappis with a match-tying assist in second-half stoppage time; Keita also started three days later against Japan. On May 10, he was named to the final roster for the tournament by head coach Tab Ramos. Keita started all five games for the United States, playing every minute of the tournament until being subbed off in the 86th minute of the team's quarterfinal match against Ecuador. Throughout the tournament, he was noted to be sound defensively but struggled with distribution.
caption: Keita was the fifth Homegrown Player in Crew SC history to play for the U20s, following Wil Trapp, Chad Barson, Matt Wiet, and Ben Swanson.
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