John Keeley

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John Keeley
Personal information
Full name John Henry Keeley [1]
Date of birth (1961-07-27) 27 July 1961 (age 61)
Place of birth Plaistow, Essex, England
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) [2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1979–1986 Southend United 63 (0)
1986–1990 Brighton & Hove Albion 138 (0)
1990–1993 Oldham Athletic 2 (0)
1991 → Oxford United (loan) 6 (0)
1992 → Reading (loan) 6 (0)
1992 → Chester City (loan) 4 (0)
1993–1994 Colchester United 15 (0)
1994–1995 Stockport County 20 (0)
1995 Peterborough United 3 (0)
2001–2004 Brighton & Hove Albion 0 (0)
Chelmsford City
Worthing
Total257(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Henry Keeley (born 27 July 1961) is an English former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He was most recently the goalkeeping coach at Ipswich Town.

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Playing career

Born in Plaistow, Essex, Keeley began his career at Southend United. He made 63 first team appearances between 1979 and 1986. He was signed by Brighton in 1986 and made 138 league appearances in four years with the club, helping the club to promotion to the Second Division in 1988. He joined Oldham Athletic in 1990, but made only two league appearances, being loaned out to Oxford United, Reading and Chester City in 1991 and 1992. He joined Colchester United in 1993, making 15 league appearances. On 16 October 1993, Colchester United became the first League club to have both keepers sent off in a game against Hereford United. John Keeley and Nathan Munson were both dismissed for professional fouls as the U's slumped to a 5–0 defeat. He subsequently joined Stockport County, making 20 league appearances. He later played for Peterborough United before retiring from the professional game.

Coaching career

After retiring from playing, Keeley joined Portsmouth as an academy coach in 2007. He worked in Portsmouth's academy for three years before becoming the goalkeeping coach for the first-team in 2010. He left his role at Portsmouth in 2013. Keeley worked as a goalkeeper coach at Blackburn Rovers, Brighton & Hove Albion and Chinese club Guangzhou R&F before returning to Portsmouth in 2016, becoming part of Paul Cook's coaching staff. After leaving Portsmouth at the end of the 2020–21 season, he was reunited with Paul Cook after joining the Ipswich Town coaching staff as goalkeeping coach. [3] Keeley left the club in December 2021 following the sacking of Cook as manager. [4]

Honours

Brighton & Hove Albion

Stockport County

Individual

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References

  1. ↑ "John Keeley". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  2. ↑ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p.  86. ISBN   978-0-356-14354-5.
  3. ↑ "John Keeley is New 'Keeper Coach". Ipswich Town F.C. 26 May 2021. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  4. ↑ "JOHN MCGREAL NAMED INTERIM MANAGER - News - Ipswich Town".
  5. ↑ "Tier Three (League One) Honours". Coludaybyday.co.uk.
  6. ↑ "Division Two (League One) Play-Off Finalists". Coludaybyday.co.uk.
  7. ↑ "The full list of Brighton & Hove Albion's player-of-the-season winners". Brighton & Hove Independent. 10 April 2019. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
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