Spain-born-Senegalese international footballer, Keita Balde is well recognized as Keita who plays for Internazionale, on loan from Monaco as a winger. Since 2016, he is in the Senegal National Team and has been capped 21 times with 4 goals. He has also been included in the Senegal 23-man squad for the FIFA World Cup in Russia.
The jersey No. 11, Balde has a jaw-dropping net worth of $7 million as of 2019 with an annual salary of €3.3 million. Furthermore, he is currently dating his long-time girlfriend, Simona Guatieri.
Keita Balde has an estimated net worth of $7 million as of 2019. Currently, signed to Internazionale, on loan from Monaco as a winger, his weekly wage is reported €65K which is over €3.3 million per annum as salary.
While with AS Monaco, Keita Balde got paid €150,000 as his weekly salary which is around $9.1 million annually.
Apart from his earning from the club, he makes tremendous sum through endorsement with Nike and not to mention his salary from the national team.
His current market value is €28 Million .
He also owned a yellow Lamborghini worth around €110,000 which he destroyed beyond repair in an accident back in 2014.
Keita is very fond of luxurious cars and owns several of them such as BMW, Maserati and many more. He is the richest and highest earning player of Senegal in Ligue 1 with more than €500,000 earnings in a month and way ahead of the second-placed Diafra Sakho.
Keita Balde, 24, is neither married nor single. Currently, he is in an open relationship with an Italian model, Simona Guatieri.
CAPTION: Keita Baldé with his girlfriend at Roberto Cavalli fas SOURCE: Alamy The two often shares beautiful pictures of them via their respective Instagram account which they have captured while they were on vacations, dates, or parties.
However back in 2017, Balde was rumored to be dating his teammate from Lazio, Patricio Gabarron Gil. But with the time, the buzz cooled down.
Keita Balde has a standing height of 5'11" (1.82m) and weighs 77 kg.
Keita Balde is a native of Arbucies, Spain, born on 8th March 1995, to Senegalese parents. His star sign is Pisces. Regarding his nationality, he holds dual Spanish and Senegalese citizenship card and ethnicity wise he is an African.
He has a younger brother named, Ibourahima Baldé who is also a football player.
At a tender age of five, Balde started off footballing at Damm. Further, he switched to Barcelona in 2004 where he remained till 2011. Also, he enjoyed 2010-2012 loan spell with Cornella.
On 1st July 2011, Balde signed to Series A Club Lazio for a reported fee of $352,044. For a year, he was unable to play official games for Lazio's youth system because he had to wait to be granted Spanish citizenship and the EU passport required for the Italian club to register him.
Lade spent 2012-13 season playing with Lazio's U-19 team as well as training with the senior squad of the club.
The following season, Balde was promoted up to the first team, making his league debut on 15th September 2013 in a 3-0 home victory over Chievo, where he entered as a late substitute for Luis Pedro Cavanda. On 20th September, he made his debut in the Europa League group stage game against Legia Warsaw.
Further, his first goal for the club came on 10th November 2013, in a 1-1 draw with Parma.
Throughout his four-season career with Lazio, Blade played overall 110 matches and scored 26 goals for Lazio.
On 29th August 2017, Balde moved to Monaco, signing a five-year contract for a reported transfer fee of $35.9 million. Upon his arrival, he was assigned the jersey No. 14 vacated by Tiemoue Bakayoko. After playing seven matches in all competition for Monaco, he opened the scoring in the 2-0 Ligue 1 home victory against SM Caen to register his first competitive AS Monaco on 21st October 2017.
On 13th August 2018, Keita penned a contract with Internazionale on loan of €6 million with a €30 million option to buy at the end of the season.
Though Keita Balde was eligible to represent Spain; he chose to play for his parents’ nation, Senegal. He made his international debut for Senegal in a 2-0 victory against Niger as a late substitute.
In December 2015, Balde played for Catalonia national team against Basque Country.
In May 2018, he was named in Senegal’s 23 man team along with his teammates Abdoulaye Diallo, Kalidou Koulibaly, and Badou Ndiaye for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
