Personal information | |||
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Full name | Keegan Daniel Jelacic[1] | ||
Date of birth | 31 July 2002 | ||
Place of birth | Australia | ||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team |
Brisbane Roar (on loan from Gent) | ||
Number | 23 | ||
Youth career | |||
Rochedale Rovers | |||
Brisbane Strikers | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019 | Lions FC | 12 | (0) |
2020–2021 | Brisbane Roar NPL | 33 | (12) |
2021 | Brisbane Roar | 2 | (0) |
2022 | Olympic FC | 11 | (9) |
2022–2023 | Perth Glory | 22 | (2) |
2023– | Gent | 0 | (0) |
2023 | → Stabæk (loan) | 8 | (0) |
2024– | → Brisbane Roar (loan) | 0 | (0) |
International career | |||
2019 | New Zealand U17 | 5 | (0) |
2023– | Australia U23 | 4 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 January 2023 |
Keegan Daniel Jelacic (Croatian: Jelačić Croatian pronunciation: [jělatʃitɕ]; born 31 July 2002) is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for A-League club Brisbane Roar on loan from the Belgian club Gent.[2]
On 30 May 2023, Jelacic signed a three-year contract with Gent.[3] On 14 August 2023, he was loaned to the Norwegian club Stabæk until the end of 2023.[4] In January 2024, he returned to Australia to join Brisbane Roar on loan until the end of the season.[5]
Jelacic was born in Australia to a Croatian father and New Zealand mother.[6] He has previously represented New Zealand at youth level. On 7 March 2023, he was called up for the Australia U-23 team.[7]