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Brandon Pereira
Personal information
Full name Brandon Anthony Pereira
Born (1996-04-30) 30 April 1996 (age 28)
Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club United Brothers
Senior career
Years Team
United Brothers
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017– Canada 61 (0)
Last updated on: 24 July 2021

Brandon Anthony Pereira (born April 30, 1996) is a Canadian field hockey player who plays as a defender for United Brothers and the Canadian national team.

International career[edit]

Pereira represented Canada at two Junior World Cups: 2013 in New Delhi and 2016 in Lucknow. He captained the Canadian team that won the silver medal at the 2014 Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China.[1][2] He was part of the national team that clinched silver at the 2017 Men's Pan American Cup in Lancaster, United States. He was selected for the 2018 World Cup,[3] but he only played one game because he picked up an injury in the first match.[4] In June 2019, he was selected in the Canada squad for the 2019 Pan American Games.[5] They won the silver medal as they lost 5–2 to Argentina in the final.[6]

Personal life[edit]

Pereira was born on 30 April 1996 in Surrey, British Columbia. His grandfather played field hockey for Uganda at the 1972 Olympics, while his father also played the sport.[citation needed]

As of April 2016, having completed level 1 course to be an electrician, Pereira is working with a contractor.[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Brandon Pereira". fieldhockey.ca. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  2. ^ Singh, Prabhjot (6 January 2017). "Overseas Indian sportsmen have done their homeland proud". The Indian Panorama. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  3. ^ "Field Hockey Canada announces 2018 Odisha Hockey Men's World Cup Roster". fieldhockey.ca. 2 November 2018. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  4. ^ "Belgium's Kina and Canada's Van Son set to join Odisha Hockey Men's World Cup Bhubaneswar 2018". worldcup2018.hockey. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  5. ^ "Field Hockey Canada announces Pan American Games Men's National Team roster". www.fieldhockey.ca. Field Hockey Canada. 17 June 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  6. ^ "Canadian men's field hockey team misses chance to qualify for Olympics". www.ctvnews.ca. CTV News. 11 August 2019. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  7. ^ Juggins, Sarah (20 April 2016). "Keeping it in the family - Brandon Pereira and Rohan Chopra (Canada)". panamhockey.org. Retrieved 30 October 2017.

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