Keegan Pereira (field hockey)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Keegan Reginald Pereira | ||
| Born |
8 September 1991 Mumbai, India | ||
| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||
| Weight | 59 kg (130 lb) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder / Forward | ||
| Senior career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| Victoria Vikes | |||
| UBC Thunderbirds | |||
| –2016 | Royal Wellington | ||
| 2016–2019 | Uhlenhorst Mülheim | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–present | Canada | 195 | (36) |
Medal record | |||
| Last updated on: 1 February 2022 | |||
Keegan Reginald Pereira (born 8 September 1991) is an Indian-born Canadian field hockey player, who plays as a midfielder or forward for the Canadian national team.
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.[citation needed]
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]
In June 2021, Pereira was named to Canada's 2020 Summer Olympics team.[7][8]
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.
- ^ Awad, Brandi (28 June 2021). "Team Canada's squad of 16 set for field hockey at Tokyo 2020". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
- ^ "Sixteen Athletes Chosen to Represent Canada in Tokyo". www.fieldhockey.ca/. Field Hockey Canada. 28 June 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
External links
- {{International Hockey Federation}} template missing ID and not present in Wikidata.
- Keegan Pereira at Field Hockey Canada
- {{COC profile}} template missing ID and not present in Wikidata.
- Keegan Pereira at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Keegan Pereira at Olympics.com
- {{Olympedia}} template missing ID and not present in Wikidata.
  | This biographical article relating to a Canadian field hockey figure is a stub. You can help Justapedia by expanding it. |
- Articles with short description
- Short description with empty Wikidata description
- Use dmy dates from June 2022
- EngvarB from June 2022
- Articles without Wikidata item
- All articles with unsourced statements
- Articles with unsourced statements from June 2022
- Olympedia template missing ID and not in Wikidata
- Pages using national squad without team link and with an atypical sport
- 1991 births
- Living people
- Canadian male field hockey players
- Field hockey players from Mumbai
- Male field hockey midfielders
- Male field hockey forwards
- 2010 Men's Hockey World Cup players
- Field hockey players at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Field hockey players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players
- Field hockey players at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Canada
- Olympic field hockey players of Canada
- Pan American Games medalists in field hockey
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada
- Indian emigrants to Canada
- Naturalized citizens of Canada
- Canadian sportspeople of Indian descent
- Canadian people of Goan descent
- HTC Uhlenhorst Mülheim players
- UBC Thunderbirds players
- Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Men's Feldhockey Bundesliga players
- 20th-century Canadian people
- 21st-century Canadian people
- All stub articles
- Canadian field hockey biography stubs