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Cheick Keita

Rising starCharleroi · 23 yrsStarter

based on the 2025/26 season · updated 25 Aug 2026

Profile

Full nameCheick Keita
PositionCentre-back
NationalityFrance
Age23
Date of birth2 Apr 2003
BirthplaceChampigny-sur-Marne
Height185 cm
Shirt number#95
ClubCharleroi
Centre-back
7
Appearances
2
Goals
0
Assists
630
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Charleroi.

Performance data · by competition

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
Jupiler Pro League100907

Scout report

Rising starCentral defender

C. Keita is a 23-year-old central defender at Charleroi, rated 62.1 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 3rd of 145 on scout potential in the Jupiler Pro League. An emerging talent, he has been an ever-present this season (95.6% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.43 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Keita.

Judged on this season alone, Keita graded 34 — a solid campaign that ranks top 35% of the 35 centre-backs in the Jupiler Pro League, on 11 clean sheets and 2.433 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 34 → 34). Over the 5 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2023/24.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 62, top 3% of the 35 centre-backs in the Jupiler Pro League. At 23 Keita is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 19.7 reflects that trajectory.

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Keita is operating at his career peak — the 2023/24 level is the level.

Peak: 2023/24Holding levelBreakout: 2023/24Stepped up 2024/25
62.1
Ratingi
1st of 35 centre-backs
34.3
Seasoni
developing / rotation level
95.6%
Minutes
near ever-present
2.43
Def. actions / 90
moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Charleroi finished 3rd of 18 · an upper-table side

40
Apps
2.43
Def. / 90
45
Tackles
25
Interceptions
11
Clean sheets

2.43 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 11 clean sheets across 40 appearances. Behind an upper-table side (3rd of 18) the side controls more games, so the defensive load is lighter — the value sits as much in composure and ball progression as in raw volume. Going forward he chipped in 3 goals and 0 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

  • Availability. On the pitch for 95.6% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.

Watch points

  • Few red flags. No obvious weaknesses in the current-season profile — consistency is the next test.

Outlook

With a Rating of 62.1, Keita carries the 1st-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Jupiler Pro League (top 3%). Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (2.43 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 2×) with the best seasons likely ahead. With this floor already at 23, the ceiling gets tested by a step up in level — one to track.

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among centre-backs in the Jupiler Pro League with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals3

Passing

Assists0

Defending

Tackles45
Interceptions25
Blocks23

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards5
Red cards0

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.