Andy Keogh playing for Cardiff City. |
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Andrew Declan Keogh | ||
| Date of birth | 16 May 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Playing position | Striker / Winger | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Wolverhampton Wanderers | ||
| Number | 21 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Cabinteely F.C. | |||
| St Josephs Boys AFC | |||
| Leeds United | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2003–2005 | Leeds United | 0 | (0) |
| 2004 | → Scunthorpe United (loan) | 12 | (2) |
| 2005 | → Bury (loan) | 4 | (2) |
| 2005–2007 | Scunthorpe United | 86 | (19) |
| 2007– | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 118 | (19) |
| 2010–2011 | → Cardiff City (loan) | 16 | (2) |
| 2011 | → Bristol City (loan) | 9 | (1) |
| 2011–2012 | → Leeds United (loan) | 22 | (2) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2006– | Republic of Ireland B | 2 | (1) |
| 2006–2008 | Republic of Ireland U21 | 4 | (3) |
| 2007– | Republic of Ireland | 22 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 November 2011. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Andrew Declan "Andy" Keogh (born 16 May 1986) is a Republic of Ireland International footballer who plays as a striker. He is contracted to Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers.
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Born in south Dublin to Declan and Linda, he attended CBC Monkstown Although a talented rugby player he chose soccer as his preferred sport in his mid teens. Keogh began his playing career at Cabinteely FC and Shankill Fc in South Dublin.
Keogh moved to Leeds United at the age of sixteen. He failed to break into their first team though and was subsequently loaned out to then League Two side Scunthorpe United at the beginning of the 2004–05 season.[1]
Here, he made his league debut on 7 August 2004 in a 3–1 win over Rochdale. He scored two goals in 12 appearances before an injury crisis at Elland Road caused him to be recalled to his parent club.[2] After failing to get into the team under manager Kevin Blackwell, he made his one appearance as a late substitute in a League Cup tie against Portsmouth,[3] he then spent the rest of 2004 playing reserve games for Leeds, until he was loaned to Bury in January 2005 as a replacement for Preston North End-bound David Nugent.[4]
While on loan at Bury, Scunthorpe United manager Brian Laws made an offer to Leeds (said to be around £50,000) to bring him to the club on a permanent basis. Leeds accepted the offer, and on 14 February, Keogh rejoined the club he had started the season with.[5] He only scored only one further goal, but was part of the team which won promotion to League One as runners-up behind Yeovil Town.[6]
He truly made his mark in the 2005–06 season, notably after Scunthorpe signed fellow 19-year-old striker Billy Sharp for £100,000 from Sheffield United. Keogh became part of the most potent strike-force in League One, scoring 38 goals between them, with Keogh netting 15 of them. He also scored Scunthorpe's goal in the FA Cup 3rd Round visit to Manchester City, beating the then England international goalkeeper, David James in the process to open the scoring.[7]
On 12 January 2007, it was announced that he had rejected an improved contract offer from Scunthorpe United and would therefore be free to leave the club at the end of the 2006–07 season.[8] As he was under the age of 24, Scunthorpe were able to command a fee for him, either as a direct offer or via a tribunal. Keogh's goals helped earn Scunthorpe prompotion to the Championship as Champions, the number of points achieved (91) and the number of goals scored by his strike partner Billy Sharp (30) were greater than those achieved by any other team in the Premiership and the Football League that season.
Having had an earlier bid of £500,000 turned down, Keogh signed for Championship side Wolverhampton Wanderers on 23 January 2007. He signed a three and a half year contract with the transfer set to cost Wolves an initial £600,000 potentially rising to £850,000 with add-ons.[9]
Keogh earned plaudits for his displays for Wolves, with Queens Park Rangers manager John Gregory describing him as "one of the signings of the season."[10] He scored five goals for the club before the end of the season which helped them to reach the play-offs, where they lost in the semi-finals to local rivals West Bromwich Albion.
At the start of the next season, he was recognised for his efforts for Wolves, being granted their number 9 shirt.[11] He went on to score 11 goals (eight in the league) during a campaign which saw the club miss out on the play-offs on goal difference.
