Weerasinghe Sujan Perera
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| Full name | Weerasinghe Sinnath Thommelage Don Sujan Perera[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 18 July 1992[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Colombo, Sri Lanka | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Fortis | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2015 | Kalutara Park | ||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2020 | Club Eagles | 19 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2022 | Up Country Lions | 9 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2025 | TC Sports Club | 34 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Fortis | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2011– | Sri Lanka | 56 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals as of 20 March 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
Weerasinghe Sinnath Thommelage Don Sujan Perera is a Sri Lankan professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bangladesh Football League club Fortis FC and Sri Lankan national team.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
Career
He joined Club Eagles for the 2019–20 Dhivehi Premier League in Maldieves.[10][11]
In 2025, he joined Bangladeshi club Fortis for the 2025–26 Bangladesh Football League.[12] His club finished second in the first round of the league season, with him keeping seven clean sheets in the first nine games, for which he received recognition.[13]
References
- ^ "Sri Lanka - S. Perera - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". Archived from the original on 13 May 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
- ^ FIFA.com
- ^ "Sujan Perera and Sri Lanka's Newest Challenge". babagol.net. Archived from the original on 10 June 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
- ^ "Sujan Perera to step down from captaincy after FIFA ban lifted". ceylontoday.lk. Archived from the original on 17 May 2023. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
- ^ "Sujan Perera - Sunday Observer article". Retrieved 12 February 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ "'Playing for the national team was the best thing that ever happened to us'". themorning.lk.
- ^ "Perera resigns over FIFA ban". dailynews.lk. Archived from the original on 12 February 2024. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
- ^ "Sri Lanka should play attacking football – skipper Sujan Perera". frontpage.lk. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
- ^ Weerasinghe Sujan Perera at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ "Sujan appointed Club Eagles Captain". thepapare.com. Archived from the original on 19 May 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
- ^ "Sujan among many stranded in Maldives". thepapare.com. Archived from the original on 19 January 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
- ^ "বাংলাদেশ ইতিহাস বদলে দিতে পারে: সুজন পেরেরা". দেশ রূপান্তর (in Bengali). 9 July 2025. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
- ^ Rahman, Anisur (7 January 2026). "Sujan Perera laments BFL ground conditions". The Daily Star. Retrieved 1 February 2026.