Darren Keet (born 5 August 1989) is a South African

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player who plays as a

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. Keet is currently playing for

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in the PSL.

Club career

Born in

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, Keet was a member of the Vasco Da Gama squad that won promotion to the

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in 2008 before joining

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side

Bidvest Wits Bidvest Wits Football Club, (simply often known as Wits University F.C. or Wits) was a South African professional football club from Johannesburg which played in the Premier Soccer League the first-tier of South African league football system ...

. 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.

International career

On 10 September 2013, Keet made his international debut for

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in a friendly against Zimbabwe at

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, 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".

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* 1989 births South African soccer players Living people Association football goalkeepers Soccer players from Cape Town White South African people South African expatriate soccer players Vasco da Gama (South Africa) players Bidvest Wits F.C. players K.V. Kortrijk players Oud-Heverlee Leuven players Cape Umoya United F.C. players Cape Town City F.C. (2016) players South African Premier Division players Belgian Pro League players Challenger Pro League players National First Division players Expatriate footballers in Belgium South African expatriate sportspeople in Belgium South Africa international soccer players 2015 Africa Cup of Nations players 2019 Africa Cup of Nations players {{SouthAfrica-footy-bio-stub