Keanu Baccus

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Keanu Baccus
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Baccus with Western Sydney Wanderers in 2021
Personal information
Full name Keanu Kole Baccus [1]
Date of birth (1998-06-07) 7 June 1998 (age 27) [1]
Place of birth Durban, South Africa
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) [1]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 St Mirren
Number 17
Youth career
Parklea SFC
Fairfield Hotspurs
Blacktown Spartans
Blacktown City
2014–2016 Western Sydney Wanderers
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2017 Western Sydney Wanderers NPL 32 (3)
2016–2022 Western Sydney Wanderers 106 (6)
2022–2024 St Mirren 64 (3)
2024–2025 Mansfield Town 39 (4)
2025– St Mirren 0 (0)
International career‡
2016 Australia U20 5 (1)
2017–2021 Australia U23 14 (0)
2022– Australia 21 (1)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
AFC U-23 Asian Cup
Bronze medal icon.svg 2020 Thailand U-23 Team
AFF U-19 Youth Championship
Gold medal icon.svg 2016 Vietnam U-20 Team
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15:40, 6 May 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 19 November 2024

Keanu Kole Baccus (born 7 June 1998) is a professional soccer player who plays as a defensive midfielder for St Mirren. Born in South Africa, he is an international with the Australia national team, where he made his full international debut in September 2022.

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Early life

Baccus was born in Durban, South Africa but moved to Australia before his first birthday where his family settled in western Sydney. [2] Baccus attended Kings Langley Public School where he was inspired by Socceroo Mark Schwarzer to participate in the sport. [3] [4] He is the younger brother of Macarthur FC player Kearyn Baccus. [5]

Club career

Western Sydney Wanderers

After rising from the Wanderers Academy to serve as co-captain of the youth team, Baccus signed a two-year senior contract in May 2017. [6]

St Mirren

In April 2022, St. Mirren boss Stephen Robinson announced that Baccus was joining the Scottish Premiership club following the conclusion of the 2022 A League campaign. [7] A few months later, the signing was confirmed by the club as a two-year deal. [8] At the end of his contract, after 64 games and 3 goals for St. Mirren, Keanu decided his future lay elsewhere and decided not to sign a new contract.

Mansfield Town

On 22 May 2024 it was announced that he had joined Mansfield Town on a free transfer. [9] The Stags had just been promoted from EFL League Two into EFL League One by finishing in an automatic promotion position in the 2023–24 season.

Return to St Mirren

On 7 August 2025, Baccus returned to St Mirren on a two-year deal with the option for a further year. [10]

International career

Baccus qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics as part of the Australia under-23 team. The team beat Argentina in their first group match but were unable to win another match. They were therefore not in medal contention. [11]

In September 2022, Baccus debuted for the senior national team as a second-half substitute in a friendly against New Zealand. [12] On 8 November 2022, he was named in Australia's World Cup squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. [13] Baccus was used as a substitute in Australia's first three games in the tournament, before making his first senior international start in Australia's loss in the round of sixteen to Argentina. [14]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 8 April 2025 [15]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [a] League cup [b] ContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Western Sydney Wanderers 2016-17 A-League 3000—1 [c] 0—40
2017-18 A-League14000———140
2018-19 A-League24320———263
2019-20 A-League20130———231
2020-21 A-League25100———251
2021-22 A-League20110———211
Total106660—10—1136
St Mirren 2022-23 [16] Scottish Premiership 3322010——362
2023-24 [17] Scottish Premiership3111041——362
Total6433051——724
Mansfield Town 2024-25 [18] League One 3422000—2 [d] 0382
Career total2041111051102022312

International

As of match played 15 October 2024 [19]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Australia 202250
202370
202491
Total211
Scores and results list Australia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Baccus goal.
List of international goals scored by Keanu Baccus
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetitionRef.
121 March 2024 Western Sydney Stadium, Sydney, AustraliaFlag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 1–02–0 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification [20]

Honours

Australia U20

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Squad list - Men's Olympic Football Tournament Tokyo 2020" (PDF). FIFA . Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 August 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  2. ↑ ""It's Keanu, not Keano!" — why St Mirren's new general is putting his foot down". The Times . 9 April 2022. Archived from the original on 11 November 2022. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  3. ↑ "Home - Crestwood High School". kingslangl-p.schools.nsw.gov.au. Archived from the original on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  4. ↑ "Mark Schwarzer Profile, News & Stats | Premier League". www.premierleague.com. Archived from the original on 28 September 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  5. ↑ Staff reporter (30 June 2022). "Durban-born Keanu Baccus joins St. Mirren". Kickoff. Archived from the original on 27 September 2022. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  6. ↑ "Keanu Baccus earns first team contract". Western Sydney Wanderers. 5 May 2017. Archived from the original on 19 May 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  7. ↑ Burns, Scott (25 April 2022). "Western Sydney Wanderers star Keanu Baccus agrees St Mirren pre contract". Daily Record. Archived from the original on 22 November 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
  8. ↑ "Keanu Baccus agrees two-year deal". St Mirren . 27 June 2022. Archived from the original on 27 June 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  9. ↑ "Australia's Baccus joins Mansfield from St Mirren". BBC. 22 May 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  10. ↑ "Keanu Baccus returns to Saints on permanent deal". www.stmirren.com. 7 August 2025. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  11. ↑ "Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo 2021". The Roar. Archived from the original on 15 March 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  12. ↑ "New Zealand vs Australia, International Friendlies, Round 1, 25th Sep 2022". Socceroos. 22 June 2022. Archived from the original on 25 September 2022. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  13. ↑ "Socceroos Squad Announced for FIFA 2022 World Cup". 8 November 2022. Archived from the original on 8 November 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  14. ↑ James, Euan (7 December 2022). "'Dream come true': Baccus over the moon after Socceroos starting debut". Socceroos . Archived from the original on 7 December 2022. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  15. ↑ Keanu Baccus at Soccerway . Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  16. ↑ "Games played by Keanu Baccus in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  17. ↑ "Games played by Keanu Baccus in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  18. ↑ "Games played by Keanu Baccus in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  19. ↑ "Keanu Baccus". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  20. ↑ "Australia vs. Lebabon". National Football Teams. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  21. ↑ "Young Socceroos win AFF U19 title". Goal.com. 25 September 2016. Archived from the original on 5 October 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
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