The 2008–09 season, saw Keogh's first team opportunities limited up front with Chris Iwelumo and Sylvan Ebanks-Blake topping the championship top scorers list in a campaign that saw Wolves promoted to the Premier League as champions. However, Keogh still played in 42 of the 46 League games during the promotion season, including scoring an important brace against Derby County on Easter Monday.[12]
However, injuries at the start of Wolves' return to the top flight gave Keogh his opportunity to return to the starting lineup. He became Wolves' first goalscorer of the season, scoring the winning goal as in a 1–0 win at Wigan Athletic.[13] It was Wolves' first ever Premier League away win, and first top flight away win since 1984.[14] However, he later fell out of the team after injuries to others healed.
In December 2009, he suffered a tendon and ligament injury to his ankle that needed surgery and put him out of contention for three months.[15] After recovering he made only a few fleeting substitute appearances in the club's push toward Premier League survival; a total of 13 league appearance and one goal for the campaign.[16] He fell behind Kevin Doyle and Stephen Fletcher in the pecking order at Wolves and was sent out on loan. His Wolves contract expires in Summer 2012.[17]
After interest from Leeds United in signing Keogh in August 2010,[18] he joined Championship side Cardiff City in what was due to be a season-long loan deal to replace Ross McCormack who was set to leave the club to join Leeds.[19][20] He made his debut in a 2–0 win against Porstmouth[21] In October, Keogh came on as a second half substitute in Cardiff's 4-0 beating of Leeds United.[22] In November 2011, with Jay Bothroyd out injured, Keogh started for Cardiff in the South Wales derby 1-0 loss against Swansea City.[23]
Keogh scored two league goals during 17 appearances for the Bluebirds, one of which was an injury time equaliser against Preston North End,[24] and the other goal a last minute winner against Millwall.[25] On 4 January, Keogh started for Cardiff against his former club Leeds United in a 2-1 victory.[26] However, he was not a regular starter as the club chased promotion. On 31 January 2011, his loan was cancelled after falling behind Jay Bothroyd and Michael Chopra in the pecking order up front and behind Craig Bellamy and Chris Burke on the wing positions.
He moved to fellow Championship side Bristol City on a 93 day loan deal.[27] He scored his one and only goal for Bristol City against Preston North End in a 4-0 win.[28][29] Keogh's loan spell ended early when he returned to Wolves on 14 April after nine appearances (scoring once) after he picked up a back injury and also the return from injury of Nicky Maynard.[30][31]
Wolves loaned Keogh out once more, rejoining his former club Leeds United on 15 August until 2 January with the view to a permanent move. Keogh is becoming a crutial part of the Leeds team in their fight for promotion.[32][33][34] Keogh revealed he felt he had 'unfinished business' at Leeds after only playing one game in his previous spell at the club.[35] Keogh made his league and second debut for Leeds on 16 August, when he started against Hull City in Leeds' 4-1 win.[36][37] After playing games up front with Ross McCormack, Keogh was moved to left wing for the first time when Luciano Becchio returned from injury against Manchester United.[38] Keogh scored his first goal for the club in a 3-3 draw against Brighton & Hove Albion on 23 September.[39] Keogh received the man of the match award for his performance in Leeds 3-0 win against Doncaster Rovers.[40] Keogh's 2nd goal of the season came against Peterborough United on 22 October.[41]
During December, Keogh revealed that he wanted to make his loan move to Leeds permanent, and he was hoping that the two clubs could discuss a deal to make his stay at Leeds a permanent one.[42] However, to date, no deal has been concluded and Keogh instead has returned to Wolves at the conclusion of his loan.
Keogh received his first call-up to the Republic of Ireland squad from Steve Staunton in March 2007, after Caleb Folan was forced to withdraw through injury.[43] He went on to make his debut for the senior team on 23 May 2007 in a friendly against Ecuador in Giants Stadium, New York,[44] and later featured in their Euro 2008 qualifying campaign.
He scored the equaliser in Giovanni Trapattoni's first match in charge, a 1–1 draw with Serbia in a friendly match at Croke Park, Dublin, a goal that won the FAI Goal of the Year Award.[45] Keogh had also scored the first goal of the Trapattoni era in a training camp game against a Portuguese football league team. With Robbie Keane and Wolves teammate Kevin Doyle the preferred partnership up front, he has found himself on the bench mostly making substitute appearances. Keogh is a much maligned figure in the eyes of Ireland fans, many puzzled by his continuous call ups to the natonal team.
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1. | 24 May 2008 | Croke Park, Dublin, Ireland | Serbia | 1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly |
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