Robbie Keane

Robbie Keane
	Keane with the Republic of Ireland national team in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Robert David Keane
Date of birth	8 July 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth	Tallaght, Dublin, Ireland
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Club information
Current team	Maccabi Tel Aviv (head coach)
Youth career
1986–1990	Fettercairn YFC
1990–1996	Crumlin United
1996–1997	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Senior career*
Years	Team
1997–1999	Wolverhampton Wanderers
1999–2000	Coventry City
2000–2001	Inter Milan
2001	→ Leeds United (loan)
2001–2002	Leeds United
2002–2008	Tottenham Hotspur
2008–2009	Liverpool
2009–2011	Tottenham Hotspur
2010	→ Celtic (loan)
2011	→ West Ham United (loan)
2011–2016	LA Galaxy
2012	→ Aston Villa (loan)
2017–2018	ATK
Total
National team
1996	Republic of Ireland U16
1998	Republic of Ireland U18
1999	Republic of Ireland U20
1998–2016	Republic of Ireland
Teams managed
2018	ATK
2023–	Maccabi Tel Aviv
Honours
Representing Republic of Ireland
Men's football
UEFA European Under-19 Championship
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Robbie Keane (born 8 July 1980) is a retired Irish football player.^[3] A former captain of the Republic of Ireland national team, Keane is the team's all-time leading goal scorer and has the most caps (matches) of any Republic of Ireland outfield player (i.e., not a goalkeeper).

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Club

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More information Club, Season ...

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1997–98	First Division	38	11	3	0	4	0	—		—		45	11
	1998–99	First Division	33	11	2	2	4	3	—		—		39	16
	1999–2000	First Division	2	2	—		1	0	—		—		3	2
	Total		73	24	5	2	9	3	0	0	0	0	87	29
Coventry City	1999–2000	Premier League	31	12	3	0	0	0	—		—		34	12
Inter Milan	2000–01	Serie A	6	0	3	1	1	1	4^{[lower-alpha 1]}	1	—		14	3
Leeds United (loan)	2000–01	Premier League	18	9	2	0	—		—		—		20	9
Leeds United	2001–02	Premier League	25	3	0	0	2	3	6^{[lower-alpha 2]}	3	—		33	9
	2002–03	Premier League	3	1	—		—		—		—		3	1
	Total		46	13	2	0	2	3	6	3	0	0	56	19
Tottenham Hotspur	2002–03	Premier League	29	13	1	0	2	0	—		—		32	13
	2003–04	Premier League	34	14	3	1	4	1	—		—		41	16
	2004–05	Premier League	35	11	6	3	4	3	—		—		45	17
	2005–06	Premier League	36	16	1	0	1	0	—		—		38	16
	2006–07	Premier League	27	11	5	5	3	1	9^{[lower-alpha 2]}	5	—		44	22
	2007–08	Premier League	36	15	3	2	5	2	10^{[lower-alpha 2]}	4	—		54	23
	Total		197	80	19	11	19	7	19	9	0	0	254	107
Liverpool	2008–09	Premier League	19	5	1	0	1	0	7^{[lower-alpha 3]}	2	—		28	7
Tottenham Hotspur	2008–09	Premier League	14	5	—		—		—		—		14	5
	2009–10	Premier League	20	6	2	1	3	2	—		—		25	9
	2010–11	Premier League	7	0	—		1	1	5^{[lower-alpha 3]}	0	—		13	1
	Total		41	11	2	1	4	3	5	0	0	0	52	15
Celtic (loan)	2009–10	Scottish Premier League	16	12	3	4	0	0	—		—		19	16
West Ham United (loan)	2010–11	Premier League	9	2	1	0	—		—		—		10	2
LA Galaxy	2011	MLS	4	2	0	0	—		3^{[lower-alpha 4]}	1	4^{[lower-alpha 5]}	1	11	4
	2012	MLS	28	16	0	0	—		3^{[lower-alpha 4]}	1	6^{[lower-alpha 5]}	6	37	23
	2013	MLS	23	16	0	0	—		5^{[lower-alpha 4]}	3	2^{[lower-alpha 5]}	0	30	19
	2014	MLS	29	19	1	0	—		2^{[lower-alpha 4]}	2	5^{[lower-alpha 5]}	2	37	23
	2015	MLS	24	20	2	3	—		1^{[lower-alpha 4]}	2	1^{[lower-alpha 5]}	0	28	25
	2016	MLS	17	10	0	0	—		2^{[lower-alpha 4]}	0	3^{[lower-alpha 5]}	0	22	10
	Total		125	83	3	3	0	0	16	9	21	9	165	104
Aston Villa (loan)	2011–12	Premier League	6	3	1	0	—		—		—		7	3
ATK	2017–18	Indian Super League	9	6	2	2	—		—		—		11	8
Career total			578	251	45	24	36	17	57	24	21	9	737	325

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One appearance in UEFA Champions League and three appearances in UEFA Cup
Appearances in UEFA Cup
Appearances in UEFA Champions League
Appearances in CONCACAF Champions League
Appearances in MLS Cup Playoffs

International

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More information National team, Year ...

