Cape Town City goalkeeper Darren Keet feels he deserves an opportunity to earn some more caps for Bafana Bafana.
The 34-year-old shotstopper has made 13 appearances for the South African national team.
He was a regular in squad’s selected by former Bafana bosses Gordon Igesund, Stuart Baxter and Molefi Ntseki but was last called up in the 2-1 win over Zambia in a friendly in October 2020.
He is yet to be considered by current head coach Hugo Broos but believes he still has what is takes to compete at national level.
The former Bidvest Wits player told the Sowetan: “I’ve never said I am done with Bafana and I’ll never say that. As long as I can play and perform at a higher level, I’ll always feel like I could be called up.
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“Honestly, I don’t know the reasons why I’ve never been called-up because I feel like last season I had quite a decent season [where he kept 11 clean sheets from 27 league games, leaking 23 goals]. I am always trying to push for a place, first of all in the XI at my club, and then in the national team.”
Keet added: “I do add a lot of experience in terms of [the fact that] I’ve also been to two AFCON’s I’ve been to pretty much most of the Bafana camps since I was 19 years old, so playing for Bafana is something I’ve always worked for.”
Mamelodi Sundowns’ Ronwen Williams is Bafana’s first choice goalkeeper, with AmaZulu’s Veli Mothwa his back up along with SuperSport United stopper Ricardo Goss.
