Keenan Almeida

Keenan Almeida
Personal information
Full name Keenan Succour Almeida[1]
Date of birth (1991-12-10) 10 December 1991
Place of birth Margao, Goa, India
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 12 in)[2]
Playing position Right back
Club information
Current team
FC Goa
Youth career
2010–2012 Salgaocar
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2015 Sporting Goa 18 (0)
2015 FC Goa 4 (1)
2016 Salgaocar 14 (0)
2016– FC Goa 5 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:22, 11 November 2016 (UTC).


Keenan Almeida (born 10 December 1991) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a right back for FC Goa in the Indian Super League.

Career

Born in Margao, Goa, Almeida started his career with Salgaocar in both the I-League and Goa Professional League.[3][4] Due to lack of playing time, before the 2012–13 season, Almeida signed for Sporting Goa.[5] However, it would not be until the 2013–14 season when Almeida would make his debut for the club. It occurred on 23 November 2013 when Sporting Goa took on eventual champions, Bengaluru FC, at the Bangalore Football Stadium. He started the match and played the full 90 as it ended 0–0.[6]

FC Goa

After failing to get regular playing time at Sporting Goa, Almeida signed for FC Goa of the Indian Super League on 18 July 2015.[7]

He won ISL Emerging Player of the Match award against Atlético de Kolkata in 2015 Indian Super League.

On 11 March 2016, Keenan was resigned by FC Goa for 2016 Indian Super League season.

International

After being a regular for Sporting Goa during the 2013–14 I-League season, Almeida was selected for the India U23 side that would participate at the 2014 Asian Games in South Korea.[8]

Career statistics

As of 15 October 2015[9]
Club Season League Federation Cup Durand Cup AFC Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sporting Goa 2012–13 I-League00000000
2013–14 I-League1500000150
2014–15 I-League30000030
FC Goa 2015 Indian Super League4141
Career total 221000000221

References

  1. http://www.incheon2014ag.org/Sports/Biographies/Athletes_Profile/?ParticCode=5118926&lang=en
  2. http://www.indiansuperleague.com/fc-goa/squad/defender-21028-keenan-almeida-playerprofile
  3. "Edmar wins it for Pune F.C". The All India Football Federation. 17 January 2010. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  4. "SALGAOCAR PROVES TOO STRONG FOR GOA VELHA". Niz Goankar. 10 October 2011. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  5. De Sousa, Jonathan (5 September 2012). "Indian Football: Sporting Clube De Goa Season Preview 2012-13". The Hard Tackle. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  6. "Bengaluru FC 0-0 Sporting Goa". Soccerway.
  7. Mitra, Atanu (18 July 2015). "FC Goa sign Keenan Almeida". Goal.com. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  8. "Asian Games 2014: Indian football squad announced; team cleared to participate for Incheon Games". India.com. 9 September 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  9. Keenan Almeida profile at Soccerway
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