Keegan Pereira | |
Fullname: | Keegan Joseph Clarance Pereira |
Birth Date: | 7 November 1987 |
Birth Place: | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
Currentclub: | RoundGlass Punjab FC |
Position: | Left back |
Years1: | 2007–2011 |
Clubs1: | Mumbai |
Caps1: | 40 |
Goals1: | 1 |
Years2: | 2012–2013 |
Clubs2: | Salgaocar |
Caps2: | 0 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Years3: | 2013 |
Clubs3: | DSK Shivajians |
Caps3: | 6 |
Goals3: | 3 |
Years4: | 2013–2015 |
Clubs4: | Bengaluru FC |
Caps4: | 36 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Years5: | 2015–2016 |
Clubs5: | Mumbai City |
Caps5: | 6 |
Goals5: | 0 |
Years6: | 2016 |
Clubs6: | → Bengaluru FC (loan) |
Caps6: | 8 |
Goals6: | 0 |
Years7: | 2016 |
Clubs7: | Atlético de Kolkata |
Caps7: | 6 |
Goals7: | 0 |
Years8: | 2017 |
Clubs8: | Bengaluru FC |
Caps8: | 2 |
Goals8: | 0 |
Years9: | 2017 |
Clubs9: | ATK |
Caps9: | 17 |
Goals9: | 0 |
Years10: | 2018–2019 |
Clubs10: | NorthEast United |
Caps10: | 15 |
Goals10: | 0 |
Years11: | 2019–2020 |
Clubs11: | Jamshedpur FC |
Caps11: | 4 |
Goals11: | 0 |
Years12: | 2020– |
Clubs12: | East Bengal FC |
Caps12: | 0 |
Goals12: | 0 |
Nationalyears1: | 2016 |
Nationalteam1: | India |
Nationalcaps1: | 4 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Club-Update: | 5 May 2020 |
Ntupdate: | 08:24, 11 March 2015 (UTC) |
Keegan Pereira (born 7 November 1987) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a left back for East Bengal FC.
Born in Borvali I C Colony Mumbai, Maharashtra, from 2006 to 2012 Pereira played for Mumbai in the I-League.[1] While with Mumbai, Keegan Pereira scored a goal against Salgaocar on 29 April 2011 at the Cooperage Ground as Mumbai won 3–2.[2]
After spending six years with Mumbai, Keegan joined former I-League champions Salgaocar where he spent an entire season without playing a single game. He played in the local Goa Football League where he was a player to watch out for and In January 2013, he signed for an I-League 2nd Division team DSK Shivajians.[3] Keegan appeared 6 times for DSK and scored once against Rangdajied United in the group stages, but could not help his team qualify for the final round.[4]
In June 2013, it was announced that Pereira had signed with new direct-entry side Bengaluru FC for the 2013–14 I-League season.[5] He made his debut for the side in their opening I-League match ever on 22 September 2013 against Mohun Bagan in which he started and played the full game also gaining a penalty for BFC after being brought down by a Mohun Bagan defender in the penalty box as Bengaluru drew 1–1.[6]
In July 2015 Pereira was drafted to play for Mumbai City FC in the 2015 Indian Super League.[7]
Pereira made played his first match for India against Laos on 7 June 2016. He was 508th player to represent India.[8]
Keegan Pereira's brother, Dane Pereira is also a footballer, who plays for Mumbai F.C. Keegan Pereira is married to Lorna Tone on January 2, 2016 and has a son born on May 19, 2017.