Sekou Koita

Sékou Koïta
	Koïta with Red Bull Salzburg in 2023
Personal information
Full name	Sékou Koïta
Date of birth	28 November 1999 (age 24)
Place of birth	Kita, Mali
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Club information
Current team	Red Bull Salzburg
Number	20
Youth career
	USC Kita
Senior career*
Years	Team
2018–2019	Liefering
2019	→ Wolfsberger AC (loan)
2019–	Red Bull Salzburg
National team‡
2015	Mali U17
2017–2019	Mali U20
2016–	Mali
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 September 2023; ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 June 2023 (UTC)

Sekou Koita (born 28 November 1999) is a Malian football player. He plays for Austrian Bundesliga club Red Bull Salzburg and the Mali national team.

Club career

Sekou Koita started playing football for Union Sportive des Clubs de Kita and Centre Latika de Bamako. He had his first senior appearances for AS Bakaridjan, then he played for USC Kita. In 2017 he came to Austria, signing for the Austrian side FC Red Bull Salzburg. He went on loan to FC Liefering. In 2019 he came back to Red Bull Salzburg.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 26 September 2023^[2]^[3]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National Cup		Europe		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
FC Liefering	2017–18	Austrian Football Second League	6	1	—		—		—		6	1
	2018–19	Austrian Football Second League	9	1	—		—		—		9	1
	Total		15	2	0	0	0	0	—		15	2
Wolfsberger AC (loan)	2018–19	Austrian Bundesliga	14	5	0	0	—		—		14	5
Red Bull Salzburg	2019–20	Austrian Bundesliga	16	8	4	3	3^[a]	0	0	0	23	11
	2020–21	Austrian Bundesliga	17	14	4	3	8^[b]	0	0	0	29	17
	2021–22	Austrian Bundesliga	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
	2022–23	Austrian Bundesliga	22	6	1	0	2^[b]	0	0	0	25	6
	2023–24	Austrian Bundesliga	5	3	2	0	1^[b]	0	0	0	8	3
	Total		62	32	11	6	14	0	0	0	87	38
Career total			91	39	11	6	14	0	0	0	116	45

↑ One appearance in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League

International

As of match played 18 June 2023^[4]

Mali
Year	Apps	Goals
2016	6	1
2019	4	1
2020	2	0
2021	5	1
2022	1	1
2023	3	0
Total	19	4

As of match played 9 June 2022

Mali score listed first, score column indicates score after each Koïta goal.^[4]

List of international goals scored by Sékou Koïta
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	19 January 2016	Umuganda Stadium, Gisenyi, Rwanda	Uganda	1–1	2–2	2016 African Nations Championship
2.	10 October 2019	Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth, South Africa	South Africa	1–2	1–2	Friendly
3.	17 November 2020	Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia	Namibia	1–0	2–1	2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
4.	9 June 2022	St. Mary's Stadium-Kitende, Entebbe, Uganda	South Sudan	2–0	3–1	2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification