1946 - 2023
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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Among soccer players, Salif Keïta ranks 871 out of 16,880. Before 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.
1914 - 1996
HPI: 52.63
Rank: 865
1937 - Present
HPI: 52.63
Rank: 866
1976 - Present
HPI: 52.62
Rank: 867
1981 - Present
HPI: 52.61
Rank: 868
1944 - 2023
HPI: 52.61
Rank: 869
1968 - Present
HPI: 52.61
Rank: 870
1946 - 2023
HPI: 52.59
Rank: 871
1907 - 1984
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 872
1961 - Present
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 873
1950 - Present
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 874
1981 - Present
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 875
1921 - 2002
HPI: 52.56
Rank: 876
1929 - 2003
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 877
Among people born in 1946, Salif Keïta ranks 230. Before 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 133. Before 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.
1946 - Present
HPI: 53.07
Rank: 224
1946 - Present
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 225
1946 - 2013
HPI: 52.83
Rank: 226
1946 - Present
HPI: 52.74
Rank: 227
1946 - Present
HPI: 52.71
Rank: 228
1946 - 2023
HPI: 52.60
Rank: 229
1946 - 2023
HPI: 52.59
Rank: 230
1946 - 2005
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 231
1946 - Present
HPI: 52.56
Rank: 232
1946 - 2012
HPI: 52.51
Rank: 233
1946 - Present
HPI: 52.44
Rank: 234
1946 - Present
HPI: 52.44
Rank: 235
1946 - Present
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 236
1931 - 2023
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 127
1961 - 2023
HPI: 52.78
Rank: 128
1944 - 2023
HPI: 52.76
Rank: 129
1962 - 2023
HPI: 52.63
Rank: 130
1944 - 2023
HPI: 52.61
Rank: 131
1946 - 2023
HPI: 52.60
Rank: 132
1946 - 2023
HPI: 52.59
Rank: 133
1943 - 2023
HPI: 52.50
Rank: 134
1938 - 2023
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 135
1930 - 2023
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 136
1926 - 2023
HPI: 52.41
Rank: 137
1936 - 2023
HPI: 52.36
Rank: 138
1933 - 2023
HPI: 52.31
Rank: 139
Among people born in Mali, Salif Keïta ranks 14 out of 62. Before 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).
1948 - 2020
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 8
1946 - Present
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 9
1443 - 1538
HPI: 55.92
Rank: 10
1939 - 2006
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 11
1942 - Present
HPI: 53.74
Rank: 12
1950 - Present
HPI: 53.72
Rank: 13
1946 - 2023
HPI: 52.59
Rank: 14
1900 - 1991
HPI: 51.70
Rank: 15
1464 - 1492
HPI: 50.87
Rank: 16
1948 - 2021
HPI: 50.84
Rank: 17
1942 - Present
HPI: 50.46
Rank: 18
1943 - Present
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 19
1980 - Present
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 20
Among soccer players born in Mali, Salif Keïta ranks 1. After 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).
1946 - 2023
HPI: 52.59
Rank: 1
1980 - Present
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 2
1981 - Present
HPI: 44.78
Rank: 3
1988 - Present
HPI: 37.38
Rank: 4
1980 - Present
HPI: 33.87
Rank: 5
1987 - Present
HPI: 33.45
Rank: 6
1995 - Present
HPI: 33.17
Rank: 7
1996 - Present
HPI: 29.70
Rank: 8
1992 - Present
HPI: 28.78
Rank: 9
1985 - Present
HPI: 28.20
Rank: 10
1989 - Present
HPI: 27.68
Rank: 11
1998 - Present
HPI: 27.63
Rank: 12