Biography
Who is Robbie Keane?
Early life and background
Robbie Keane: Robert David Keane was born and raised in Tallaght, Dublin, the son of Anne and Robert Keane. He started his football career with local club Fettercairn before joining Dublin schoolboy team Crumlin United at the age of 10. He also played Gaelic football until he was 15, before giving it up to pursue a football career. Keane received offers from both Liverpool and Wolverhampton Wanderers, but decided to go to the First Division side, judging that it would be harder to break into the first team at Liverpool. He moved to Wolverhampton four days before his 16th birthday in July 1996, joining their youth team.
Club career highlights
Keane progressed through Wolves' youth ranks and made his professional debut aged 17 on 9 August 1997, scoring twice against Norwich City. Just weeks into the 1999-2000 season, he was sold to Premier League club Coventry City for 6 million pounds, then a British record for a teenager. After an impressive first season in the Premier League, Keane was signed by Italian Serie A club Inter Milan for a fee of 13 million pounds in July 2000, signing a five-year contract. In December 2000, he was loaned out to Leeds United, and the deal was made permanent in May 2001.
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 and won his first senior honour, the League Cup. Keane moved to Liverpool in July 2008 before returning to Tottenham. He later played for LA Galaxy, Aston Villa, West Ham United, Celtic, and ATK before announcing his retirement from professional football in November 2018.
International career
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. At the time of his retirement, he was 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.
Coaching career
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 Ferencváros in January 2025 and won the Hungarian title at the end of the season.
Birthday and age
Robbie Keane was born on July 8, 1980, which makes Robbie 46 years old today. That birthday falls under the Cancer sign. Robbie shares the date with 50 other famous people.
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