Krystian Mitchell Victor Pearce (born 5 January 1990) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Southern League Premier Division Central club Alvechurch and the Barbados national team.

In September 2007, he made his debut for the England under-19 team, the year above his actual age group, and played at the finals of the 2008 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.

[7] As captain of the under-18 side, he scored the winning goal which put his team through to the quarter-final of the FA Youth Cup, in which he conceded a penalty as Birmingham lost to Manchester United.

[14] On 8 December he scored his first senior goal, in a 2–1 win against Shrewsbury Town,[15] contributing to him being named in the League Two Team of the Week,[16] after which his loan was extended for a further month.

[17] A sending off for a clumsy challenge[18] failed to dampen County's wish to extend the loan again,[19] but Birmingham recalled the player at the expiry of the second month[20] so that new manager Alex McLeish could assess him as possible cover during Radhi Jaïdi's absence at the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations.

[21] On 31 January 2008, Pearce joined Port Vale of League One on loan for an initial period of one month to gain experience at a higher level.

[22] This loan spell was disrupted by another red card, this time for two bookings,[23] resulting in a two-game ban which left the player anxious to make amends.

[28] On 19 August 2008, he joined League One club Scunthorpe United on loan for a month,[29] later extended, initially until January 2009,[30] then until the end of the season, including, if necessary, for the play-offs.

[36] In contention to start the next game,[37] Pearce remained among the substitutes as changes were made in defence, and his 20-minute appearance as Peterborough lost 2–1 at home to Plymouth Argyle was his last League outing for the club.

[38] Pearce remained out of favour as Mark Cooper succeeded Darren Ferguson as manager, and in January 2010 the loan was cut short and the player returned to Birmingham.

[41] That turned out to be Pearce's only appearance for Huddersfield, as loan signing Neal Trotman was preferred, and the player left the club at the end of the 2009–10 season having failed to reach agreement on a new deal.

[44] In March 2011, he suffered a serious injury after a clash of heads with teammate Stephen Darby in training, only weeks after a similar collision with Manchester City's Mario Balotelli in an FA Cup match.

[51] Manager Keith Curle made what the Nottingham Post described as a "shock decision" to place Pearce on the transfer list in May 2012, suggesting that the player had "not been able to recreate the level of performance [he] was hoping for and expecting".

[52] He joined League Two club Barnet on a three-month loan on 14 September,[53] and made his debut the next day, playing in central defence alongside David Stephens in a 3–0 defeat away to Bradford City.

[54] Pearce scored his first goal for the club with a glancing header from a John Oster corner as Barnet beat Northampton Town 4–0 at Underhill on 19 October.

[61] He made 32 League appearances in 2014–15,[62] and was then released after manager Chris Hargreaves judged that Pearce failed to "reach the heights of last season" and that his wages were too high for the club.

[68] Speaking in September, he stated that the "Stags" aimed to finish in the top three at the end of the 2017–18 season after manager Steve Evans invested heavily in the playing squad over the summer.

[70] He made 44 appearances in the 2017–18 campaign, scoring two goals and receiving one red card, as Mansfield finished in a disappointing eighth place under the stewardship of David Flitcroft.

[73] Despite keeping 18 clean sheets in the league, Mansfield missed out on automatic promotion by three points and went on to lose to Newport County on away goals in the play-off semi-finals.

[78] Pearce signed a short-term deal with National League club Solihull Moors on 30 October 2020,[79] and made his debut the following day in the starting eleven away to Maidenhead United.

[83] After administrative issues delayed his registration,[84] he finally made his debut on 18 September in the FA Cup second qualifying round against Lymington Town but lasted only 18 minutes before injury intervened.

[107] He retained his starting place for the remaining group games, keeping clean sheets in a goalless draw with Italy, where he made a vital late interception,[108] and a 3–0 defeat of Greece.

[113] Pearce switched to represent Barbados and made his debut in a 2–2 draw with Guyana in a 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League qualifying match on 6 September 2018.