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 5,880 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Salif Keïta is the 616th most popular soccer player (up from 871st in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from Mali (up from 14th in 2019) and the most popular Malian Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.9k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.61

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Salif Keïta ranks 616 out of 21,273. Before him are Yanosuke Watanabe, Carlos Kaiser, Paulo Futre, Luis Carniglia, Branko Stanković, and Gianluca Pagliuca. After him are Koji Funamoto, Yasukazu Tanaka, Sadio Mané, Vítor Baía, Roberto Di Matteo, and Daniele De Rossi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Salif Keïta ranks 177. Before him are Stig Blomqvist, Dan McCafferty, Jim Hines, Alejandro Toledo, Alison Steadman, and Ti Lung. After him are Héctor Babenco, Ralf Hütter, Joanna Lumley, Piet Schrijvers, Yann Arthus-Bertrand, and Bernd Hölzenbein. Among people deceased in 2023, Salif Keïta ranks 159. Before him are Luboš Kohoutek, Arnaldo Forlani, Hubert Reeves, Jim Hines, Inna Churikova, and Ruslan Khasbulatov. After him are Joss Ackland, Ken Block, Ralph Boston, Ion Druță, Terry Funk, and Vera Krepkina.

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In Mali

Among people born in Mali, Salif Keïta ranks 8 out of 72. Before him are Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta (1945), Jean Tigana (1955), Amadou Toumani Touré (1948), Modibo Keïta (1915), Moussa Traoré (1936), and Salif Keita (1949). After him are Alpha Oumar Konaré (1946), Bah Ndaw (1950), Askia Mohammad I (1443), Ali Farka Touré (1939), Sonni Ali (1464), and Dioncounda Traoré (1942).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Mali

Among soccer players born in Mali, Salif Keïta ranks 1. After him are Seydou Keita (1980), Mahamadou Diarra (1981), Hamari Traoré (1992), Cheick Diabaté (1988), Amadou Haidara (1998), Adama Coulibaly (1980), Kalifa Coulibaly (1991), Modibo Maïga (1987), Almamy Touré (1996), Samba Sow (1989), and Adama Traoré (1995).

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