Aideen Keane

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Aideen Keane
Personal information
Full name Aideen Hogan Keane
Date of birth (2002-02-09) 9 February 2002 (age 23)
Place of birth Sydney, Australia
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Melbourne City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019 Football NSW
2020–2021 Western Sydney Wanderers 3 (0)
2021–2022 Perth Glory 7 (2)
2022 Northern Tigers 5 (1)
2022–2023 Perth Glory 0 (0)
2023 Bulls Academy 10 (2)
2023-2024 Sydney FC 14 (1)
2024–2025 Canberra United 15 (1)
2025 Sydney Olympic
2025– Melbourne City 0 (0)
International career‡
2019 Australia U20 4 (0)
2025 Australia U23 5 (2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 27 July 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 19 August 2025

Aideen Hogan Keane (born 9 February 2002) is an Australian soccer player. She plays as a midfielder for Melbourne City in the A-League, and previously played for Western Sydney Wanderers, Perth Glory, Sydney FC, and Canberra United. Keane has represented Australia in the national under-23 team.

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Early life

Keane was born on 9 February 2002 in the Sydney suburb of Westmead. [1] [2] She attended Westfields Sports High School and represented its soccer team, under coach Leah Blayney, in the Sydney South West Association, which won the NSW Combined High Schools Sports Association (NSWCHSSA) Secondary Football (Soccer) - Girls - Championships, in May 2018. [3] Westfields also won the All Schools Championships in September. [4]

Club career

Keane played for Football NSW Institute in the National Premier Leagues NSW Women's (NPL NSW Women's) in 2019. [5] She began her A-League career with Western Sydney Wanderers in the 2020–21 season. [1] She had three appearances before being transferred to Perth Glory in December 2021. [1] [6] For 2021–22 season she appeared seven times and provided two goals. [1] In the A-League 2022 off-season she played for Northern Tigers in the NPL NSW Women's, with one goal from five appearances, before returning to Perth Glory. [1]

Her 2022–23 season with Perth Glory was disrupted by an ACL injury – she was unable to play for 11 months while undertaking rehabilitation. [7] [8] In June 2023 she was transferred to Bulls FC Academy in the NPL NSW Women's for ten appearances and two goals. [1]

In August 2023 Keane was transferred to Sydney for the 2023-24 season. [1] [9] With 14 appearances she provided one goal and helped her team win the Championship. [1] [10] [11] The midfielder scored a goal for Sydney, as part of Group B, at the 2023 AFC Women's Club Championship in their 3–0 victory against Iranian team Bam Khatoon F.C., held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan in November. [12] Sydney did not proceed to the final. Keane signed with Canberra United in September 2024 for the 2024–25 season; [2] she appeared 15 times for one goal. During 2025 offseason, she was loaned to Sydney Olympic in the NPL NSW Women's. [13] Keane scored a hattrick in Olympics 4–2 defeat of NWS Spirit in July. [13] [14]

In September 2025, Keane joined Melbourne City. [15]

International career

Australia women's national under-20 soccer team (Young Matildas) coach, Blayney named Keane to the final squad for the 2019 AFC U-19 Women's Championship held in Thailand from 27 October to 9 November. [16]

Keane joined the 23-player squad for the Australia women's national under-23 soccer team (U23 Matildas), which competed at the 2025 ASEAN Women's Championship in Vietnam from 6 to 19 August. [17] All their opponents fielded senior national squads. Her maiden goal for her team occurred in the 9–0 defeat of Timor-Leste on 13 August, which helped the Australians reach the knock-out stage. [18] Keane scored the first goal in the 2–1 win against Vietnam in the semi-final on 16 August, [19] "[Australia] went ahead in the sixth minute following a short corner routine with [Keane] rising highest at the near post to nod home Leticia McKenna’s cross." [20] Australia U23 were crowned champions after their 1–0 victory over Myanmar, Keane assisted Holly Furphy's winner. [21]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Summary - Aideen Keane - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Keane Pens United Deal". Canberra United. 13 September 2024. Archived from the original on 25 October 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2025– via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ "School Sport Unit: Event Results". NSW Government. 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  4. ↑ "Westfields Sports High School become All Schools Champions". Football NSW. 14 September 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  5. ↑ Jess (12 March 2019). "Northern Tigers FC Archives". Women's National Premier League NSW (NPL NSW Women's). Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2025– via National Library of Australia.
  6. ↑ Morgan, Gareth (10 June 2021). "Dynamic attacker added to Glory W-League squad". Perth Glory . Archived from the original on 15 June 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  7. ↑ Morgan, Gareth (27 May 2022). "Five more players re-sign for Liberty A-League 2022/23 Season". Perth Glory. Archived from the original on 29 May 2022. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  8. ↑ B90 staff (7 October 2022). "A-League Women Squads: Season 15". Beyond 90. Archived from the original on 31 October 2022. Retrieved 18 August 2025– via National Library of Australia.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. ↑ "Sydney FC Welcomes Lucy, Aideen And Margaux". Sydney FC . 10 August 2023.
  10. ↑ "Aideen Keane Stats , Transferts, Player Profile - Australia Soccer". australiansoccer.net. 2025. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  11. ↑ "Melbourne City vs Sydney - 4 May 2024". A-League Women. 4 May 2024. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  12. ↑ "Juric applauds Sydney's tactical flexibility". the-afc.com. 7 November 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  13. 1 2 "Hat-trick hero Aideen Keane scores wondergoal in NPL". A-League Women. 29 July 2025. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  14. ↑ "Round 21 Review - NPL Women's NSW". NPL Women's NSW. 27 July 2025. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  15. ↑ Kovacic, Jack (25 August 2025). "Australian U23 international joins Melbourne City". Melbourne City .
  16. ↑ "Leah Blayney finalises Westfield Young Matildas squad for 2019 AFC U-19 Women's Championship". FFA. 15 October 2019. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
  17. ↑ "JANČEVSKI, FURPHY and SAKALIS named in U23 National Squad". Melbourne Victory. 30 July 2025. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  18. ↑ "MSIG SERENITY CUP™ – REPORT: AUSTRALIA 9-0 TIMOR-LESTE". ASEAN FC. 13 August 2025. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
  19. ↑ "MSIG SERENITY CUP™ – REPORT: VIETNAM 1-2 AUSTRALIA". ASEAN United FC. 17 August 2025. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
  20. ↑ "Myanmar, Australia set up title clash". the-afc.com. 17 August 2025. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  21. ↑ Tan, Gabriel (20 August 2025). "How Australia U23 overcame slow start to be worthy ASEAN Women's Championship winners". ESPN. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
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