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  "ar": "ساليف كيتا",
  "en": "Salif Keïta",
  "ur": "سالیف کیتا"
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  "ar": "لاعب كرة قدم مالي (1946–2023)، وُلد وتوفي في باماكو. مهاجم بدأ مع ريال باماكو وستاد ماليان، ثم صار أيقونة سانت إتيان بطلًا لفرنسا ثلاث مرات وفائزًا بكأسها مرتين، ولعب لمرسيليا وفالنسيا وسبورتينغ لشبونة، وكان أول فائز بجائزة أفضل لاعب أفريقي سنة 1970، ولُقّب بـ«النمر الأسود». وهو غير الموسيقي ساليف كيتا (مواليد 1949).",
  "en": "Malian footballer (1946–2023), born and died in Bamako. A striker who began with Real Bamako and Stade Malien, became an icon at Saint-Étienne — three French league titles and two French Cups — and played for Marseille, Valencia and Sporting CP; he was the first winner of the African Footballer of the Year award in 1970 and was nicknamed the 'Black Panther'. He is not the musician Salif Keita (born 1949).",
  "ur": "مالی کے فٹبالر (1946–2023)، باماکو میں پیدا ہوئے اور وہیں وفات پائی۔ اسٹرائیکر جنہوں نے ریال باماکو اور ستاد مالین سے آغاز کیا، پھر سینٹ ایٹیئن کے نمایاں کھلاڑی بنے — تین فرانسیسی لیگ خطاب اور دو فرانسیسی کپ — اور مارسیلی، ویلنسیا اور اسپورٹنگ لزبن کے لیے کھیلے؛ 1970 میں افریقہ کے بہترین فٹبالر کا ایوارڈ پانے والے پہلے کھلاڑی تھے اور «بلیک پینتھر» کہلائے۔ وہ موسیقار سلیف کیتا (پیدائش 1949) نہیں ہیں۔"
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   "edtf": "1946-12-06",
   "hijri": "1366",
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   "note": "Born in Bamako, Mali. The day is debated: the English article (citing a 1968 Africana Publishing volume) and the French article give 6 December 1946, followed here; the Arabic article gives 12 December 1946; Wikidata Q964530 carries all three values — the 6th, 8th and 12th. The year 1946, the birthplace Bamako and the death date are not in dispute. No place entity for Bamako exists in data/place/, so no born_in edge is written. The Hijri year (1366) is derived by tabular conversion from the followed date.",
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   "hijri": "1445",
   "calendar": "gregorian",
   "precision": "day",
   "status": "historical",
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   "note": "Died 2 September 2023 in Bamako, as given by the French Wikipedia article and Wikidata Q964530, which agree; the English article gives the same date. No place entity for Bamako exists in data/place/, so no died_in edge is written. The Hijri year (1445) is derived by tabular conversion.",
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    "value": "Black Panther",
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   "note": "Born in Bamako, Mali. The day is debated: the English article (citing a 1968 Africana Publishing volume) and the French article give 6 December 1946, followed here; the Arabic article gives 12 December 1946; Wikidata Q964530 carries all three values — the 6th, 8th and 12th. The year 1946, the birthplace Bamako and the death date are not in dispute. No place entity for Bamako exists in data/place/, so no born_in edge is written. The Hijri year (1366) is derived by tabular conversion from the followed date.",
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    "note": "No source read makes any statement of Keïta's religion at all. The English, French and Arabic Wikipedia articles on the footballer were each read in full: none mentions religion in its text or categories. Wikidata Q964530 carries no religion (P140) value. This is complete absence, not a conflict: no source names even a generic affiliation for him personally, let alone a school. (Statements in the record of his namesake, the musician Salif Keita, person/salif-keita, concern a different man and are not transferred.) Under the two-source rule and the doubt rule, no faith value beyond unknown is recorded.",
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   "source": "English Wikipedia 'Salif Keïta (Malian footballer)' (revision 1382014578 of 26 October 2026), French Wikipedia 'Salif Keita (football, 1946)' (revision 240510405 of 19 October 2026), Arabic Wikipedia «ساليف كيتا» (revision 77067084 of 25 October 2026) and Wikidata Q964530, read on 26 October 2026; each article was fetched by its recorded revision id and the returned revision asserted equal before any claim was drawn, and the QID was grounded through the Wikipedia API and Special:EntityData (Wikidata describes Q964530 as 'Malian footballer (1946–2023)'). Identity caution: person/salif-keita already exists but is the MUSICIAN Salif Keita (born 1949, Q313318); the queue line 'Salif Keïta (Footballer) — 1946–2023' is this different man, so he is built here under the distinguishing slug salif-keita-footballer and the musician's record is untouched. His Arabic label «ساليف كيتا» is the same string as the musician's Arabic label — the committer should expect the validator's homonym check to ask for the pair to be listed in data/_homonyms.yaml, as in batch 49. No relation edge is written: Bamako has no entity in data/place/.",
