Personal information | |||
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Full name | Keegan Joseph Clarance Pereira | ||
Date of birth | 7 November 1987 | ||
Place of birth | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Playing position | Left back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Atlético de Kolkata | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2007–2011 | Mumbai | ||
2012–2013 | Salgaocar | 0 | (0) |
2013 | DSK Shivajians | 6 | (1) |
2013–2015 | Bengaluru FC | 36 | (0) |
2015–2016 | Mumbai City | 6 | (0) |
2016 | → Bengaluru FC (loan) | 8 | (0) |
2016 | Atlético de Kolkata | 6 | (0) |
2017 | Bengaluru FC | 2 | (0) |
2017- | Atlético de Kolkata | 12 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2016 | India | 1 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:12, 7 June 2016 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 08:24, 11 March 2015 (UTC) |
Keegan Pereira (born 7 November 1987) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a Left back for Atlético de Kolkata in the Indian Super League.
Born in Borvali I C Colony Mumbai, Maharashtra, from 2006 to 2012 Pereira played for Mumbai in the I-League. While with Mumbai,Keegan Pereira scored a goal against Salgaocar on 29 April 2011 at the Cooperage Ground as Mumbai won 3–2.
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 a I-League 2nd Division team DSK Shivajians. 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.
In June 2013, it was announced that Pereira had signed with new direct-entry side Bengaluru FC for the 2013–14 I-League season. 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.
In July 2015 Pereira was drafted to play for Mumbai City FC in the 2015 Indian Super League.