Kevin Jean-Louis | |
Fullname: | Kevin Obrian Jean-Louis |
Birth Date: | 27 June 1989 |
Birth Place: | Terre Rouge, Mauritius |
Height: | 188cm |
Position: | Goalkeeper |
Currentclub: | Pamplemousses SC |
Youthclubs1: | St Francis Xavier Football School |
Clubnumber: | 1 |
Clubs1: | Pamplemousses SC |
Nationalyears1: | 2009– |
Nationalteam1: | Mauritius |
Nationalcaps1: | 62 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Kevin Jean-Louis is a Mauritian goalkeeper who now plays for Pamplemousses SC and the Mauritius national football team, otherwise known as Club M.[1] [2] [3]
His father a former footballer, Kevin Jean Louis was admitted into the St Francis Xavier Football School at age 11. Mentored by Marcel Guillaume, he chose to be a goalkeeper, equivalent to his father.At age 17, he got an offer to go to Pamplemousses SC, which he accepted.
Mauritian goalkeeper Kevin Jean-Louis has attracted interest from two foreign teams: SS Saint-Louisienne in Réunion and FC Wohlen in Switzerland.[5]
Newly appointed French manager Alain Happe, successor of Didier Six chose Kevin Jean-Louis to be included in the squad for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification rounds in which there were formidable national squads such as Ghana[6]
Kevin is an avid fan of Manchester United F.C., and looks up to Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea.