Salif Keïta

Salif Keïta — full name Salif Keïta Traoré — was a Malian footballer, born in Bamako in 1946 and died there in 2023. ¹ 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. ¹ He is not the musician Salif Keita (born 1949). ² No source consulted makes any statement of his religion, so his data record records his faith as unknown. ¹²

Keïta began in Mali with Real Bamako, winning three Malian Cups, and Stade Malien, reaching the African Cup of Champions Clubs final with both. ³ 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. ³ 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. ³ In 1970 he became the first player to receive the African Footballer of the Year award. ¹

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. ¹³⁴² 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. ¹

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