Keith Nah
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Keith Martu Nah in the line up for Kedah | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Keith Martu Nah | ||
| Date of birth | 20 July 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Monrovia, Liberia | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Yadanarbon | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2012– | LPRC Oilers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2014 | Chin United | 66 | (43) |
| 2014-2015 | Kedah | 6 | (3) |
| 2015- present | Yadanarbon | 32 | (26) |
| National team | |||
| 2015[1] | Liberia U23 | 1 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 April 2016. | |||
Keith Martu Nah (born 20 July 1995), also known as "Liberian Malouda" and "Liberian Neymar", is a Liberian footballer who plays for Yadanarbon as a striker. He is a right-footed attacker, and is the first Liberian footballer to become top scorer in consecutive seasons in two different leagues in the same country.
Career
Born July 20, 1995, Nah started his football career with club Vinton Professional playing in the Liberian third division league. After playing several seasons with Vinton in the third league, he helped his side gain promotion to the Liberia Football second division league. Vinton finished as runner up to league winners Green Pasture FC, and Nah won himself the second division Most Valuable Player (MVP) title.
After the end of the 2010–11 league season, Nah signed with the Liberian “oil boys” LPRC OILERS for 2012. That year, he was invited to the Liberia football U20 national team for the African youth qualifier against the Niger U20 national team.
In 2012 Nah was invitated to join the Myanmar second division club Chin United. He had a successful trial with Chin and was given the opportunity to play in the 2013 Myanmar second division league. Chin finished that season in second place and was promoted to the top tier of Myanmar football (the Myanmar National League). He also finished the season as the highest goal scorer with eighteen league goals. In the 2014 Myanmar National League, Nah scored twenty-five league goals and four FA Cup goals. He finished the season second on the goal scoring chart, one goal less than top goal scorer Cesar Augusto who finished with twenty-six goals.
Nah received offers from clubs from Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and South Korea. He signed with Malaysian premier league club Kedah FA. Following his arrival in Malaysia, Nah scored seven goals out of Kedah’s nine pre-season matches, making him the top goal scorer in the team for the pre-season. On his league debut, February 6, 2015, Nah scored twice to help his side win their 2015 league opener with a 5–1 victory over Kuala Lumpur. He scored once more in his club's second league game against Kuantan, that ended with a 2–2 draw.
Career statistics
| Club | League | Season | League | FA Cup | Other | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Chin United | 2013 | MNL-2 | 37 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 37 | 25 |
| 2014 | MNL-1 | 29 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 29 | 18 | |
| Kedah | 2015 | Malaysia Premier League | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 6 | 3 |
| Yadanarbon F.C. | 2015- | MNL-1 | 32 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 32 | 26 |
| Career total | 104 | 72 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 104 | 72 | ||
2016 Myanmar National League Join Top Goal Scorer
Keith helped his club Yadanarbon F.C.to win the 2016 Myanmar National League and becoming a join top goal scocere with Nigerian Myanmar Win Naing Soe and Nigeria Christopher who all scored 16 goals in the season.
International career
Keith Nah was featured in The Liberia U-20 national team in the 18th African U-20 Championship bound for Algeria in 2013. The young national side was drawn against Niger with the first encounter away to Niger from April 20–22, 2012. The corresponding fixture was on May 6, 2012 in Monrovia. Keith was listed in the squad to face Niger. He was then a player of LPRC Oilers.[3] Keith was also featured in the local lone star against Mauritania.
References
- ↑ "LIBERIA U-20 AGAINST NIGER". 4 November 2014. Archived from the original on September 12, 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
- ↑ Bedell, Wleh (7 August 2014). "Keith Nah Set New Scoring Record". liberiansoccer.com. Archived from the original on February 6, 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
- ↑ "LIBERIA U-20 AGAINST NIGER". 4 November 2014. Archived from the original on September 12, 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2016.