# Keyan Varela
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{{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](/source/Geneva), Switzerland[{{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}}]
| height = 1.82m
| currentclub = [Greuther Fürth](/source/SpVgg_Greuther_F%C3%BCrth)
(on loan from [Servette](/source/Servette_FC))
| clubnumber = 45
| position = [Winger](/source/Winger_(association_football))
| youthyears1 = 2016–2018 | youthclubs1 = [Étoile Carouge](/source/%C3%89toile_Carouge_FC)
| youthyears2 = 2018–2024 | youthclubs2 = [Servette](/source/Servette_FC)
| years1 = 2024–2025 | clubs1 = [Servette II](/source/Servette_FC) | caps1 = 3 | goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2024– | clubs2 = [Servette](/source/Servette_FC) | caps2 = 21 | goals2 = 3
| years3 = 2026– | clubs3 = → [Greuther Fürth](/source/SpVgg_Greuther_F%C3%BCrth) (loan) | caps3 = 3 | goals3 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2024–
| nationalteam1 = [Portugal U19](/source/Portugal_national_under-19_football_team)
| nationalcaps1 = 6
| nationalgoals1 = 2
| nationalyears2 = 2025–
| nationalteam2 = [Portugal U20](/source/Portugal_national_under-20_football_team)
| 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](/source/Association_football) who plays as a [winger](/source/Winger_(association_football)) for German {{German football updater|Fürth}} club [Greuther Fürth](/source/SpVgg_Greuther_F%C3%BCrth) on loan from [Swiss Super League](/source/Swiss_Super_League) club [Servette](/source/Servette_FC). Born in Switzerland, he is a youth international for Portugal.
==Career==
A youth product of [Étoile Carouge](/source/%C3%89toile_Carouge_FC) and [Servette](/source/Servette_FC), Varela debuted with Servette's reserves in 2024. On 2 October 2024 he signed his first professional contract with Servette until 2028.[{{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}}] He made his senior and professional debut with Servette as a substitute in a 1–0 [Swiss Super League](/source/Swiss_Super_League) loss to [FC Lausanne-Sport](/source/FC_Lausanne-Sport) on 3 November 2024.[{{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}}]
==International career==
Born in Switzerland, Varela is of Cape Verdean descent, and holds Portuguese citizenship through his mother's who lived in Portugal.[{{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}}] He is a youth international for Portugal, having played for the [Portugal U19](/source/Portugal_national_under-19_football_team)s and [U20](/source/Portugal_national_under-20_football_team)s.[{{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}}]
==Personal life==
Varela's cousins [Edimilson Fernandes](/source/Edimilson_Fernandes), [Ulisses Garcia](/source/Ulisses_Garcia), [Joël Monteiro](/source/Jo%C3%ABl_Monteiro), [Dylan Tavares](/source/Dylan_Tavares), and [Gelson Fernandes](/source/Gelson_Fernandes) are all professional footballers. He is a childhood friend of [Alvyn Sanches](/source/Alvyn_Sanches).