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Darren Keet
Personal information
Date of birth (1989-08-05) 5 August 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Cape Town, South Africa
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
OH Leuven
Number 16
Youth career
Ajax Cape Town[1]
Edgemead[2]
Bothasig AFC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 Vasco Da Gama (0)
2008–2011 Bidvest Wits 54 (0)
2011–2016 KV Kortrijk 130 (0)
2016–2019 Bidvest Wits 58 (0)
2019– OH Leuven 2 (0)
International career
2013– South Africa 11 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:59, 16 January 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 October 2019

Darren Keet (born 5 August 1989) is a South African football (soccer) player who plays as a goalkeeper for OH Leuven in the Belgian First Division B.

Club career

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.[3]

International career

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".[4]

References

  1. ^ Bidvest Wits' Darren Keet proves Ajax Cape Town wrong | News – KickOff Magazine
  2. ^ Edgemead Soccer
  3. ^ "South Africa goalkeeper Darren Keet joins Kortrijk". BBC Sport. 13 June 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
  4. ^ "Keet determined". Kickoff. 29 August 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2013.