{{Short description|Portuguese footballer (born 2006)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Portuguese name|Pereira|Varela}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Keyan Varela | full_name = Keyan Anderson Pereira Varela | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2006|4|26|df=yes}} | birth_place = Geneva, Switzerland<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.tdg.ch/football-keyan-varela-jeune-surdoue-fierte-de-servette-394800190645|title=Varela révélation de Servette: Keyan Varela: «Ma maman a pleuré de joie pour mon premier but»|date=1 March 2025|website=Tribune de Genève}}</ref> | height = 1.82m | currentclub = Greuther Fürth<br>(on loan from Servette) | clubnumber = 45 | position = Winger | youthyears1 = 2016–2018 | youthclubs1 = Étoile Carouge | youthyears2 = 2018–2024 | youthclubs2 = Servette | years1 = 2024–2025 | clubs1 = Servette II | caps1 = 3 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2024– | clubs2 = Servette | caps2 = 21 | goals2 = 3 | years3 = 2026– | clubs3 = → Greuther Fürth (loan) | caps3 = 3 | goals3 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 2024– | nationalteam1 = Portugal U19 | nationalcaps1 = 6 | nationalgoals1 = 2 | nationalyears2 = 2025– | nationalteam2 = Portugal U20 | nationalcaps2 = 1 | nationalgoals2 = 1 | pcupdate = 18 May 2026 | ntupdate = 10:58, 17 January 2026 (UTC) }}
'''Keyan Anderson Pereira Varela''' (born 26 April 2006) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a winger for German {{German football updater|Fürth}} club Greuther Fürth on loan from Swiss Super League club Servette. Born in Switzerland, he is a youth international for Portugal.
==Career== A youth product of Étoile Carouge and Servette, Varela debuted with Servette's reserves in 2024. On 2 October 2024 he signed his first professional contract with Servette until 2028.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.4-4-2.com/super-league/servette-fc/sturmalent-keyan-varela-verlaengerung-servette/|title=FC Zurich, Real Madrid, FC Luzern, Geruchte|date=2 October 2024}}</ref> He made his senior and professional debut with Servette as a substitute in a 1–0 Swiss Super League loss to FC Lausanne-Sport on 3 November 2024.<ref name="auto"/>
On 2 February 2026, Varela moved on loan to German 2. Bundesliga club Greuther Fürth, with an option to buy.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=SpVgg Greuther Fürth|url=https://www.sgf1903.de/news/profis/kleeblatt-leiht-varela-aus|title=Kleeblatt leiht Varela aus|trans-title=Kleeblatt loans Varela|date=2 February 2026|access-date=4 February 2026|language=de}}</ref>
==International career== Born in Switzerland, Varela is of Cape Verdean descent, and holds Portuguese citizenship through his mother's who lived in Portugal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bluewin.ch/en/sport/football/the-incredible-football-family-of-gelson-fernandes-2497631.html|title=The incredible football family of Gelson Fernandes|website=blue News}}</ref> He is a youth international for Portugal, having played for the Portugal U19s and U20s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.maroons.ch/de/News/Newsmeldung?newsid=3750|title=Servettiens international: Bei Varela geht es steil bergauf|website=maroons - Deutschschweizer Fans des Servette FC}}</ref>
==Personal life== Varela's cousins Edimilson Fernandes, Ulisses Garcia, Joël Monteiro, Dylan Tavares, and Gelson Fernandes are all professional footballers. He is a childhood friend of Alvyn Sanches.<ref name="auto"/>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{Soccerway|keyan-anderson-pereira-varela/1002822}} * {{FPF national player|2254157}}
{{SpVgg Greuther Fürth squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Varela, Keyan}} Category:2006 births Category:Footballers from Geneva Category:Living people Category:21st-century Swiss sportsmen Category:21st-century Portuguese sportsmen Category:Swiss people of Cape Verdean descent Category:Swiss people of Portuguese descent Category:Portuguese people of Cape Verdean descent Category:Men's association football wingers Category:Swiss men's footballers Category:Portuguese men's footballers Category:Portugal men's youth international footballers Category:Servette FC players Category:SpVgg Greuther Fürth players Category:Swiss Super League players Category:Swiss 1. Liga (football) players Category:Swiss expatriate men's footballers Category:Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Category:Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Germany Category:Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Germany