Daniel Phillip Keat (born 28 September 1987) is a former New Zealand

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who played as a

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Amateur career

His hometown is

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, where he attended

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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

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in the

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before making his way to the United States to take up a football scholarship with

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. 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

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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. This led to trials with Scottish Premier league giants

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and also another trial at England's

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Professional career

In 2004, Keat was offered a month-long trial with

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club

, 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

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for round 12 of the 2005-06 season.

Los Angeles

Keat was selected third overall in the 2011 MLS Supplemental Draft by the

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. He has already signed a contract with Major League Soccer. After recovering for two months from the heel fracture he suffered during pre-season training Keat made his senior debut in a friendly versus

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

Falkenbergs FF

After leaving Los Angeles, Keat signed with

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in the Swedish Superettan. Keat was part of the

side that won the

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. Keat made 20 appearances and scored 4 goals.

GAIS

Early 2016, Dan signed with

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International career

Keat captained the under 20's while scoring 4 times in 6 games in qualifying for their first appearance at the

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, in Canada 2007. In their World Cup build up, Keat scored a goal in a friendly match against Wellington

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franchise

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in a 2-1 upset win. 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

in the US and was missed the entire tournament. Keat made his debut with the full national team on 29 February 2012 against

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. He came on in the 64th minute for

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International goals and caps

New Zealand's goal tally first.

International career statistics

Honors

Los Angeles Galaxy

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(2):

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Supporters' Shield (1):

Western Conference Championship (2):

Falkenbergs FF

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References

External links

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NZ Football Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Keat, Dan 1987 births Living people Allsvenskan players Men's association football midfielders Dartmouth Big Green men's soccer players Expatriate soccer players in the United States Falkenbergs FF players GAIS players LA Galaxy draft picks LA Galaxy players Major League Soccer players New Zealand association footballers New Zealand expatriate association footballers New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in the United States New Zealand men's international footballers Sportspeople from Barnstaple Sportspeople from Lower Hutt Superettan players Team Wellington FC players