Keegan Linderboom

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Keegan Linderboom
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Linderboom with Bangkok FC 2020
Personal information
Full name Keegan Linderboom
Date of birth (1989-09-26) 26 September 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Durban, South Africa
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Waitakere United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009 Waitakere United
2010 West Auckland
2010–2011 Waitakere United
2012–2015 Birkenhead United 21 (19)
2015 Ba FC 6
2015 Eastern Suburbs AFC
2016–2017 Waitakere United 31 (14)
2018 Balestier Khalsa 17 (7)
2019 Keilor Park 11 (5)
2019 Mill Park 6 (3)
2019 Auckland City 1 (0)
2020–2021 Bangkok FC 18 (7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 January 2021

Keegan Linderboom (born 26 September 1989) is a South African-born New Zealand professional footballer who plays as a forward. To date, Keegan has played in 5 countries including Singapore, Thailand and Fiji. [1] [2] [3]

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Club career

Linderboom had an instant impact in his Birkenhead United career, scoring seven goals in the first five rounds of the competition. [4]

After finishing as top goal scorer at the 2014 Pacific Cup, Linderboom signed for Ba FC for the 2015 OFC Champions League. [5] He helped guide Ba to the Semi Finals. [6]

Linderboom scored 15 goals in 31 games for Waitakere United over two years before joining Singapore Premier League side Balestier Khalsa ahead of the 2018 Singapore Premier League, rejecting offers from Auckland City FC and South African top-tier side Bloemfontein Celtic. [1] Linderboom scored his first goal for the Tigers on his debut. [7] He followed that up by scoring 4 goals in his first 6 appearances for Balestier before getting injured. On his first game back from injury he scored the winner against Young Lions securing Balestiers first win in 7 games since his injury.

After a brief stint overseas in Melbourne Australia, Linderboom signed back in his home country for Auckland City In August 2019.

He did not spend long back in New Zealand before signing for Thailand club Bangkok FC in January 2020. Linderboom scored 2 goals from 3 games before COVID-19 ended the season. He rejoined Bangkok FC for the next season and helped the club achieve the playoffs.

Linderboom returned to New Zealand after the Thai season ended in April 2021 and signed for Manukau United in the Auckland premier league. [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 hermes (28 April 2018). "Football: Balestier signing hopes for boom time". The Straits Times. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "Linderboom ready to do wonders for Ba". fijivillage.com.
  3. ↑ "Linderboom says Ba's history was deciding factor". fbcnews.com.fj.
  4. ↑ "Linderboom's golden boot right on target" . Retrieved 30 April 2018– via PressReader.
  5. ↑ "Ba Football Association". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  6. ↑ "Profile | Oceania Football Confederation". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  7. ↑ "Shahril on Song as Home United secure comeback win over Balestier – FOX Sports Asia". FOX Sports Asia. 4 April 2018. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  8. ↑ "Introducing the Singapore Premier League's new foreigners". FourFourTwo. 29 April 2018. Archived from the original on 1 May 2018. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
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