Keegan Pereira | |
Full Name: | Keegan Reginald Pereira |
Birth Date: | September 8, 1991 |
Birth Place: | Mumbai, India |
Height: | 1.66 m |
Weight: | 59 kg |
Position: | Midfielder / Forward |
Clubs1: | Victoria Vikes |
Clubs2: | UBC Thunderbirds |
Years3: | –2016 |
Clubs3: | Royal Wellington |
Years4: | 2016–2019 |
Clubs4: | Uhlenhorst Mülheim |
Nationalyears1: | 2009–present |
Nationalteam1: | Canada |
Nationalcaps1: | 195 |
Nationalgoals1: | 36 |
Updated: | 1 February 2022 |
Keegan Reginald Pereira (born September 8, 1991) is an Indian-born Canadian field hockey player, who plays as a midfielder or forward for the Canadian national team.
Pereira played for the Victoria Vikes and UBC Thunderbirds before he moved to Europe to play for Royal Wellington in Belgium. In 2016, he moved to Germany to play for Uhlenhorst Mülheim, with whom he won two Bundesliga titles.
He competed at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.[1] [2] In 2016, he was named to Canada's Olympic team.[3] Pereira has played in two World Cups, in 2010 and 2018.[4] In June 2019, he was selected in the Canada squad for the 2019 Pan American Games.[5] They won the silver medal as they lost 5–2 to Argentina in the final.[6]
In June 2021, Pereira was named to Canada's 2020 Summer Olympics team.[7] [8]