Alan Keane (association footballer)

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Alan Keane
Personal information
Date of birth (1984-09-23) 23 September 1984 (age 39)
Place of birth Galway, Ireland
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Right back
Youth career
St Bernard's
Mervue United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2005–2008 Galway United 68 (2)
2009–2015 Sligo Rovers 239 (20)
2016–2017 Dundalk 5 (0)
2017 Crusaders 10 (0)
Total322(22)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:04, 5 May 2017

Alan Keane (born 23 September 1984) is a retired Irish footballer.

Contents

Keane is a versatile player who can play anywhere across the back four, though his preferred position is right back. He has also been known to play on the wing.

Career

Galway United

Keane made his début for Galway United towards the end of the 2005 season and was mostly used as a right back in his time with the club.

Sligo Rovers

In February 2009, Keane joined Sligo Rovers after four seasons at Galway United.

Keane missed a penalty and scored an own goal in the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League tie against Albanian side Vllaznia. [1] In the second leg he scored at the right end. [2] He went on to become Rovers regular penalty taker during the 2010 season scoring some important goals including one in the last minute of the season against St. Patrick's Athletic to secure third place. He did however miss in the FAI Cup final shoot-out two weeks later.

He was an important part of the league winning Rovers team in 2012 although he missed the end of the season through injury. He only missed one game in the 2013 League of Ireland season and picked up his third FAI Cup winners' medal with the club following the win over Drogheda United in the final. He made his 200th appearance for Sligo in the game against St. Pats towards the end of the season.

In February 2016, he announced his retirement from professional football.

Dundalk

On 25 August 2016, Keane came out of retirement and signed for Dundalk in the League of Ireland Premier Division citing the influence of manager Stephen Kenny as one of the reasons he was attracted to the club. [3] He made his debut five days later in an FAI Cup third round win against Crumlin United. [4]

Crusaders

On 7 January 2017, Keane joined Crusaders in Northern Ireland on a six-month loan spell. [5]

Personal life

Following his retirement from football, Keane worked as a firefighter. [6]

Honours

Sligo Rovers
Dundalk

Career statistics

Club

Correct as of 7 November 2011.

SeasonClubLeagueLeague FAI Cup League Cup Europe Setanta Cup Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
2009 Sligo Rovers League of Ireland 34460322120477
2010 34542400020447
2011 31240201030412
2012 17110200040241
2013 32051302040461
Total148122031425115020218

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References

  1. ↑ "Sligo Rovers 1 - 2 KS Vllaznia Skoder". extratime. 2 July 2009. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  2. ↑ "RTÉ Sport: Vllaznia 1-1 Sligo Rovers (Agg 3-2)". RTÉ.ie . Archived from the original on 17 September 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2010.
  3. ↑ "Alan Keane and Dean Shiels sign Dundalk deals". RTÉ Sport. 25 August 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "Dundalk put five past Crumlin United". RTÉ Sport. 30 August 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  5. ↑ "IRISH LEAGUE: Crusaders sign defender Alan Keane on loan". www.newsletter.co.uk. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  6. ↑ Scully, Michael (26 April 2021). "Former Dundalk and Sligo Rovers defender Alan Keane goes from commentary duty to firefighting". Irish Mirror. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
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