Eoin McKeown

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Eoin McKeown
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McKeown in August 2022
Personal information
Full name Eoin Francis Okorie McKeown [1]
Date of birth (1998-11-05) 5 November 1998 (age 24) [2]
Place of birth Westminster, London, England
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) [3]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Tamworth
Youth career
0000–2015 Hoddesdon Town
2015–2017 Colchester United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2019 Colchester United 0 (0)
2016–2017 → Maldon & Tiptree (loan) 5 (1)
2018 → Maldon & Tiptree (loan) 6 (3)
2018–2019 → Wealdstone (loan) 9 (1)
2019 → Welwyn Garden City (loan) 9 (5)
2019 Kings Langley 8 (3)
2019 Wingate & Finchley 4 (1)
2019–2020 Coggeshall Town 8 (0)
2020 Walton Casuals 2 (0)
2020 Coggeshall Town 1 (0)
2020 Loughborough University 4 (5)
2021–2022 Braintree Town 3 (0)
2022 → Maldon & Tiptree (dual) 1 (0)
2022– Tamworth 14 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:00, 17 August 2022 (UTC)

Eoin Francis Okorie McKeown (born 5 November 1998) is an English footballer who plays for National League North side Tamworth, where he plays as a forward.

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He joined the Colchester United Academy from Hoddesdon Town following at trial with the club in 2015. He joined Isthmian League Division One North side Maldon & Tiptree on a work experience loan in December 2016 before he made his professional debut for Colchester in the EFL Trophy in August 2017. He rejoined Maldon & Tiptree on loan in January 2018 and then joined Wealdstone in an emergency loan deal in December 2018. After a loan spell with Welwyn Garden City, McKeown was released by Colchester in summer 2019. He later joined Kings Langley and then Wingate & Finchley.

Playing career

Colchester United

Born in Westminster, London, [2] McKeown was playing for Hoddesdon Town when he was spotted by Colchester United scouts in 2015. Following a three-game trial with the Colchester United under-16 squad, he was offered a contract to join the club's Academy. [4] He scored four goals against Queens Park Rangers under-18s in November 2015 during an 8–1 win. [5]

In December 2016, Colchester under-23 assistant manager and Maldon & Tiptree manager Kevin Horlock signed McKeown on a work experience loan to the Isthmian League Division One North side. [6] He made his debut on 10 December as an 86th-minute substitute against Cheshunt, helping set up the Jammers' fourth goal in a 4–1 victory. [7] He scored his first goal on 21 January 2017 during a 2–0 win at home to Great Wakering Rovers. [8] He made five league appearances for the club. [9]

On 25 May 2017, McKeown signed a one-year professional development contract with Colchester. [10]

McKeown made his Colchester debut on 29 August 2017 as a substitute for Tariq Issa against Reading U23 in the EFL Trophy. He scored in the 87th minute to level the score at 2–2 and take the match to a penalty shoot-out, which Colchester won 6–5. [11]

He returned to Maldon & Tiptree on loan until the end of the season on 8 January 2018. [12] He made his second club debut on 9 January in their 2–2 draw with Mildenhall Town. [13] After almost three months out injured, he scored a hat-trick against Aveley in his third appearance of his loan spell on 14 April. [14]

McKeown signed a new one-year contract with Colchester in May 2018. [15]

In December 2018, McKeown joined National League South side Wealdstone in an emergency loan deal and made his debut in a 2–1 FA Trophy defeat to Biggleswade Town on 15 December. [16] He scored his first goal for the club from the bench in the 92nd minute of Wealdstone's 1–1 draw with Dartford on 5 January 2019. [17]

On 14 May 2019, it was announced McKeown was to leave Colchester United at the end of his contract. [18] [19]

Kings Langley

Since leaving Colchester, McKeown has played for Kings Langley and Wingate & Finchley. [20] [21]

Tamworth

McKeown playing for Tamworth in March 2022 Eoin McKeown Vs. Needham Market.png
McKeown playing for Tamworth in March 2022

On 4 February 2022, McKeown signed for Southern League Premier Division Central side Tamworth, moving the player closer to Loughborough, where he resides. [22] He made his debut on 5 February 2022 in an away Southern League Premier Division Central fixture against Stourbridge, with his new side being humbled 4–0. [23]

McKeown was injured on his home debut for Tamworth on 12 February 2022 in a Southern League Premier Division Central match against Alvechurch, with McKeown being withdrawn on the 28th minute and replaced by Dexter Walters, the game finished 1-1. [24]

McKeown returned to action on 15 March 2022, in an away Southern League Premier Division Central fixture against Leiston, coming on as a 65th minute substitute for Dexter Walters, the game also finished 1-1. [25]

His first goal for Tamworth came on 26 March 2022, in a home Southern League Premier Division Central match against Needham Market, McKeown scored the opening goal in a 5–2 victory. [26]

McKeown scored his second goal for Tamworth on 9 April 2022, in an away Southern League Premier Division Central fixture against lowly Lowestoft Town, netting on the 87th minute to give his team a share of the spoils with the match finishing 1-1. [27]

McKeown bagged his first hattrick for Tamworth on 21 April 2022, in the penultimate Southern League Premier Division Central game of the season, in a rearranged home fixture against Biggleswade Town. McKeown scored the 13th, 31st and 45th minute to give the home side a 3–0 lead at the break. The match finished 3–1, with the result being enough to relegate Biggleswade. [28]

Career statistics

As of match played 16 August 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup League Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Colchester United 2016–17 [29] League Two 0000000000
2017–18 [30] League Two0000001 [lower-alpha 1] 111
2018–19 [31] League Two0000000000
Total0000001111
Maldon & Tiptree (loan) 2016–17 [9] Isthmian League Division One North5100–0051
2017–18 [9] Isthmian League North Division63––0063
Total11400–00114
Wealdstone (loan) 2018–19 [32] National League South 9100–1 [lower-alpha 2] 0101
Welwyn Garden City (loan) 2018–19 [20] SL Division One Central9500–0095
Kings Langley 2019–20 [20] SL Premier Division South8311–1 [lower-alpha 3] 0104
Wingate & Finchley 2019–20 [21] Isthmian League Premier Division41––3 [lower-alpha 2] [lower-alpha 4] 273
Coggeshall Town 2019–20 [33] Isthmian League North Division80–––80
Walton Casuals 2019–20 [9] SL Premier Division South20–––20
Coggeshall Town 2019–20 [33] Isthmian League North Division10–––10
Loughborough University 2020–21 [34] United Counties League Premier Division4510–1 [lower-alpha 5] 065
Braintree Town 2021–22 [32] National League South30–––30
Maldon & Tiptree (dual-reg.) 2021–22 [32] Isthmian League North Division10–––10
Tamworth 2021–22 [35] Southern League Premier Division Central115———115
2022–23 [35] 3100—0031
Career total74202100738324
  1. ↑ Appearance in EFL Trophy
  2. 1 2 Appearance(s) in FA Trophy
  3. ↑ Appearance in Southern League Cup
  4. ↑ Appearance in Middlesex Senior Cup
  5. ↑ Appearance in FA Vase

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