Robbie Keane

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).

Robbie Keane

Keane with the Republic of Ireland national team in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Robert David Keane[1]
Date of birth	(1980-07-08) 8 July 1980 (age 45)[2]
Place of birth	Tallaght, Dublin, Ireland
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Position(s)	Striker
Team 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	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
2023–	Maccabi Tel Aviv
Medal record Representing  Republic of Ireland Men's football UEFA European Under-19 Championship Winner 1998 Cyprus
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career statistics

Club

^[4][5][6]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		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[a]	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[b]	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[b]	5	—		44	22
	2007–08	Premier League	36	15	3	2	5	2	10[b]	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[c]	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[c]	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[d]	1	4[e]	1	11	4
	2012	MLS	28	16	0	0	—		3[d]	1	6[e]	6	37	23
	2013	MLS	23	16	0	0	—		5[d]	3	2[e]	0	30	19
	2014	MLS	29	19	1	0	—		2[d]	2	5[e]	2	37	23
	2015	MLS	24	20	2	3	—		1[d]	2	1[e]	0	28	25
	2016	MLS	17	10	0	0	—		2[d]	0	3[e]	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

1. One appearance in UEFA Champions League and three appearances in UEFA Cup
2. Appearances in UEFA Cup
3. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
4. Appearances in CONCACAF Champions League
5. Appearances in MLS Cup Playoffs

International

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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

Managerial

As of 20 April 2024

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				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

Honours

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]