Tidjan Keita (born November 30, 1996) is a French-Guinean basketball player who plays forward. He plays for the Guinea national team.
Early life Keita was born in Paris, France. He started playing basketball in Paris when he was 17 years old. He is tall, and weighs . He has a 7' 3" wingspan.
He attended college and played basketball at Cégep de Thetford in Thetford Mines, Quebec, Canada.Peter Tardif (October 29, 2017). "How the Quebec town of Thetford Mines became a basketball hotbed," CBC News.
Professional career 2017-19 Keita played two games for the Toronto Raptors at 2017 NBA Summer League in Las Vegas, Nevada.
In October 2017, the NBA's Phoenix Suns signed Keita; later the same month they waived him.
In 2018-19 Keita played for GET Vosges in the NM1 in France. He averaged 2.6 points per game.
In 2019-20 he played for BBC Coburg in Coburg, Germany, in the German ProB. Keita averaged 15.1 points and 7.6 rebounds per game.
2020-present In 2020-21 Keita played for VfL Kirchheim Knights in Kirchheim unter Teck, Germany, in the German ProA. He averaged 3.5 points per game.
In 2021-22 he played for the Noma Iserlohn Kangaroos in Iserlohn, Germany, in the German Pro B. Keita averaged 14.3 points, 8.7 rebounds (5th in the league), and 1.6 blocks (5th) per game.
The same season Keita then played for the Niagara River Lions in the CEBL in Canada. He averaged 5.7 points per game.
On August 15, 2022, Keita signed a two-year contract with Hapoel Be'er Sheva of the Israeli Basketball Premier League, and he has played forward with the team since then.
International play
He played for the Guinea men's national basketball team in 2021 in the African FIBA World Cup Qualifier and the FIBA AfroBasket.
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