Niall Keown

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Niall Keown
Personal information
Full name Niall Martin Keown [1]
Date of birth (1995-04-05) 5 April 1995 (age 29) [2]
Place of birth Oxford, England
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
2011–2013 Reading
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013–2017 Reading 2 (0)
2017 → Partick Thistle (loan) 14 (0)
2017–2019 Partick Thistle 44 (2)
2019 → St Johnstone (loan) 0 (0)
Total60(2)
International career‡
2016 Republic of Ireland U21 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 07:53, 29 January 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:46, 19 April 2016 (UTC)

Niall Martin Keown (born 5 April 1995) is a professional football coach and former player, who currently works as a youth coach at Oxford United. Keown played as a defender, beginning his career with Reading before joining Partick Thistle in 2017, initially on loan. Born in England, he has represented the Republic of Ireland under-21 team. He is the son of former Arsenal and England international Martin Keown.

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Club career

Reading

Keown joined the Reading Academy in 2011. [3]

He made his debut, for Reading in their 2–1 Championship victory over Brighton & Hove Albion on 10 March 2015, coming on as a 92nd-minute substitute for Danny Williams. [4]

Keown signed a new three-year contract with Reading on 14 July 2015. [5]

Partick Thistle

In January 2017, Keown went on trial with Partick Thistle, featuring for them in their friendly against Lokeren, [6] before signing on loan with Partick Thistle for the remainder of the season on 24 January 2017. [7]

On 1 July 2017, Keown moved to Partick Thistle permanently on a two-year contract from Reading for an undisclosed fee. [8] [9] [10] Following Partick Thistle's relegation at the end of the 2017–18 season, Keown was put up for sale by Thistle. [11]

With his contract due to expire at the end of the 2018–19 season, Keown was loaned to St Johnstone in January 2019. [12]

International career

In March 2015, Keown was called up to the Republic of Ireland U21 squad being eligible through his grandmother, having previously been a back up for the England U18s. [13] He is also eligible to play for Northern Ireland as his grandfather was from County Fermanagh. He has indicated he wishes to switch international allegiance and represent Northern Ireland. [14]

Career statistics

As of match played 10 February 2019 [15]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Reading 2014–15 [16] Championship 200000–20
2015–16 [17] 000000–00
2016–17 [18] 000000–00
Total2000000020
Partick Thistle (loan) 2016–17 [18] Scottish Premiership 1402000–160
Partick Thistle 2017–18 [19] Scottish Premiership 3021020–332
2018–19 [20] Scottish Championship 14000101 [a] 0160
Total582303010652
St Johnstone (loan) 2018–19 [20] Scottish Premiership 0010––10
Career total602403010682
  1. ↑ One appearance in the Scottish Challenge Cup

Honours

Club

Reading U21

Personal life

Niall is the son of former England international Martin Keown. Through his paternal grandmother, he is eligible to play for the Republic of Ireland, [13] and he is also eligible to play for Northern Ireland because his paternal grandfather was born in County Fermanagh. [22]

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  12. ↑ "St Johnstone's Steven Anderson joins Partick Thistle, with Niall Keown switching to Perth". BBC Sport. 29 January 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
  13. 1 2 "Keown called into Ireland Under 21 squad". Reading Chronicle. 10 March 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  14. ↑ Beacom, Steven (20 May 2018). "Niall Keown switches allegiance from Republic to Northern Ireland and Michael O'Neill wants Rangers loan star Sean Goss next". Daily Record.
  15. ↑ Niall Keown at Soccerway. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
  16. ↑ "Games played by Niall Keown in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
  17. ↑ "Games played by Niall Keown in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
  18. 1 2 "Games played by Niall Keown in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  19. ↑ "Games played by Niall Keown in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  20. 1 2 "Games played by Niall Keown in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
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