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For the American college sports coach named Roy Keene, see Spec Keene.

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Roy Keane
Personal information
\n Keane in 2014
Full name	\nRoy Maurice Keane
Date of birth	\n (1971-08-10) 10 August 1971 (age 53)^[1]
Place of birth	\nCork, Ireland
Height	\n5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)^[2]
Position(s)	\nMidfielder
Youth career
1981\u20131989	\nRockmount^[3]
Senior career\"
Years	\nTeam	\nApps	\n(Gls)
1989\u20131990	\nCobh Ramblers	\n23	\n(1)
1990\u20131993	\nNottingham Forest	\n114	\n(22)
1993\u20132005	\nManchester United	\n326	\n(33)
2005\u20132006	\nCeltic	\n10	\n(1)
Total	\n	\n473	\n(57)
International career
1991	\nRepublic of Ireland U21	\n4	\n(0)
1991\u20132005	\nRepublic of Ireland	\n67	\n(9)
Managerial career
2006\u20132008	\nSunderland
2009\u20132011	\nIpswich Town
\n\"Club domestic league appearances and goals

Roy Maurice Keane (born 10 August 1971) is an Irish football pundit, former coach, and former professional player. He is the joint most decorated Irish footballer of all time alongside Denis Irwin and Ronnie Whelan, having won 19 major trophies in his club career, 17 of which came during his time at English club Manchester United.^[4] Regarded as one of the best midfielders of his generation, he was named by Pel\u00e9 in the FIFA 100 list of the world's greatest living players in 2004.^[5]\n

In his 18-year playing career, Keane played for Cobh Ramblers, Nottingham Forest, and Manchester United before ending his career at Celtic. He was a dominating box-to-box midfielder noted for his aggressive and highly competitive style of play, an attitude that helped him excel as captain of Manchester United from 1997 until his departure in 2005. Keane helped United achieve sustained success during his 12 years at the club, winning seven Premier League titles, four FA Cups and the UEFA Champions League. He then signed for Celtic, where he won the Scottish Premier League and Scottish League Cup before retiring as a player in 2006.\n

Keane played at the international level for the Republic of Ireland over 14 years, most of which he spent as captain. At the 1994 FIFA World Cup, he played in every Republic of Ireland game. He was sent home from the 2002 FIFA World Cup after a dispute with national coach Mick McCarthy over the team's training facilities.\n

Keane began his management career at Sunderland shortly after his retirement as a player and took the club from 23rd position in the Football League Championship, in late August, to winning the division title and gaining promotion to the Premier League.^[6] He resigned in December 2008,^[7] and from April 2009 to January 2011, he was manager of Championship club Ipswich Town.^[8] In November 2013, he was appointed assistant manager of the Republic of Ireland national team by manager Martin O'Neill, a role he held until 2018.^[9] He would also have short assistant manager spells at Aston Villa in 2014 and Nottingham Forest in 2019. Keane has also worked as a studio analyst for football coverage on British channels ITV and Sky Sports. He was inducted into the Premier League Hall of Fame in 2021.^[10]\n

