Paul Keegan (footballer)
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| Paul Keegan | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Paul Keegan | |
| Date of birth | December 30, 1972 | |
| Place of birth | Dublin, Republic of Ireland | |
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 11⁄2 in) | |
| Playing position | Striker | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Dumbarton | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1991-1992 1992-1996 1996-2000 1999 2000 2000-2002 2002-2004 2004-2006 2006 2006-2007 2007-2008 2008- |
St Patrick's Athletic Boston College New England Revolution St Patrick's Athletic Boston Bulldogs Bray Wanderers Bohemian Longford Town St Patrick's Athletic Motherwell Partick Thistle Dumbarton |
0 (0) 0 (0) 73 (6) 0 (0) 4 (1) 43 (15) 53 (19) 54 (3) 27 (3) 8 (0) 11 (1) 0 (0) |
| National team2 | ||
| 1996- | Republic of Ireland | 20 (5) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Paul Keegan (born December 30, 1972 in Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish professional footballer. Keegan, currently playing for Dumbarton, was the first Irishman to play in Major League Soccer in the US.
Keegan joined St Patrick's Athletic from schoolboy football but could not break into Brian Kerr's successful side. In 1992, Keegan accepted the offer of a soccer scholarship by Boston College. After a successful college career, Keegan was drafted by the New England Revolution in the first ever MLS college draft in 1996. Keegan stayed until 2000, finishing with seven goals and ten assists. In 2000 Keegan played four times for the Boston Bulldogs in the US A-League to help recover froma knee injury.
Keegan got his first taste of League of Ireland football when he was loaned to St Patrick's Athletic in 1999. Playing mostly off the substitutes bench, Keegan helped Pats secure their second successive league championship. At the end of the season he return to New England. The following year he joined Bray Wanderers and his performances there earned a move to title chasing Bohemians in 2002. Bohemians won the league in Keegan's first season as he developed a great relationship with league leading scorer, Glen Crowe. In 2004, Keegan joined Longford Town and ended the season by scoring the winning goal in the FAI Cup final. After a disappointing 2005 season, Keegan joined St Patrick's Athletic for the third time as manager John McDonnell looked for experienced strikers to add to his young team.
After a year back with St Patrick's, he moved to Motherwell in January 2007 for an undisclosed fee[1].
He moved to Partick Thistle in August 2007. He was released in May 2008, and joined Dumbarton
[edit] References
- ^ "Well snap up Eircom League trio", BBC Sport website, 1 January 2007.
[edit] External links
- Paul Keegan @ stpatsfc.com
- New England Revolution place Keegan on waiver
- Keegan chosen 6th overall in 1996 college Draft
- Paul Keegan's WTFC.net player profile
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