Keita Balde: Career of a young Senegalese footballer

Keita Balde - Spanish and Senegalese footballer who plays in the forward position in the French club "Monaco", as well as for the national team of Senegal. Currently, a player is on loan at the Italian "Inter" from the "Serie A". Growth striker is 184 cm, and weight - about 80 kg. In the period from 2013 to 2017. was a player Roman "Lazio", which declared itself as a football player held.

Biography footballer

Keita Balde was born on March 8, 1995 in Arbusyas (Catalonia), Spain. His parents - immigrants from Senegal. started playing football since childhood, she is a graduate of the Academy of "Barcelona". Ever since the football academy training in the role of a pure striker. Coaches noted his positive qualities: speed, the ability to choose the right position, determination and physical strength.

A career in the "Lazio"

Since 2011, he continued playing football in Italy, in the youth team, "Lazio". He made his debut in the "Serie A" September 15, 2013 in a match against "Chievo", replacing Luis Pedro Cavanda in the second half. Five days later, Keith played his first match in the Europa League against "Legia Warsaw", which was marked by a goal.

November 10 scored his first goal in the Italian Championship in Gates "Parma". The following season, Baldé started to appear regularly at the base. And often score goals. August 18, 2015 came off the bench in the Champions League match against German club "Bayer Leverkuyzen", which scored the only and winning goal for his team. He was declared the best player of the match.

In total, the "white-blue" has spent 137 matches and was the author of 31 scored.

Go to the "Monaco"

August 29, 2017 Footballer Keita Balde signed a five-year contract with the French "Monaco" from the League 1 club for the transfer of striker paid 30 million euros. As part of "Monegasque" I received a T-shirt with the 14th number, which was previously held tiemoué bakayoko, who went to London "Chelsea" in the early summer.

October 21, 2017 Keita scored the first goal in the match against the "channel".

For Rent in Milan "Inter"

August 13, 2018 Keita Balde joined the Italian "Internazionale" on the terms of the lease with the priority right to buy at least 30 million euros.

As part of "snakes" forward has four official matches, but has not yet scored a goal scored (at the time of September 2018).

A career in the national team of Senegal

Despite the ability to defend the colors of the Spanish national team in 2016 Keita has agreed to play for the national team of Senegal. Its composition was a participant in 2017 Africa Cup of Nations and World Cup 2018 in Russia. At the last FIFA World Cup held only one match against Colombia, who was lost his national team with a score of 0: 1.