Keirrison de Souza Carneiro

Infobox Football biography
playername = Keirrison


fullname = Keirrison de Souza Carneiro
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1988|12|3
cityofbirth = Dourados
countryofbirth = Brazil
height = height|m=1.81
position = Striker
currentclub = Coritiba
clubnumber =
youthyears = 2000–2007
youthclubs = Coritiba
years = 2007–
clubs = Coritiba
caps(goals) = 100 (54)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
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pcupdate = 22:49, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
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Keirrison de Souza Carneiro, best known by Keirrison (born December 3, 1988 in Dourados, Brazil) is a Brazilian football (soccer) striker, currently playing for Coritiba of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.

In April 2008, Keirrison and his father bought a football club from Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul state, and renamed it to Centro de Futebol Keirrison, shortened as CFK9.cite journal |title=Cartola Júnior |journal=Placar |issue=1322 |year=2008 |month=September |pages=24 ]

Career

Keirrison was promoted to Coritiba's main squad in 2007,cite web | title = Keirrison: nome do artilheiro tem origem em lenda do rock | url=http://globoesporte.globo.com/Esportes/Noticias/Times/Coritiba/0,,MUL463662-15014,00-KEIRRISON+NOME+DO+ARTILHEIRO+TEM+ORIGEM+EM+LENDA+DO+ROCK.html| accessdate = 2008-08-29 | date = 2008-05-12 | publisher=Globo Esporte|language=Portuguese] helping the club win the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B and being promoted to the following year's Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.cite web | title = Antes alvo palmeirense, Keirrison vira “mais um” no Coxa | url=http://www.correioweb.com.br/futebol2008/noticias.htm?id=4149| accessdate = 2008-08-29 | date = 2008-08-15 | publisher=Correio Braziliense|language=Portuguese] He was the club's top goal scorer in that competition, with 12 goals.cite web | title = Série B | url=http://esportes.terra.com.br/futebol/brasileiro2007/interna/0,,OI1556558-EI8818,00.html| accessdate = 2008-08-29 | date = 2008-05-12 | publisher=Terra|language=Portuguese] In 2008, he was the top goal scorer of the Campeonato Paranaense, with 18 goals. He played his first Campeonato Brasileiro Série A game on May 11, 2008, when his club beat Palmeiras 2-0, but he got injured in that game.cite web | title = Keirrison se machuca, mas Coritiba supera Palmeiras | url=http://esportes.terra.com.br/futebol/brasileiro/2008/interna/0,,OI2880351-EI11421,00.html| accessdate = 2008-08-29 | date = 2008-05-11 | publisher=Terra|language=Portuguese]

Honours

*Brazilian League Série B: 2007
*Paraná State League: 2008

References

External links

*en icon [http://www.sambafoot.co.uk/players/2924_Keirrison.html sambafoot]
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