External links
- Mark McKeever at Soccerbase
- Mark McKeever history [usurped] at nonleaguedaily.com
- Excanaries.com
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mark Anthony McKeever [1] | ||
| Date of birth | 16 November 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | Derry, Northern Ireland | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Norwich City | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1996–1997 | Peterborough | 3 | (0) |
| 1997–2001 | Sheffield Wednesday | 5 | (0) |
| 1998–1999 | → Bristol Rovers (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 1999 | → Reading (loan) | 7 | (2) |
| 2001 | → Bristol Rovers (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2001–2003 | Bristol Rovers | 30 | (0) |
| 2003–2006 | Weston-super-Mare | 132 | (6) |
| 2006 | → Gloucester City (loan) | 5 | (1) |
| 2006–2008 | Bath City | 49 | (7) |
| 2008 | → Mangotsfield United (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Weston-super-Mare | 6 | (1) |
| International career | |||
| Republic of Ireland U19 | 12 | ||
| Republic of Ireland U21 | 4 | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Mark Anthony McKeever (born 16 November 1978) is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Born in Northern Ireland, he represented the Republic of Ireland internationally at youth levels U19 and U21.
McKeever began his football career with Norwich City as a youth team player. He was eventually released and moved on to Peterborough United with ex-Canaries coach Kit Carson. McKeever became a trainee with the club, but after only three appearances he was transferred to Sheffield Wednesday in April 1997 with David Billington for £1,000,000.
McKeever made three appearances in the Premier League and was looking to break into the first team before a foot injury prematurely ended his season. He was subsequently sent on loan to Bristol Rovers and later Reading. During his stint with the Royals he played in a 4–0 away victory over Stoke City. [2] However, over the following weeks, Stoke full-back Jason Kavanagh made a full catalogue of Division Two wingers look like Best at his peak. [3]
McKeever made his sixth appearance for Wednesday in an FA Cup tie against Bristol City in December 1999. A year later, McKeever was linked with a return to Bristol Rovers after they had supposedly tabled a £100,000 bid for him. But the permanent move did not materialise.[ citation needed ]
McKeever moved to Bristol Rovers on loan for two months in 2001.[ citation needed ] In March 2001, the move was made permanent, with McKeever moving south on a free transfer.[ citation needed ] He spent two years with Rovers before being released in May 2003.[ citation needed ] He then joined Weston-super-Mare in August 2003, for whom he played for a period of three years before signing for Bath City in May 2006.[ citation needed ] It was here that he won a Southern League winners medal in 2007.[ citation needed ]
Bath City sent McKeever on loan in January 2008 to Mangotsfield United,[ citation needed ] but he was soon transferred to fellow Conference South club Weston-super-Mare in March 2008 for his second stint with the club.[ citation needed ]
On 18 August 2009, he was forced to retire following injury.[ citation needed ]
He has been capped by the Republic of Ireland at Under-18 level (12 caps) and by their Under-21s (4 caps).[ citation needed ] McKeever played for the Republic of Ireland national under-19 football team in the 1997 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship finals in Iceland.[ citation needed ]
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