Mandela

Keita

DM Parma #16

Defensive Midfield – Midfielder

Mandela Keita

Parma Serie A

Top 8% of defensive midfielders in the world
#63 defensive midfielder aged 22–25

Date of birth / Age: 10 May 2002 (24)
Citizenship: BelgiumGuinea
Foot: Right
Height · Weight: 1.81 m / 78 kg
Main position: Defensive Midfield
Contract until: 2029

Benchmarks

defensive midfielders with 900+ minutes, last two seasons

World rank

#223

defensive midfielder in the world by TSH Score

In his age group

#63

among defensive midfielders aged 22–25

In his league

42%

of Serie A defensive midfielders rank below him

Finishing

−0.4

goals below expected · better than 49% of players

Shooting

last 3 seasons (no penalties)

Goals

1 Expected

1.4

36 shots. He scores about what the chances he gets would predict.

Creating

last 3 seasons

Assists

3 Expected

1.5

Teammates converted more of his chances than expected.

Season 2025/26

Appearances: 39
Starting eleven: 38
Goals: 1
Assists: 1
Yellow cards: 2
Second yellows: 0
Red cards: 0
Minutes: 3,126

Starting eleven97%

38 of 39 appearances

Minutes played3,126

80 per appearance

Goal involvement2

1 goals · 1 assists

Positions played

156 matches · since 2020/21

RWRBLWAMCBCMDM

Position	Apps	G	A
Defensive Midfield	83	1	3
Central Midfield	67	1	1
Centre-Back	2	0	0
Attacking Midfield	1	0	0
Other · LW, RB, RW	3	0	0

Career stats

Season

Competitions

Club

Season	Competition	Club	Apps	Starts	G	A	Yellow cards	Second yellow	Red cards	Min
2026/27	Serie A	Parma	3	3	0	0	1	0	0	276
2025/26	Serie A	Parma	36	36	1	1	1	0	0	2,924
2025/26	Coppa Italia	Parma	3	2	0	–	1	–	0	202
2024/25	Serie A	Parma	30	24	0	1	5	1	0	1,832
2024/25	Pro League	Antwerp	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	235
2023/24	Pro League	Antwerp	27	24	0	–	4	–	0	2,091
2023/24	Pro League	OH Leuven	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	64
2023/24	UEFA Champions League	Antwerp	5	5	0	–	1	–	0	441
2023/24	Cup	Antwerp	5	4	0	–	0	–	0	409
2022/23	Pro League	Antwerp	17	15	1	–	0	–	0	1,195
2022/23	Pro League	OH Leuven	8	2	0	–	1	–	0	231
2022/23	Cup	Antwerp	2	0	0	–	1	–	0	41
2025	UEFA U21 Championship Qualification	Belgium U21	4	4	0	–	0	–	0	245
2023	UEFA U21 Championship	Belgium U21	2	2	0	–	1	–	0	180
2024	UEFA European Championship Qualifiers	Belgium	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	4
2021/22	Pro League	OH Leuven	25	18	0	0	5	0	0	1,583
2021/22	Cup	OH Leuven	2	1	0	–	0	–	0	107
2020/21	Pro League	OH Leuven	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	64
2023	UEFA U21 Championship Qualification	Belgium U21	2	0	0	–	0	–	0	21
2019/20	Elite 1 Under 18	OH Leuven U18	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
2019/20	Pro League U21	OH Leuven U21	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90

No rows match these filters.
Career total · all competitions			181	146	2	2^*	21	1^*	0	12,325

By competition	Apps	G	A
Pro League	84	1	0
Serie A	69	1	2
Cup	9	0	–
Belgium U21	8	0	–
UEFA Champions League	5	0	–
Coppa Italia	3	0	–
Belgium	1	0	–
Elite 1 Under 18	1	0	–
Pro League U21	1	0	–

* Assists and second yellows are counted where the data has them, mostly league games from 2014/15; cups and internationals show “–”. Friendlies are excluded. Data as of 2 Nov 2026.

Clubs and transfers

Aug 2024 Aug 2024 · Transfer Antwerp Parma Transfer
Jul 2024 Jul 2024 · Transfer OH Leuven Antwerp Transfer
Jun 2024 Jun 2024 · Back from Loan Antwerp OH Leuven Back from Loan
Aug 2023 Aug 2023 · Loan OH Leuven Antwerp Loan €3M
Jun 2023 Jun 2023 · Back from Loan Antwerp OH Leuven Back from Loan
Jan 2023 Jan 2023 · Loan OH Leuven Antwerp Loan Loan
Jul 2015 Jul 2015 · Transfer KRC Genk Under 15 OH Leuven Transfer
Jul 2014 Jul 2014 · Transfer OH Leuven KRC Genk Under 15 Transfer
Jul 2013 Jul 2013 · Free Transfer – OH Leuven Free Transfer Free

Clubs

ClubAppsGoals
Parma 2024–2027 72 1
Antwerp 2022–2025 61 1
OH Leuven 2020–2024 37 0
OH Leuven U18 2019 1 0
OH Leuven U21 2019 1 0

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