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SOCCER PLAYER

Salif Keïta

1946 - 2023

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Salif Keïta Traoré (6 December 1946 – 2 September 2023), known as Keita, was a Malian footballer who played as a striker. He was also the first person to receive the African Footballer of the Year award in 1970. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Salif Keïta has received more than 5,664 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Salif Keïta is the 871st most popular soccer player (up from 1,533rd in 2019), the 14th most popular biography from Mali (up from 16th in 2019) and the most popular Malian Soccer Player.

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  • 52.59

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  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Salif Keïta ranks 871 out of 16,880Before him are Koichi Oita, Gordon Milne, Álvaro Recoba, Nemanja Vidić, Petar Zhekov, and César Sampaio. After him are Ernesto Mascheroni, Sergei Aleinikov, Michio Ashikaga, Djibril Cissé, Branko Stanković, and Julinho.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Salif Keïta ranks 230Before him are Miguel Reina, René Jacobs, Jim Kelly, Grigory Margulis, George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen, and Slim Borgudd. After him are Clemente Domínguez y Gómez, Ewa Kłobukowska, Prince Tomohito of Mikasa, Jan Akkerman, Bruce Buck, and Marián Čalfa. Among people deceased in 2023, Salif Keïta ranks 133Before him are Chuck Feeney, Tom Sizemore, Robert Hanssen, Matteo Messina Denaro, Petar Zhekov, and Slim Borgudd. After him are Horst-Dieter Höttges, Juraj Jakubisko, Ahmad Jamal, Ingrid Haebler, Frederic Forrest, and Robert Blake.

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In Mali

Among people born in Mali, Salif Keïta ranks 14 out of 62Before him are Amadou Toumani Touré (1948), Alpha Oumar Konaré (1946), Askia Mohammad I (1443), Ali Farka Touré (1939), Dioncounda Traoré (1942), and Bah Ndaw (1950). After him are Amadou Hampâté Bâ (1900), Sonni Ali (1464), Cissé Mariam Kaïdama Sidibé (1948), Boubacar Traoré (1942), Jean Zerbo (1943), and Seydou Keita (1980).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Mali

Among soccer players born in Mali, Salif Keïta ranks 1After him are Seydou Keita (1980), Mahamadou Diarra (1981), Cheick Diabaté (1988), Adama Coulibaly (1980), Modibo Maïga (1987), Adama Traoré (1995), Almamy Touré (1996), Hamari Traoré (1992), Adama Tamboura (1985), Samba Sow (1989), and Amadou Haidara (1998).