Salif Keïta (Malian Footballer)’S Biography, Net Worth, Fact, Career, Awards and Life Story
Keita’s nephew, Seydou Keita, is also a footballer. He also played some years in France, and later represented, with great team and individual success, FC Barcelona. Mohamed Sissoko, who played namely for Valencia, Liverpool and Juventus FC, is also his nephew; both play similar roles as central midfielders; another nephew, Sidi Yaya Keita, is also a footballer and a midfielder, who played most of his career in France with RC Lens.
Guinean film director Cheik Doukouré used the life of Keita as a starting point for his 1994 work Le Ballon d’or. In 1994, he created the first training center for professional football players in Mali, which bore his name.
From 2007, Keita acted as delegated minister of the Prime Minister of Mali.