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "ملخص",
     "markdown": "ساليف كيتا — واسمه الكامل ساليف كيتا تراوري — لاعب كرة قدم مالي، وُلد في باماكو سنة 1946 وتوفي فيها سنة 2023. {cite:wikipedia-salif-keita-footballer-ar} مهاجم لُقّب بـ«النمر الأسود»، صار أيقونة سانت إتيان، وفاز بأول جائزة أفضل لاعب أفريقي سنة 1970، ولعب لمرسيليا وفالنسيا وسبورتينغ لشبونة. {cite:wikipedia-salif-keita-footballer-en} وهو غير الموسيقي ساليف كيتا (مواليد 1949). {cite:wikidata-salif-keita-footballer} ولا يرد في أي مصدر تمت مراجعته أي ذكر لديانته، لذا يبقى إيمانه في سجله غير معروف. {cite:wikipedia-salif-keita-footballer-ar}{cite:wikidata-salif-keita-footballer}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "مسيرته",
     "markdown": "بدأ كيتا في مالي مع ريال باماكو فائزًا بثلاث كؤوس مالية، وستاد ماليان، وبلغ مع كليهما نهائي كأس أبطال أفريقيا. {cite:wikipedia-salif-keita-footballer-fr} وفي الثالثة والعشرين انضم إلى سانت إتيان، ففاز بثلاثة ألقاب دوري فرنسي وكأسي فرنسا وصار من أبرز لاعبي النادي في تاريخه. {cite:wikipedia-salif-keita-footballer-fr} ثم لعب لمرسيليا وفالنسيا وسبورتينغ لشبونة — وفاز مع الأخير بكأس البرتغال — واختتم مسيرته في الولايات المتحدة مع نيو إنغلاند تي من. {cite:wikipedia-salif-keita-footballer-fr} وفي 1970 صار أول لاعب ينال جائزة أفضل لاعب أفريقي في السنة. {cite:wikipedia-salif-keita-footballer-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "الإيمان في المصادر",
     "markdown": "لا يذكر أي مصدر تمت قراءته ديانته في أي موضع. فقد قُرئت المقالات الإنجليزية والفرنسية والعربية عن لاعب كرة القدم كاملة، ولا تذكر أيٌّ منها الديانة في نصها أو تصنيفاتها؛ وويكيبيانات لا تحمل أي قيمة للديانة له أصلًا. {cite:wikipedia-salif-keita-footballer-en}{cite:wikipedia-salif-keita-footballer-fr}{cite:wikipedia-salif-keita-footballer-ar}{cite:wikidata-salif-keita-footballer} وما يُنسب إلى سمّيه الموسيقي يخص رجلًا آخر ولا يُنقل إليه. وعلى الغياب الكامل يذكر سجله إيمانه غير معروف. {cite:wikipedia-salif-keita-footballer-ar}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "المصادر",
     "markdown": "- كيانات المصادر المعرّفة المستشهد بها أعلاه، والمسجلة في `data/source/`.\n- يجب أن تكون مراجعات هذه المقالة مؤرخة، وأن تسمّي المصدر الذي غيّر كل واقعة."
    }
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    "id": "person/salif-keita-footballer",
    "lang": "ar",
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   "updated": "2026-10-26"
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  "en": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Summary",
     "markdown": "Salif Keïta — full name Salif Keïta Traoré — was a Malian footballer, born in Bamako in 1946 and died there in 2023. {cite:wikipedia-salif-keita-footballer-en} A striker nicknamed the \"Black Panther\", he became an icon at Saint-Étienne, won the first African Footballer of the Year award in 1970, and played for Marseille, Valencia and Sporting CP. {cite:wikipedia-salif-keita-footballer-en} He is not the musician Salif Keita (born 1949). {cite:wikidata-salif-keita-footballer} No source consulted makes any statement of his religion, so his data record records his faith as unknown. {cite:wikipedia-salif-keita-footballer-en}{cite:wikidata-salif-keita-footballer}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Career",
     "markdown": "Keïta began in Mali with Real Bamako, winning three Malian Cups, and Stade Malien, reaching the African Cup of Champions Clubs final with both. {cite:wikipedia-salif-keita-footballer-fr} At 23 he joined Saint-Étienne, where he won three French league titles and two French Cups and became one of the club's defining players. {cite:wikipedia-salif-keita-footballer-fr} He later played for Marseille, Valencia and Sporting CP — winning a Portuguese Cup with the last — and finished his career in the United States with the New England Tea Men. {cite:wikipedia-salif-keita-footballer-fr} In 1970 he became the first player to receive the African Footballer of the Year award. {cite:wikipedia-salif-keita-footballer-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Faith in the sources",
     "markdown": "None of the sources read makes any statement of his religion. The English, French and Arabic articles on the footballer were each read in full and none mentions religion in its text or categories; Wikidata carries no religion value for him at all. {cite:wikipedia-salif-keita-footballer-en}{cite:wikipedia-salif-keita-footballer-fr}{cite:wikipedia-salif-keita-footballer-ar}{cite:wikidata-salif-keita-footballer} Statements attached to his namesake the musician concern a different man and are not transferred. On complete absence, his record states his faith as unknown. {cite:wikipedia-salif-keita-footballer-en}"
    },
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     "heading": "Sources",
     "markdown": "- The defined source entities cited above, recorded in `data/source/`.\n- Revisions of this article must be dated, and must name the source that changed each fact."
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "سالیف کیتا — پورا نام سالیف کیتا تراورے — مالی کے فٹبالر تھے، 1946 میں باماکو میں پیدا ہوئے اور 2023 میں وہیں وفات پائی۔ {cite:wikipedia-salif-keita-footballer-en} «بلیک پینتھر» کہلانے والے اسٹرائیکر سینٹ ایٹیئن کے نمایاں کھلاڑی بنے، 1970 میں افریقہ کے بہترین فٹبالر کا ایوارڈ پانے والے پہلے کھلاڑی ہوئے، اور مارسیلی، ویلنسیا اور اسپورٹنگ لزبن کے لیے کھیلے۔ {cite:wikipedia-salif-keita-footballer-en} وہ موسیقار سلیف کیتا (پیدائش 1949) نہیں ہیں۔ {cite:wikidata-salif-keita-footballer} کسی بھی ماخذ میں ان کی دیانت کا کوئی ذکر نہیں، اس لیے ان کے ریکارڈ میں ایمان نامعلوم درج ہے۔ {cite:wikipedia-salif-keita-footballer-en}{cite:wikidata-salif-keita-footballer}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "کیریئر",
     "markdown": "کیتا نے مالی میں ریال باماکو سے آغاز کیا — تین مالی کپ جیتے — اور ستاد مالین کے ساتھ کھیلے، دونوں کے ساتھ افریقی چیمپئنز کپ کے فائنل تک پہنچے۔ {cite:wikipedia-salif-keita-footballer-fr} 23 برس کی عمر میں سینٹ ایٹیئن میں شامل ہوئے، جہاں تین فرانسیسی لیگ خطاب اور دو فرانسیسی کپ جیتے اور کلب کے نمایاں ترین کھلاڑیوں میں شمار ہوئے۔ {cite:wikipedia-salif-keita-footballer-fr} بعد میں مارسیلی، ویلنسیا اور اسپورٹنگ لزبن کے لیے کھیلے — آخری ٹیم کے ساتھ پرتگالی کپ جیتا — اور امریکہ میں نیو انگلینڈ ٹی مین کے ساتھ کیریئر ختم کیا۔ {cite:wikipedia-salif-keita-footballer-fr} 1970 میں وہ افریقہ کے بہترین فٹبالر کا ایوارڈ پانے والے پہلے کھلاڑی بنے۔ {cite:wikipedia-salif-keita-footballer-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "مآخذ میں ایمان",
     "markdown": "کسی بھی پڑھے گئے ماخذ میں ان کی دیانت کا کوئی ذکر نہیں۔ فٹبالر کے بارے میں انگریزی، فرانسیسی اور عربی مضامین مکمل پڑھے گئے اور کسی کے متن یا زمروں میں دیانت کا ذکر نہیں؛ ویکی ڈیٹا میں ان کے لیے دیانت کی کوئی قیمت ہی نہیں۔ {cite:wikipedia-salif-keita-footballer-en}{cite:wikipedia-salif-keita-footballer-fr}{cite:wikipedia-salif-keita-footballer-ar}{cite:wikidata-salif-keita-footballer} ان کے ہم نام موسیقار سے منسوب باتیں ایک اور شخص کی ہیں اور یہاں منتقل نہیں کی جاتیں۔ مکمل عدم موجودگی پر ان کے ریکارڈ میں ایمان نامعلوم درج ہے۔ {cite:wikipedia-salif-keita-footballer-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "مآخذ",
     "markdown": "- اوپر حوالہ دیے گئے متعین ماخذ وجودات، جو `data/source/` میں درج ہیں۔\n- اس مضمون کی ترمیمات مؤرخ ہونی چاہئیں، اور ہر حقیقت کو بدلنے والے ماخذ کا نام آنا چاہیے۔"
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