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Club\n	Season\n	League\n	National Cup^[a]\n	League Cup^[b]\n	Europe\n	Other\n	Total\n
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals\n
Cobh Ramblers\n	1989\u201390^[151]\n	LOI First Division\n	23	1	3	1	3	0	\u2014	\u2014	29	2\n
Nottingham Forest\n	1990\u201391^[152]\n	First Division\n	35	8	10	2	4	1	\u2014	0	0	49	11\n
1991\u201392^[153]\n	First Division\n	39	8	4	0	8	4	\u2014	5^[c]	2	56	14\n
1992\u201393^[154]\n	Premier League\n	40	6	4	1	5	1	\u2014	\u2014	49	8\n
Total\n	114	22	18	3	17	6	\u2014	5	2	154	33\n
Manchester United\n	1993\u201394\n	Premier League\n	37	5	6	1	7	0	3^[d]	2	1^[e]	0	54	8\n
1994\u201395\n	Premier League\n	25	2	7	0	1	0	4^[d]	1	0	0	37	3\n
1995\u201396\n	Premier League\n	29	6	7	0	1	0	2^[f]	0	\u2014	39	6\n
1996\u201397\n	Premier League\n	21	2	3	0	2	0	6^[d]	0	1^[e]	1	33	3\n
1997\u201398\n	Premier League\n	9	2	0	0	0	0	1^[d]	0	1^[e]	0	11	2\n
1998\u201399\n	Premier League\n	35	2	7	0	0	0	12^[d]	3	1^[e]	0	55	5\n
1999\u20132000\n	Premier League\n	29	5	\u2014	0	0	12^[d]	6	4^[g]	1	45	12\n
2000\u201301\n	Premier League\n	28	2	2	0	0	0	13^[d]	1	1^[e]	0	44	3\n
2001\u201302\n	Premier League\n	28	3	2	0	0	0	12^[d]	1	1^[e]	0	43	4\n
2002\u201303\n	Premier League\n	21	0	3	0	2	0	6^[d]	0	\u2014	32	0\n
2003\u201304\n	Premier League\n	28	3	5	0	0	0	4^[d]	0	1^[h]	0	38	3\n
2004\u201305\n	Premier League\n	31	1	4	1	1	0	6^[d]	0	1^[h]	0	43	2\n
2005\u201306\n	Premier League\n	5	0	\u2014	0	0	1^[d]	0	\u2014	6	0\n
Total\n	326	33	46	2	14	0	82	14	12	2	480	51\n
Celtic\n	2005\u201306\n	Scottish Premier League\n	10	1	1	0	2	0	\u2014	\u2014	13	1\n
Career total\n	473	57	68	6	36	6	82	14	17	4	676	87\n

National team	Year	Apps	Goals\n
Republic of Ireland\n	1991	3	0\n
1992	7	0\n
1993	9	0\n
1994	8	1\n
1995	2	0\n
1996	2	0\n
1997	7	2\n
1998	3	2\n
1999	4	0\n
2000	4	0\n
2001	7	4\n
2002	2	0\n
2004	5	0\n
2005	4	0\n
Total	67	9\n

No.\n	Date\n	Venue\n	Opponent\n	Score\n	Result\n	Competition\n
1	16 November 1994	Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland	$\"\"$ Northern Ireland	2\u20130	4\u20130	UEFA Euro 1996 qualification\n
2	6 September 1997	Laugardalsv\u00f6llur, Reykjav\u00edk, Iceland	$\"\"$ Iceland	2\u20132	4\u20132	1998 World Cup qualification\n
3	3\u20132\n
4	5 September 1998	Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland	$\"\"$ Croatia	2\u20130	2\u20130	UEFA Euro 2000 qualification\n
5	14 October 1998	Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland	$\"\"$ Malta	3\u20130	5\u20130	UEFA Euro 2000 qualification\n
6	24 March 2001	GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus	$\"\"$ Cyprus	1\u20130	4\u20130	2002 World Cup qualification\n
7	4\u20130\n
8	2 June 2001	Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland	$\"\"$ Portugal	1\u20130	1\u20131	2002 World Cup qualification\n
9	6 October 2001	Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland	$\"\"$ Cyprus	4\u20130	4\u20130	2002 World Cup qualification\n

Team\n	From\n	To\n	Record\n	Ref\n
P	W	D	L	Win %\n
Sunderland\n	28 August 2006\n	4 December 2008\n	100\n	42\n	17\n	41\n	042.0\n	^[157]^[158]\n
Ipswich Town\n	23 April 2009\n	7 January 2011\n	81\n	28\n	25\n	28\n	034.6\n	^[158]\n
Total\n	181\n	70\n	42\n	69\n	038.7\n	\n

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Early life

Club career

Cobh Ramblers

Nottingham Forest

Manchester United

Early years: 1993\u201397

Captaincy: 1997\u20132001

Alfie Haaland incident

Later career: 2001\u20132005

Departure

Celtic

International career

2002 FIFA World Cup incident

Recall

Post-retirement

Coaching career

Sunderland

Ipswich Town

National team

Aston Villa

Nottingham Forest

Style of play

Career statistics

Club

International

Managerial statistics

Honours

As a player

As a manager

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Outside football

Media career

Personal life

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In popular culture

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