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Robbie Keane, Ireland footballer: Profile, Career, News & Videos

Robbie Keane
Robbie Keane
Ireland
8 July 1980
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Robbie Keane is an Irish professional football coach and former player, currently the head coach of Hungarian club Ferencváros. Widely considered one of Ireland's greatest ever footballers, Keane played as a striker, and was captain of the Republic of Ireland from March 2006 until his international retirement in August 2016. He is the most capped player and top goalscorer for Ireland.

Keane began his career at Wolverhampton Wanderers, scoring twice on his first-team debut aged 17. The following season, he was the club's leading goalscorer and scored his first international goal for Ireland. He changed club frequently between 1999 and 2002, breaking transfer fee records, but his brief spells at Inter Milan and Leeds United were unexceptional. He joined Tottenham Hotspur in 2002 and played there for seven and a half years over two spells, amassing 306 appearances and 122 goals across all competitions. The 2007–08 season was the most fruitful of his career as he set a career record of 23 goals in a season, including a landmark 100th competitive goal, and won his first senior honour (the League Cup).

Keane moved to Liverpool in July 2008 but he spent only six months at the club before returning to Tottenham, where he was made first team captain. In January 2010, he moved on loan to Scottish Premier League side Celtic for the rest of the season, and spent the second half of the following season loaned to West Ham United. He left Tottenham for LA Galaxy in 2011, and in January 2012 went to Aston Villa on a two-month loan during the Major League Soccer (MLS) off-season. He departed LA Galaxy in 2016 having scored 104 goals across six seasons, before a short stint with Indian club ATK. Keane announced his retirement from professional football in November 2018. In total, he scored 126 Premier League goals for six clubs, which ranks him as the 17th-most successful goalscorer in the history of the Premier League.

Over an 18-year international career, Keane won 146 caps and scored 68 goals for the Republic of Ireland, both a national record. Keane is the joint seventh-highest European international goalscorer of all time, and the only player in football history to have scored at least one international goal in 19 consecutive years. Keane was the Republic of Ireland's top scorer at the 2002 FIFA World Cup with three goals as they reached the last 16, and also played at UEFA Euro 2012 and UEFA Euro 2016. Throughout his club and international career he was known for his goal celebration where he performed a cartwheel followed by a forward roll.

After announcing his retirement from playing, Keane began his coaching career with the Ireland senior team as assistant manager under Mick McCarthy's management setup in November 2018. He also took on the role of assistant manager at Championship club Middlesbrough in 2019, with his former teammate Jonathan Woodgate as manager. He left both roles in 2020. He became the head coach of Maccabi Tel Aviv in June 2023, winning the Israeli Premier League and Toto Cup in his only season. He became the manager of Ferencvaros in January 2025 and won the Hungarian title at the end of the season.

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📋 Profile & Career

: Keane with the Republic of Ireland in 2013
⚽ Personal information:
Full name: Robert David Keane
Date of birth: (1980-07-08) 8 July 1980 (age 45)
Place of birth: Tallaght, Dublin, Ireland
Height: 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position: Striker
⚽ Team information:
Current team: Ferencváros (head coach)
⚽ Youth career:
1986–1990: Fettercairn YFC
1990–1996: Crumlin United
1996–1997: Wolverhampton Wanderers
⚽ Senior career*:
Years: Team Apps (Gls)
1997–1999: Wolverhampton Wanderers 73 (24)
1999–2000: Coventry City 31 (12)
2000–2001: Inter Milan 6 (0)
2001: → Leeds United (loan) 18 (9)
2001–2002: Leeds United 28 (4)
2002–2008: Tottenham Hotspur 197 (80)
2008–2009: Liverpool 19 (5)
2009–2011: Tottenham Hotspur 41 (11)
2010: → Celtic (loan) 16 (12)
2011: → West Ham United (loan) 9 (2)
2011–2016: LA Galaxy 125 (83)
2012: → Aston Villa (loan) 6 (3)
2017–2018: ATK 9 (6)
Total: 578 (251)
⚽ International career:
1996: Republic of Ireland U16 3 (1)
1998: Republic of Ireland U18 4 (3)
1999: Republic of Ireland U20 4 (0)
1998–2016: Republic of Ireland 146 (68)
⚽ Managerial career:
2018: ATK (player-manager)
2018–2020: Republic of Ireland (assistant)
2019–2020: Middlesbrough (assistant)
2023: Leeds United (assistant)
2023–2024: Maccabi Tel Aviv
2025–: Ferencváros

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Channel Image Robbie Keane | All 12 goals for Coventry City
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Channel Image Gary Neville's Soccer Box episode (season 2, episode 3)With Robbie Keane as they relive some..💭
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Channel Image Robbie Keane | The Striker Who Defied Premier League Odds
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Channel Image Robbie Keane's 122 goals for Tottenham Hotspur
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Channel Image Robbie Keane ◉ All 68 Goals for Ireland 🇮🇪
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Channel Image HIGHLIGHTS: The Best of Robbie Keane’s LA Galaxy Career | #ThankYouKeano
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Channel Image Robbie Keane on Football’s Biggest Problem: Elite Strikers
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Channel Image ROBBIE KEANE: The Legendary Irishman, Best Goals and Assists!!
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