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Republic of Ireland	1998	5	2
	1999	8	3
	2000	9	2
	2001	7	1
	2002	11	6
	2003	7	4
	2004	10	6
	2005	7	1
	2006	6	4
	2007	8	3
	2008	7	3
	2009	11	6
	2010	8	4
	2011	10	8
	2012	8	1
	2013	9	8
	2014	7	3
	2015	5	2
	2016	3	1
Total		146	68

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Managerial

As of 20 April 2024

More information Team, Nat ...

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
Team	Nat	From	To	G	W	D	L	Win %
ATK		3 March 2018	31 May 2018	3	2	0	1	066.67
Maccabi Tel Aviv		26 June 2023	present	50	36	8	6	072.00
Total				53	38	8	7	071.70

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As Player

Tottenham Hotspur

Football League Cup: 2007–08^[9]

LA Galaxy

MLS Cup:^[9] 2011, 2012, 2014
Supporters' Shield: 2011^[10]

Republic of Ireland U18

UEFA European Under-18 Championship: 1998^[11]

Republic of Ireland

Nations Cup: 2011^[9]

Individual

FAI Young International Player of the Year: 1998,^[12] 1999^[13]
Tottenham Hotspur Player of the Year:^[14] 2003, 2005–06, 2007–08
Premier League Player of the Month:^[15] August 1999, January 2001, April 2007
PFA Team of the Year: 1997–98 First Division
Scottish Premier League Player of the Month: March 2010^[16]
Celtic Player of the Year: 2009–10
FAI International Goal of the Year: 2004 (vs. Netherlands), 2005 (vs. Israel), 2009 (vs. France)
FAI Senior International Player of the Year: 2009, 2013
MLS Best XI: 2012,^[17]2013,^[18] 2014,^[19] 2015^[20]
MLS Player of the Month: July 2012,^[21] August 2013^[22]
MLS MVP: 2014^[23]
MLS Cup MVP: 2014^[24]
Best MLS Player ESPY: 2015
MLS All-Star: 2015^[25]
LA Galaxy Most Valuable Player:^[26] 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015

As Manager

Maccabi Tel Aviv

Toto Cup Al: 2024^[27]

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"LA Galaxy Win 2011 Supporters' Shield". LA Galaxy. 8 October 2011. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
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"The Irish U-18 European Champions of 1998". That's Ireland. 28 February 2008. Archived from the original on 7 December 2008. Retrieved 30 July 2008.
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Quinn, Philip (12 October 1998). "Cunningham Player of the Year". Irish Independent. Archived from the original on 11 September 2013. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
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Quinn, Philip (21 February 2000). "Injury rules out McPhail". Irish Independent. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
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"Defeat dulls Keane joy over player prize". BBC Sport. 12 April 2010. Retrieved 12 April 2010.
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Firchau, Nick (26 November 2012). "MLS reveals 2012 Best XI, headlined by Sporting KC quartet". Major League Soccer. Archived from the original on 19 August 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
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"MLS reveals 2013 Best XI, headlined by Portland Timbers trio". Major League Soccer. 3 December 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
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"Landon Donovan, Thierry Henry named to MLS Best XI". ESPN FC. 2 December 2014. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
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"2015 MLS Best XI revealed: 10 first-time selections get the nod". Major League Soccer. 29 November 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
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Lagalaxy (2 August 2012). "LA Galaxy Forward Robbie Keane Voted MLS Player of the Month for July". Lagalaxy. LA Galaxy. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
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"LA Galaxy star Robbie Keane earns August Player of the Month award". Major League Soccer. 5 September 2013. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
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"LA Galaxy's Robbie Keane named Major League Soccer MVP". ESPN FC. 3 December 2014. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
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"LA Galaxy forward Robbie Keane wins 2014 Volkswagen MLS Cup MVP". LA Galaxy. 7 December 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
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"Sebastian Giovinco, Kei Kamara among 22 players named to 2015 AT&T MLS All-Star Game roster". Major League Soccer. 20 July 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
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"Robbie Keane to leave LA Galaxy after five years in MLS". BBC Sport. 17 November 2016. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
[27]
"Maccabi win Toto Cup on penalties". Maccabi Tel Aviv. 24 January 2024. Retrieved 25 January 2024.

