Michael Keane (footballer, born 1993)

english football player

Michael Vincent Keane ( bear 11 January 1993 ) is an english professional football player who plays as a centre-back for Premier League club Everton and the England national team.

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Keane began his career at Manchester United and was named as their Reserves Player of the year in 2012, but was loaned out several times, recently to Burnley who signed him on a permanent wave basis in January 2015. He was part of their team which won the 2015–16 Football League Championship prior to his transfer to Everton in 2017. Keane has represented the Republic of Ireland at under-17 and under-19 levels and England at under-19, under-20, under-21 and senior levels .

Club career [edit ]

manchester United [edit ]

Keane was born in Stockport, Greater Manchester. [ 5 ] He grew up in the suburb of Heaton Mersey and attended St Bede ‘s College in Whalley Range. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] He played for South Manchester in Cheadle, [ 8 ] before joining Manchester United as an academy scholar in 2009 at the age of 16 along with his duplicate buddy Will ; both had been training with the clubhouse since the age of 11. [ 9 ] Keane signed his first professional contract with Manchester United on his 18th birthday on 11 January 2011. [ citation needed ] He made his first-team introduction in the League Cup on 25 October 2011, coming on as a substitute in the seventieth minute in United ‘s one-fourth polish victory over Aldershot Town. [ 10 ] On 28 January 2012, he was again named on the terrace, this time against rivals Liverpool in the FA Cup ; however, he was an fresh utility and the match finished 2–1 to Liverpool. [ 11 ] Keane started a first-team match for the first time against Newcastle United in the League Cup on 26 September 2012, playing aboard Scott Wootton as a centre-back. [ 12 ] Following the peer, teammate Darren Fletcher praised him for being “ fantastic ”. [ 13 ] Keane won the award for the Denzil Haroun Reserve Player of the class in 2012. He was the clear achiever with 60 % of the votes, beating Jesse Lingard ( 24 % ) and Larnell Cole ( 16 % ). He made 27 appearances in all competitions for the reserve team in the 2011–12 season, during which he scored five goals. The reserve team won the Reserve League North and the national play-off concluding that season. Keane told MUTV : “ I was surprised but actually please to win the prize. It ‘s big to know that it ‘s been voted for by the fans, because they come to watch us and follow us throughout the season. ” [ 14 ] On 6 November 2012, Keane alongside his teammate Jesse Lingard joined Leicester City on loan until 3 December 2012. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] This was late extended to 2 January 2013. [ 17 ] Keane made his debut for Leicester City on 6 November 2012, in a 0–0 pull aside to Bolton Wanderers. [ 18 ] On 4 January 2013, Keane extended his quell at Leicester until the end of January and was given permission by United to play in the FA Cup for Leicester. [ 19 ] On 24 January 2013, Keane extended his stay at Leicester until the end of the season. [ citation needed ] On 12 February, Keane scored his foremost finish, in a 2–1 get the better of to Huddersfield Town in the fourth round of the FA Cup. [ 20 ] On 5 March, he scored a 90th-minute header against Leeds United to gain Leicester a detail in a 1–1 withdraw. [ 21 ] On 28 November 2013, after receiving offers from Charlton Athletic, Derby County, Middlesbrough and Millwall, [ 22 ] Keane opted to join Derby County on loan until 2 January 2014. [ 23 ] He made his debut for Derby on 7 December 2013, coming on in the 73rd minute of a 5–1 acquire against Blackpool. He about scored with a header from a corner in the 92nd minute but his attempt was saved and Richard Keogh headed in the bounce. [ 24 ] The lend cover was extended by a far month on 2 January 2014, with Keane now able to play for Derby in the FA Cup. [ 25 ] On 30 January 2014, Derby County sent him back to Manchester United after signing George Thorne on loan from West Bromwich Albion. [ 26 ] On 7 March 2014, Keane joined Championship golf club Blackburn Rovers on loanword for the remainder of the 2013–14 season. Keane was handed the number 16 shirt number for his time at Ewood Park. [ 27 ] He made his debut for the club on 9 March, playing the full 90 minutes in a 2–1 defeat at home to local rivals Burnley. [ 28 ] Keane returned to Old Trafford on the completion of the Championship temper and was named on the terrace for Manchester United ‘s last home match of the season against Hull City. [ 29 ] Keane made his first league appearance for Manchester United team on 24 August 2014 against Sunderland replacing Chris Smalling in the 43rd minute. [ 30 ] Two days late, Keane would start for United in the League Cup against Milton Keynes Dons of League One ; the Dons would win 4–0. [ 31 ]

