Keith Andrews (footballer)

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Keith Andrews
Personal information
Full name Keith Andrews
Date of birth September 13, 1980 (1980-09-13) (age 27)
Place of birth    Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Milton Keynes Dons
Number 4
Youth clubs
1997–1999 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1999–2005
2000
2003
2004
2005–2006
2006–		 Wolverhampton Wanderers
→ Oxford United (loan)
→ Stoke City (loan)
→ Walsall (loan)
Hull City
Milton Keynes Dons		 065 00(0)
004 00(1)
016 00(0)
010 00(2)
029 00(0)
075 0(18)   

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 1 May 2008.
* Appearances (Goals)

Keith Andrews (born 13 September 1980 in Dublin) is an Irish professional footballer currently playing for Milton Keynes Dons.

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[edit] Career

Andrews began his career as a trainee at Wolves, progressing from their academy to the first team. He made his senior debut on 18 March 2000 in a 2-1 win at Swindon. He continued his progress with the First Division club in the 2000/01 season, becoming a regular player as Dave Jones took over midway through. The final match of that season saw him become their youngest captain for over a hundred years, in a game against QPR.

He signed a new four deal deal the following season but found himself out of the starting line-up after a bunch of new midfielders were acquired in the summer, resigning him to the substitutes bench and sporadic appearances over the next few seasons. To gain playing time, he spent half of the 2003/04 season on loan at Stoke City and the latter half at Walsall. He did however return to Molineux inbetween to make his only Premier League appearance against Newcastle.

The midfielder returned to Wolves team post-relegation in 2004/05 and gained his most appearances for the club during that season. However, he moved on at the end of his contract to join Hull City. In total, he made 72 appearances for the Midlanders, scoring once (in a League Cup tie at Rochdale).

His new start with the Tigers saw him sidelined again though, as he picked up an injury in only his second appearance for the team - in a match against his previous team, Wolves. He returned to the team in December after nearly four months out and featured in all but one of their remaining fixtures.

After a single year at Hull, he moved to Milton Keynes Dons of League Two for the 2006-07 campaign where he became club captain. He lost out on promotion in the play-offs, despite scoring in the semi-final tie with Shrewsbury Town.

However the next year, now under the managerialship of his former Wolves team-mate Paul Ince, brought Andrews success. He scored the winning goal in a match at Stockport County on 19 April 2008 that saw the club promoted to League One, and also scored the opening goal of their 2-0 victory over Grimsby Town in the Football League Trophy at Wembley.

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Milton Keynes Dons F.C. – current squad

2 Stirling • 3 Lewington • 4 Andrews • 5 Diallo • 6 O'Hanlon • 7 Dobson • 8 Gallen • 10 Cameron • 11 Dyer • 12 Guéret • 14 Wright • 16 Wilbraham • 19 Regan • 20 Navarro • 21 Howell • 23 Johnson • 25 Swailes • 29 Abbey • 30 Carayol • 35 Chicksen • 36 Baldock • –– Mitchell • –– Leven • Manager: Ince