Jake Kean

Jake Kean
Personal information
Full nameJacob Kendall Kean[1]
Date of birth4 February 1991
Place of birthDerby, England
Height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Playing positionGoalkeeper
Club information
Current team
Oldham Athletic
(on loan from Blackburn Rovers)
Number25
Youth career
2006–2009Derby County
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009–Blackburn Rovers37(0)
2010Hartlepool United (loan)19(0)
2011Rochdale (loan)14(0)
2014Yeovil Town (loan)5(0)
2015–Oldham Athletic (loan)11(0)
National team
2011England U201(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:34, 18 March 2015 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).

Jacob "Jake" Kendall Kean (born 4 February 1991) is an English footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Oldham Athletic, on loan from Blackburn Rovers. He has previously spent time on loan at Hartlepool United, Rochdale, and Yeovil Town.

Kean has played internationally for England once at under-21 level.

Early career

Born in Derby, Kean started his youth career at Derby County, before moving to Blackburn Rovers towards the end of the 2008–09 season.

Club career

Hartlepool United

Kean joined Hartlepool United in September 2010 in a month-long loan deal.[2][3] He made his debut on 18 September in a 0–0 away draw with Brentford.[4] He kept 10 clean sheets during his four-month spell at Victoria Park.

Rochdale

Kean signed for Rochdale on loan for the entire 2011–12 season.[5] Kean's loan was cut short in November when Blackburn recalled him because of an injury to Paul Robinson.

Return to Rovers

He returned to Rovers because of the injury to first-choice Robinson and was back up to Mark Bunn for a few games, near to the end of the season he was permanently on the bench due to an injury to Bunn. On 13 May, he made his Premier League debut away to Chelsea in goal due to injuries to both Robinson and Bunn, this also meant both sides played second choice goalkeepers with Ross Turnbull deputising for Petr Cech in the opposite goal. Blackburn lost the game 2–1 with goals for Chelsea scored by John Terry and Raul Meireles, and Yakubu scoring for Rovers.[6] Midway through the 2012–13 season in the Championship, Kean has taken the starting spot over Paul Robinson, and kept 3 clean sheets in wins over Derby County, Bristol City and Ipswich Town. He played a key part in Blackburn's shock 1–0 win against Arsenal in the FA Cup 5th round. He kept a clean sheet and made crucial saves that kept Blackburn in the game. Kean started the 2013/14 season as first-choice until the beginning of December when he lost his first-time place to Simon Eastwood. Kean slipped further down the pecking order in January with the return from injury of Paul Robinson who was re-instated as number one.

Yeovil Town

Kean joined Yeovil Town on an initial one-month loan deal on 15 September 2014.[7]

Oldham Athletic

On 30 January 2015, Kean joined Oldham Athletic on loan for the remainder of the season.[8]

International career

Following an impressive four-month loan spell for League One outfit Hartlepool United, Ray Clemence was spotted scouting Kean during a 4–0 defeat to Peterborough United, and on 9 February 2011 he played 83 minutes for Brian Eastwick's England Under-20 side during a 2–1 defeat to France at Shrewsbury Town's New Meadow.

Career statistics

As of 11 October 2014.
Club statistics
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Hartlepool (loan) 2010–11[9] League One 19040002[lower-alpha 1]0250
Rochdale (loan) 2011–12[10] League One 14000001[lower-alpha 1]0150
Blackburn Rovers 2011–12[10] Premier League 10000010
2012–13[11] Championship 1805010240
2013–14[12] Championship 1800000180
2014–15[13] Championship 00001010
Total 3705020440
Yeovil Town (loan) 2014–15[13] League One 5000000050
Career total 750902030890
  1. 1.0 1.1 Appearances in Football League Trophy

References

  1. "Professional retain list & free transfers 2012/13" (PDF). The Football League. 18 May 2013. p. 5. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  2. "Blackburn Rovers | Team | Reserves | Jake Kean". Rovers.co.uk. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
  3. "Team | Profiles | Jake Kean". Hartlepool United. 15 October 2007. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
  4. "BBC Sport – Football – Brentford 0–0 Hartlepool United". BBC News. 18 September 2010. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
  5. "Kean Joins Dale". Rochdale AFC. 2 August 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
  6. "Chelsea 2–1 Blackburn". BBC Sport. 13 May 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
  7. "Jake Kean: Yeovil sign goalkeeper on one-month loan from Blackburn". BBC Sport. 15 September 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  8. "Jake Kean: Oldham bring in Blackburn goalkeeper on loan". BBC Sport. 30 January 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
  9. "Games played by Jake Kean in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  10. 10.0 10.1 "Games played by Jake Kean in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  11. "Games played by Jake Kean in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  12. "Games played by Jake Kean in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  13. 13.0 13.1 "Games played by Jake Kean in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Retrieved 4 October 2014.

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