Burnley [edit ]

Keane ( left ) playing for Burnley in 2016 On 2 September 2014, Keane completed a loanword move to Burnley until January 2015. [ 32 ] Keane made his Burnley debut against Leicester City. [ 33 ] The loanword was made permanent wave on 8 January 2015 for an undisclosed fee, with Keane signing a three-and-a-half-year contract. [ 34 ] Keane started his first gear full season at Turf Moor brilliantly, scoring twice in the opening month of the temper. [ 35 ] He scored five times in total : his survive goal of the season was against Middlesbrough in a top-of-the-table clash on 19 April ; [ 35 ] less than a month late both Burnley and Middlesbrough would be celebrating promotion rear to the Premier League.

Everton [edit ]

On 3 July 2017, Keane signed for Premier League club Everton on a five-year contract, for an initial fee of £25 million that could rise to £30 million. [ 38 ] Keane made his league debut for Everton on 12 August 2017, when his golf club beat Stoke City 1–0 at Goodison Park. [ 39 ] Keane scored his first goal for Everton on 17 August 2017 in the UEFA Europa League play-off round first base leg against Hajduk Split. Keane had risen highest at the far mail to head in Leighton Baines ‘ leftist hybrid. His towering header gave Everton the lead in the thirtieth minute and the match ended with Everton winning the match by 2–0. [ 40 ] Keane scored his first league finish for Everton on 25 August 2018 in a 2–2 away draw with AFC Bournemouth before leaving the equal on a capstone and being taken to hospital after clashing heads with a teammate, [ 41 ] [ 42 ] having suffered from a hairline fracture to his skull. [ 43 ] On 30 August 2020, Keane signed a new contract with Everton until 2025. [ 44 ]

International career [edit ]

Although he was born in England, Keane is of irish lineage, which made him eligible to play for the Republic of Ireland national team. He represented Ireland at under-17 and under-19 levels, [ 45 ] but expressed his desire to play for the England under-19 team and hoped to be included in the team for the friendly against the Czech Republic in February 2012. [ 46 ] He made his introduction for the under-19 team on 25 May 2012, in a 5–0 gain against Slovenia during which his twin buddy Will scored doubly. [ 47 ] He was named in director Noel Blake ‘s police squad for the 2012 UEFA european Under-19 Championship, [ 48 ] and helped England reach the semi-final. [ 49 ] On 25 March 2013, Keane made his introduction for the England under-21 team, replacing Andre Wisdom in the 77th moment of a 4–0 win against Austria at the Falmer Stadium. [ 50 ] On 14 November 2013, Keane opened the score in the England Under-21s ‘ 3–0 win over Finland, putting in James Ward-Prowse ‘s free-kick after 21 minutes. [ 51 ] Keane repeated the feat for the irregular meet in a row five days belated, heading in Tom Ince ‘s corner in the 13th moment. The England U21 team went on to beat the San Marino U21 team 9–0, a record winnings. [ 52 ] On 4 October 2016, he was called into the full England police squad, as a replacement for the hurt Glen Johnson, by interim coach Gareth Southgate for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Malta on 8 October and Slovenia three days late. [ 53 ] Keane made his debut on 22 March 2017, playing the full 90 minutes in a friendly get the better of to Germany. [ 54 ] He scored his beginning finish on 25 March 2019 with a header from Ross Barkley ‘s exempt kick in a 5–1 gain away to Montenegro in UEFA Euro 2020 qualification. [ 55 ]

career statistics [edit ]

golf club [edit ]

As of match played 6 December 2021

International [edit ]

As of match played 12 November 2020[64]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team
Year
Apps
Goals

England

2017
4
0

2018
1
0

2019
5
1

2020
2
0

Total
12
1

As of match played 12 November 2020. England score listed first, score column indicates score after each Keane goal.[64]

List of international goals scored by Michael Keane

No.

Date

Venue

Cap

Opponent

Score

Result

Competition

Ref.

1
25 March 2019
Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica, Montenegro
7
Montenegro
1–1
5–1
UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
[65]

Honours [edit ]

Burnley
England
Individual

References [edit ]

Profile at the Everton F.C. website
Profile at the Football Association website
Michael Keane at Soccerbase