Dan Keat

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Dan Keat
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Keat with LA Galaxy in 2011
Personal information
Full name Daniel Phillip Keat [1]
Date of birth (1987-09-28) 28 September 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Barnstaple, England
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1994–2002 Stokes Valley
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2006–2010 Dartmouth Big Green 82 (26)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2002–2004 Western Suburbs FC 0 (0)
2004–2006 Team Wellington 28 (5)
2009–2010 Team Wellington 7 (0)
2011–2012 Los Angeles Galaxy 6 (0)
2013–2015 Falkenberg 70 (9)
2016–2017 GAIS 16 (1)
International career‡
2007 New Zealand U20 6 (4)
2008 New Zealand U23 3 (0)
2012– New Zealand 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 June 2017
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2013

Daniel Phillip Keat (born 28 September 1987) is a former New Zealand footballer who played as a midfielder.

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Amateur career

His hometown is Lower Hutt, where he attended Hutt International Boys' School in Upper Hutt and was named Sportsman of the Year in 2004 and 2005. He was also named the College Sport Wellington 2005 Sportsperson of the Year for his achievements in football. Keat made 28 appearances for Team Wellington in the New Zealand Football Championship before making his way to the United States to take up a football scholarship with Dartmouth College. However, the Ivy League does not offer "football scholarships" or scholarships for any sport.

Dartmouth College

At the end of high school in 2006, Keat began his undergraduate education with fellow New Zealand U-20 soon-to-be teammate Craig Henderson at Dartmouth College and has since graduated with a government major.

Keat has earned All-American status and on the back of a stellar 2009 season, was named in the All-Ivy first team and the NSCAA All-Northeast squads. [2] This led to trials with Scottish Premier league giants Rangers F.C. and also another trial at England's Blackburn Rovers.

Professional career

In 2004, Keat was offered a month-long trial with Premier League club Blackburn Rovers, however a fractured ankle suffered playing school football two weeks before he was set to leave looked to have scuttled his chance. Blackburn opted to wait for Keat to recover and offered him a new trial opportunity in January 2005. Unfortunately, Keat's trial was unsuccessful and he returned to the NZFC for round 12 of the 2005-06 season.

Los Angeles

Keat was selected third overall in the 2011 MLS Supplemental Draft by the Los Angeles Galaxy. He has already signed a contract with Major League Soccer. [3] After recovering for two months from the heel fracture he suffered during pre-season training Keat made his senior debut in a friendly versus Real Madrid. [4]

Keat's 2013 option was not taken by Los Angeles at the end of the 2012 MLS season. [5]

Falkenbergs FF

After leaving Los Angeles, Keat signed with Falkenbergs FF in the Swedish Superettan. [6] Keat was part of the Falkenbergs FF side that won the 2013 Superettan. Keat made 20 appearances and scored 4 goals.

GAIS

Early 2016, Dan signed with GAIS. [7]

International career

Keat captained the under 20's while scoring 4 times in 6 games in qualifying for their first appearance at the FIFA U-20 World Cup, in Canada 2007.

In their World Cup build up, Keat scored a goal in a friendly match against Wellington A-League franchise Wellington Phoenix in a 2-1 upset win. [8]

He was also a part of the Under 23's in their qualifying campaign to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, however after playing all 5 qualifying games he suffered a devastating knee injury while playing for his University side Dartmouth College in the US and was missed the entire tournament. [9]

Keat made his debut with the full national team on 29 February 2012 against Jamaica. He came on in the 64th minute for Michael McGlinchey. [10]

International goals and caps

New Zealand's goal tally first.

International career statistics

[11]

New Zealand national team
YearAppsGoals
201240
201310
Total50

Honors

Los Angeles Galaxy

Falkenbergs FF

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References

  1. ↑ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Canada 2007 – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 5 July 2007. p. 15. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 December 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  2. ↑ Akpan and Keat Brace for All-American; 12 All-Region Archived 22 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine From http://www.ivyleaguesports.com, Posted 14 December 2009.
  3. ↑ "Vancouver make Boxall first Supplemental pick | Major League Soccer". Archived from the original on 21 January 2011.
  4. ↑ "Kiwi Dan Keat enjoys a Galaxy of superstars". stuff.co.nz. 22 July 2011. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
  5. ↑ "News". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
  6. ↑ "All White Keat signs with Swedish club". 3 News. 3 April 2013. Archived from the original on 3 November 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
  7. ↑ "Allsvenska mittfältskuggen Dan Keat klar för GAIS". gais.se. 7 January 2016. Archived from the original on 10 January 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  8. ↑ World Cup Bound-Junior All Whites Upset Phoenix Archived 20 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine From http://www.nzfootball.co.nz, Posted 17 June 2007.
  9. ↑ "Over-age players in NZ's Oly-Whites squad". Stuff.co.nz . 23 April 2008. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
  10. ↑ "As it happened: New Zealand v Jamaica". One Sport. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
  11. ↑ Dan Keat at National-Football-Teams.com
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