Keegan Pereira (field hockey)
Keegan Reginald Pereira (born 8 September 1991) is a Canadian field hockey player, who plays as a midfielder or forward for German club Uhlenhorst Mülheim and the Canadian national team.
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| Full name | Keegan Reginald Pereira | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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8 September 1991 Mumbai, India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Midfielder / Forward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current club | Uhlenhorst Mülheim | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Victoria Vikes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UBC Thunderbirds | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| –2016 | Royal Wellington | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016– | Uhlenhorst Mülheim | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2009– | Canada | 173 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Last updated on: 12 August 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Club career
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.
International career
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]
References
- "Ajax's Keegan Pereira dreaming of 2015 Pan Am Games in Toronto". www.durhamregion.com/. Metroland Media. 3 March 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
- COC Profile
- "Canadian men's field hockey team nominated for Rio 2016" (Press release). Vancouver, British Columbia: Canadian Olympic Committee. 6 July 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
- "PEREIRA Keegan". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
- "Field Hockey Canada announces Pan American Games Men's National Team roster". www.fieldhockey.ca. Field Hockey Canada. 17 June 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- "Canadian men's field hockey team misses chance to qualify for Olympics". www.ctvnews.ca. CTV News. 11 August 2019. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
External links
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