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[7] One appearance in UEFA Champions League and three appearances in UEFA Cup

[uefacup-8] Appearances in UEFA Cup

[ucl-9] Appearances in UEFA Champions League

[ccl-10] Appearances in CONCACAF Champions League

[mlscp-11] Appearances in MLS Cup Playoffs

[1] [1]
"Robbie Keane: Profile". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. 14 June 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2022.

[PremProfile-2] [2]
"Robbie Keane: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 9 August 2022.

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‘I was a street footballer full of hope’ – Robbie Keane retires. The Irish Times. Published 28 November 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2018.

[4] [4]
"Robbie Keane". Soccerbase. Retrieved 12 November 2006.

[5] [5]
"Robbie Keane". Major League Soccer. Retrieved 14 October 2016.

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"R. Keane". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 April 2018.

[12] [7]
"Robbie Keane". EU-football.info. Retrieved 28 June 2016.

[13] [8]
"Robbie Keane". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman.

[details-14] [9]
"R. Keane". Soccerway. Retrieved 1 September 2016.

[Shield-15] [10]
"LA Galaxy Win 2011 Supporters' Shield". LA Galaxy. 8 October 2011. Retrieved 15 September 2016.

[U18_win-16] [11]
"The Irish U-18 European Champions of 1998". That's Ireland. 28 February 2008. Archived from the original on 7 December 2008. Retrieved 30 July 2008.

[17] [12]
Quinn, Philip (12 October 1998). "Cunningham Player of the Year". Irish Independent. Archived from the original on 11 September 2013. Retrieved 15 September 2016.

[18] [13]
Quinn, Philip (21 February 2000). "Injury rules out McPhail". Irish Independent. Retrieved 15 September 2016.

[10Things-19] [14]
Silver, Dan (28 July 2008). "10 Things you need to know about Robbie Keane". Daily Mirror. Archived from the original on 29 July 2008. Retrieved 31 July 2008.

[20] [15]
"Robbie Keane: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 28 September 2018.

[SPL_POTM-21] [16]
"Defeat dulls Keane joy over player prize". BBC Sport. 12 April 2010. Retrieved 12 April 2010.

[2012_MLS_XI-22] [17]
Firchau, Nick (26 November 2012). "MLS reveals 2012 Best XI, headlined by Sporting KC quartet". Major League Soccer. Archived from the original on 19 August 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2015.

[2013_XI-23] [18]
"MLS reveals 2013 Best XI, headlined by Portland Timbers trio". Major League Soccer. 3 December 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2015.

[24] [19]
"Landon Donovan, Thierry Henry named to MLS Best XI". ESPN FC. 2 December 2014. Retrieved 3 December 2014.

[25] [20]
"2015 MLS Best XI revealed: 10 first-time selections get the nod". Major League Soccer. 29 November 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2015.

[july12-26] [21]
Lagalaxy (2 August 2012). "LA Galaxy Forward Robbie Keane Voted MLS Player of the Month for July". Lagalaxy. LA Galaxy. Retrieved 20 October 2015.

[27] [22]
"LA Galaxy star Robbie Keane earns August Player of the Month award". Major League Soccer. 5 September 2013. Retrieved 15 September 2016.

[28] [23]
"LA Galaxy's Robbie Keane named Major League Soccer MVP". ESPN FC. 3 December 2014. Retrieved 3 December 2014.

[29] [24]
"LA Galaxy forward Robbie Keane wins 2014 Volkswagen MLS Cup MVP". LA Galaxy. 7 December 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2014.

[30] [25]
"Sebastian Giovinco, Kei Kamara among 22 players named to 2015 AT&T MLS All-Star Game roster". Major League Soccer. 20 July 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2015.

[Keane_leaves_Galaxy-31] [26]
"Robbie Keane to leave LA Galaxy after five years in MLS". BBC Sport. 17 November 2016. Retrieved 18 November 2016.

[totocup24-32] [27]
"Maccabi win Toto Cup on penalties". Maccabi Tel Aviv. 24 January 2024. Retrieved 25 January 2024.

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