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Santos Legend: Keith America
Former Santos striker Keith America, now a coach in the succesful Peoples' Team youth academy, is next in line to fall under the spotlight in santosfc.co.za's "Santos Legends' feature...
'1. Name: Keith America
2. Brief description of your playing career at Santos:
- Years played at club: 5 Years
- Position played: Striker
- Coaches played under: Boebie Solomons, Farouk Abrahams and Goolam Allie
3. How and why did you join Santos? What makes Santos special / different from other clubs?
I wanted to be part of the legendary People’s Team
4. Any special memories?
Winning cups in the FPL
5. Personal and / or team honours
Personal Honours
-Won player of the year
-Was runner-up as the Highest Goal Scorer
-Won the Cape sportswriter player of the year award
-Santos U/15 Coach-we were twice Knock out Cup Winners, League Winners once and in 2003 won the SAFA Western Province U/15 Challenge Cup
-Received U/17 Coach of the Year Award for the 2004 Season at Santos
-Completed my LEVEL 1 SAFA COACHING COURSE
-Head Coach of SAFA Western Province U/17 Provincial Team
-Won Inter provincial 2005 as U/17 coach
-Won the LFA League and Knock out titles u/17 2005/2006/2007
-Won inaugural u/18 UWC Tourney and was nominated as the coach of the tournament 2008
- Santos U/13 Coach-the team won 5 Trophies
- Santos U/15 Coach-the team won the Chezmont Tournament and were runners-up at the Kensington Tournament.
The team won the 2009 LFA League for the U/15 age group
-Completed my LEVEL 2 SAFA COACHING COURSE
Team Honours
-Winning the league
-Winning Knockout Trophies almost every season
6. Team-mates / coaches / club staff you recall – any interesting stories?
Sharing Duncan’s honeymoon with him and his wife in Durban, whilst we were preparing for games to be played at Curries Fountain
7. Your most memorable match you played in and best goal you scored?
Playing for Cape Town Spurs in 1980, when I scored the winning goal against Manning Rangers
8. Opponents you liked playing against?
The Jo’ burg Teams-when they came to the Mother City
9. Opponents you hated playing against?
Leeds United from Wentworth
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