Full name Michael Peter O'Keeffe Playing position 2009–2012 Fairfield Stags Weight 78 kg | Place of birth Auckland, New Zealand Number 1 Height 1.83 m Career start 2007 | |
Date of birth (1990-08-09) 9 August 1990 (age 26) Current teams New Zealand national football team (Goalkeeper), Ocean City Nor'easters (#13 / Goalkeeper) | ||
Team wellington player profile michael o keeffe
Michael O'Keeffe (born 9 August 1990) is a New Zealand football player who plays as a goalkeeper for Team Wellington and the New Zealand national under-23 football team.
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He grew up in Blenheim, New Zealand and was schooled at Marlborough Boys' College and Christchurch Boys' High School. He then moved to Fairfield, Connecticut where he began his university studies whilst also on a full soccer scholarship. Before each soccer game freshman year he and his roommate would listen to Forever by Drake to get pumped up. O'Keeffe graduated from Fairfield University with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A), Television New Media.
In June 2012 O'Keeffe received a late call-up to the All Whites as an injury replacement for Mark Paston in the 2012 OFC Nations Cup.
O'Keeffe was selected for the New Zealand football team, participating in the 2012 Summer Olympics.
In 2013 O'Keeffe joined USL Premier Development League team Ocean City Nor'easters.
In 2014 he returned to New Zealand to play for Team Wellington in the 2014/2015 ASB Premiership.