Personal information | |||
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Full name | Keirrison de Souza Carneiro | ||
Date of birth | 3 December 1988 | ||
Place of birth | Dourados, Brazil | ||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Playing position | Striker | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Arouca | ||
Number | 21 | ||
Youth career | |||
2002–2005 | CENE | ||
2005–2006 | Coritiba | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2006–2009 | Coritiba | 31 | (21) |
2009 | Palmeiras | 19 | (11) |
2009–2014 | Barcelona | 0 | (0) |
2009–2010 | → Benfica (loan) | 7 | (0) |
2010 | → Fiorentina (loan) | 12 | (2) |
2010–2011 | → Santos (loan) | 17 | (4) |
2011–2012 | → Cruzeiro (loan) | 8 | (1) |
2012–2014 | → Coritiba (loan) | 12 | (1) |
2014–2015 | Coritiba | 27 | (4) |
2016 | Londrina | 27 | (7) |
2017– | Arouca | 0 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 January 2017. |
Keirrison de Souza Carneiro (born 3 December 1988), commonly known as Keirrison, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a striker for F.C. Arouca.
Keirrison became a regular in Coritiba's main squad in 2007, helping the club win the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B and being promoted to the following year's Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. He was the club's top goal scorer in that competition, with 12 goals. He was the top goal scorer of the Campeonato Paranaense in 2008, with 18 goals. He played his first Campeonato Brasileiro Série A game on 11 May 2008, when his club beat Palmeiras 2–0, but he suffered an injury in that game. He scored his first goal for the club on 9 July 2008 in a 4–0 win over Portuguesa. His first goal came less than a month later in a 0–0 win over Santos on 3 August 2003. Keirrison finished as the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2008's top scorer with 23 goals, tied with Washington of Fluminense and Kléber Pereira of Santos, being the youngest top scorer in the history of Brazil.
Keirrison joined Palmeiras in January 2009. Keirrison made his debut for Palmeiras on 24 January 2009 against Mogi Mirim, scoring twice in the 3–0 win. then twice in the preliminary round of the Copa Libertadores as Palmeiras beat Real Potosí 1–1 on 29 January 2010. On 26 June, it said on Palmeiras' official website that Barcelona had made a proposed offer for the striker. Due to this Keirrison would not be taking part in Palmeiras next game.