Keegan Pereira Biography 
Keegan Pereira is an Indian professional footballer who hails from Mumbai, Maharashtra. He plays primarily as a Left back. He is a member of National team who also plays for Indian Super League - professional football league in India, and currently a member of NorthEast United FC. He has previously played for several football clubs of India such as Mumbai, Salgaocar, Pailan Arrows, Bengaluru FC, ATK, DSK Shivajians etc, and he got into professional career since 2007.
His full name is Keegan Joseph Clarance Pereira. He was born in Mumbai on 7 November 1987 in Borvali I C Colony. His brother, Dane Pereira is also a footballer, who plays for Mumbai F.C. Initially he played for Mumbai for 6 long years from 2006 to 2012, where he represented I-League matches. Pereira scored a goal against Salgaocar on 29 April 2011, which his team won 3-2. He then joined I-League champions Salgaocar for the next season, but didn’t get opportunity to play any matches. In 2013, he signed for I-League 2nd Division team DSK Shivajians and made 6 appearances in the season. He scored once against Rangdajied United in the group stages. But his team didn’t qualify for the next round.
In June 2013, he was signed by Bengaluru FC for the 2013–14 I-League season. He played 36 matches for the team during this season. He played his debut match against leading football club of West Bengal, Mohun Bagan. After playing with Bengaluru FC for two seasons, he signed with Mumbai City FC to appear in the 2015 Indian Super League. He appeared in 6 matches for the team. Atlético de Kolkata, ATK and Northeast United FC are the teams for which he played later. He made his international debut in 2016 becoming the 508th player to represent India.
Published: January 14, 2019
Updated: January 14, 2019
