Mickey Keenan

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Mickey Keenan
Personal information
Full nameMichael Keenan
Date of birth (1956-04-05) 5 April 1956
Place of birthNewry, Northern Ireland
Playing positionGoalkeeper
Youth career
Newry Town
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1974–1978Oldham Athletic0(0)
1978–1981Newry Town
1981–1998Portadown
1998–1999Ards19(0)
1999–2003Portadown67(0)
2003–2004Lisburn Distillery1(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Michael (Mickey) Keenan (born 5 April 1956 in Newry) is a retired Northern Irish goalkeeper. He enjoyed much success with Portadown during the 1990s and early 2000s, where he won four league titles and several cup winner medals, as well as being named the Ulster Footballer of the Year for the 2001–02 season.[1] He also played for Oldham Athletic, Newry Town, Ards, and Lisburn Distillery. In 2002, he became the oldest person to play in the UEFA Champions League when Portadown took part in a qualifying round against FC Belshina Bobruisk.[2] After retiring as a player, Mickey returned to Newry as a goalkeeping coach and is now currently first team coach of the newly formed Newry City A.F.C..

References

  1. M. Brodie (ed.), Northern Ireland Soccer Yearbook 2009–2010, p. 102. Belfast:Ulster Tatler Publications
  2. http://nifootball.blogspot.co.uk/2009/10/mickey-keenan.html Irish League Footballing Greats: Mickey Keenan


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