Alan Keane (soccer player)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alan Keane | ||
| Date of birth | 23 September 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Galway, Ireland | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Right back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| St Bernard's | |||
| Mervue United | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2005–2008 | Galway United | 68 | (2) |
| 2009–2015 | Sligo Rovers | 239 | (20) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:30, 21 June 2013 (UTC). | |||
Alan Keane (born 23 September 1984) is an Irish former footballer playing in the League of Ireland.[1]
Keane is a versatile player that can play anywhere across the back four, his preferred position is right back. He has also been known to play on the wing.
Career
Galway United
Keane made his début for Galway United towards the end of the 2005 season, he mostly was used as a right back in his time with the club.
Sligo Rovers
In February 2009, Keane joined Sligo Rovers after four seasons at Galway United.
Keane missed a penalty and scored an own goal in the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League tie against Albanian side Vllaznia.[2] In the second leg he scored at the right end.[3] He went on to become Rovers regular penalty taker during the 2010 season scoring some important goals including one in the last minute of the season against St. Patricks Athletic to secure third place. He did however miss in the FAI Cup final shoot-out two weeks later.
He was an important part of the league winning Rovers team in 2012 although he missed the end of the season through injury. He only missed one game in the 2013 Airtricity League season and picked up his third FAI Cup Winners' medal with the club following the win over Drogheda in the final. He made his 200th appearance with the Bit o'Red in the game with St. Pats towards the end of the season.
Honours
- Sligo Rovers
- League of Ireland (1): 2012
- FAI Cup (3): 2010, 2011, 2013
- League of Ireland Cup (1): 2010
- Setanta Sports Cup (1): 2014
Career statistics
Club
Correct as of 7 November 2011.
| Season | Club | League | League | FAI Cup | League Cup | Europe | Setanta Cup | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| 2009 | Sligo Rovers | League of Ireland | 34 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 47 | 7 |
| 2010 | 34 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 7 | ||
| 2011 | 31 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 41 | 2 | ||
| 2012 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 1 | ||
| 2013 | 32 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 46 | 1 | ||
| Total | 148 | 12 | 20 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 202 | 18 | ||