{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}} {{short description|Canadian field hockey player}} {{Infobox field hockey player | name = Brandon Pereira | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | full_name = Brandon Anthony Pereira | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1996|4|30}} | height = 1.85 m | birth_place = Surrey, British Columbia, Canada | position = Defender | currentclub = United Brothers | years1 = | clubs1 = United Brothers | nationalyears1 = 2017– | nationalteam1 = Canada | nationalcaps1 = 61 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{CAN}}}} {{MedalSport|Men's field hockey}} {{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}} {{MedalSilver|2019 Lima|Team}} {{MedalCompetition|Pan American Cup}} {{MedalSilver|2017 Lancaster|}} {{MedalCompetition|Pan American Junior Championship}} {{MedalSilver|2016 Toronto|}} {{MedalSport|Men's Hockey5s}} {{MedalCompetition|Summer Youth Olympics}} {{MedalSilver|2014 Nanjing|Team}} | updated = 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== 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Brandon Pereira|url=http://www.fieldhockey.ca/athlete/brandon-pereira-3/|accessdate=30 October 2017|publisher=fieldhockey.ca}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Singh|first1=Prabhjot|title=Overseas Indian sportsmen have done their homeland proud|url=https://www.theindianpanorama.news/overseas-indian-sportsmen-done-homeland-proud/|accessdate=30 October 2017|work=The Indian Panorama|date=6 January 2017}}</ref> 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,<ref>{{cite web |title=Field Hockey Canada announces 2018 Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup Roster |url=http://www.fieldhockey.ca/2018/11/02/29867/ |website=fieldhockey.ca |accessdate=19 December 2018 |date=2 November 2018}}</ref> but he only played one game because he picked up an injury in the first match.<ref>{{cite web |title=Belgium’s Kina and Canada’s Van Son set to join Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup Bhubaneswar 2018 |url=https://www.worldcup2018.hockey/men/news/belgiums-kina-and-canadas-van-son-set-to-join-odisha-hockey-mens-world-cup-bhubaneswar-2018__224 |website=worldcup2018.hockey |publisher=International Hockey Federation |accessdate=19 December 2018}}</ref> In June 2019, he was selected in the Canada squad for the 2019 Pan American Games.<ref>{{cite web |title=Field Hockey Canada announces Pan American Games Men’s National Team roster |url=http://www.fieldhockey.ca/2019/06/17/field-hockey-canada-announces-pan-american-games-mens-national-team-roster/ |website=www.fieldhockey.ca |publisher=Field Hockey Canada |accessdate=18 June 2019 |date=17 June 2019}}</ref> They won the silver medal as they lost 5–2 to Argentina in the final.<ref>{{cite web |title=Canadian men's field hockey team misses chance to qualify for Olympics |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/sports/article/canadian-mens-field-hockey-team-misses-chance-to-qualify-for-olympics/ |website=www.ctvnews.ca |publisher=CTV News |access-date=12 August 2019 |date=11 August 2019}}</ref>
==Personal life== 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.{{fact|date=July 2022}}
As of April 2016, having completed level 1 course to be an electrician, Pereira is working with a contractor.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Juggins|first1=Sarah|title=Keeping it in the family - Brandon Pereira and Rohan Chopra (Canada)|url=http://www.panamhockey.org/en/news-533-keeping-it-in-the-family|accessdate=30 October 2017|work=panamhockey.org|date=20 April 2016}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{International Hockey Federation}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20211024193113/http://www.fieldhockey.ca/athlete/brandon-pereira-3/ Brandon Pereira] at Field Hockey Canada (archived) * {{Team Canada|brandon-pereira}} * {{Olympics.com}} * {{Olympedia}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pereira, Brandon}} Category:1996 births Category:Living people Category:Canadian men's field hockey players Category:Men's field hockey defenders Category:2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players Category:Youth Olympic silver medalists for Canada Category:Field hockey players at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Category:Olympic field hockey players for Canada Category:Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Category:Commonwealth Games field hockey players for Canada Category:Field hockey players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Category:Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada in field hockey Category:Field hockey players at the 2019 Pan American Games Category:Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games Category:Canadian sportspeople of Indian descent Category:Canadian people of Goan descent Category:Field hockey people from British Columbia Category:Sportspeople from Surrey, British Columbia
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