Darren Keet
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Darren Keet[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 5 August 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Cape Town, South Africa | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Cape Town City | ||
| Number | 16 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Ajax Cape Town[2] | |||
| Edgemead[3] | |||
| Bothasig AFC | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2008 | Vasco Da Gama | (0) | |
| 2008–2011 | Bidvest Wits | 54 | (0) |
| 2011–2016 | KV Kortrijk | 141 | (0) |
| 2016–2019 | Bidvest Wits | 58 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | OH Leuven | 8 | (0) |
| 2021 | Cape Umoya United | 6 | (0) |
| 2021– | Cape Town City F.C. | 57 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2013–2020 | South Africa | 13 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 June 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 October 2020 | |||
Darren Keet (born 5 August 1989) is a South African soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper. Keet is currently playing for Cape Town City in the PSL.
Club career
[edit]Born in Cape Town, Keet was a member of the Vasco Da Gama squad that won promotion to the National First Division in 2008 before joining Premier Soccer League side Bidvest Wits. He made his PSL debut with the Students in 2008 and quickly established himself as the club's number one goalkeeper making 54 league appearances until he signed for the Belgian club KV Kortrijk in June 2011 on a four-year contract.[4]
International career
[edit]On 10 September 2013, Keet made his international debut for South Africa in a friendly against Zimbabwe at Orlando Stadium, starting and playing the full 90 minutes in a 2–1 loss. Before the match he told that he wanted "to prove my worth to South Africa".[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Egypt 2009™: List of Players: South Africa" (PDF). FIFA. 6 October 2009. p. 16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 October 2009.
- ^ "Bidvest Wits' Darren Keet proves Ajax Cape Town wrong | News – KickOff Magazine". Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
- ^ Edgemead Soccer
- ^ "South Africa goalkeeper Darren Keet joins Kortrijk". BBC Sport. 13 June 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
- ^ "Keet determined". Kickoff. 29 August 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
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