Editing Robbie Keane (section)

{{short description|Irish football manager (born 1980)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}}
{{Use Hiberno-English|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Robbie Keane
| image = 2013 Robbie Keane (cropped).jpg
| caption = Keane with the [[Republic of Ireland national football team|Republic of Ireland]] in 2013
| full_name = Robert David Keane<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/robbie-keane/ |title=Robbie Keane: Profile |website=worldfootball.net |date=14 June 2019 |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL |access-date=9 August 2022}}</ref>
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|7|8|df=y}}<ref name="PremProfile">{{cite web |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/1692/Robbie-Keane/overview |title=Robbie Keane: Overview |publisher=Premier League |access-date=9 August 2022}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Tallaght]], [[Dublin]], Ireland
| height = 1.76 m<ref name="PremProfile"/>
| position = [[Forward (association football)#Striker|Striker]]
| currentclub = [[Ferencvárosi TC|Ferencváros]] (head coach)
| youthyears1 = 1986–1990
| youthclubs1 = Fettercairn YFC
| youthyears2 = 1990–1996
| youthclubs2 = [[Crumlin United F.C.|Crumlin United]]
| youthyears3 = 1996–1997
| youthclubs3 = [[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolverhampton Wanderers]]
| years1 = 1997–1999
| clubs1 = [[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolverhampton Wanderers]]
| caps1 = 73
| goals1 = 24
| years2 = 1999–2000
| clubs2 = [[Coventry City F.C.|Coventry City]]
| caps2 = 31
| goals2 = 12
| years3 = 2000–2001
| clubs3 = [[Inter Milan]]
| caps3 = 6
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2001
| clubs4 = → [[Leeds United F.C.|Leeds United]] (loan)
| caps4 = 18
| goals4 = 9
| years5 = 2001–2002
| clubs5 = [[Leeds United F.C.|Leeds United]]
| caps5 = 28
| goals5 = 4
| years6 = 2002–2008
| clubs6 = [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]]
| caps6 = 197
| goals6 = 80
| years7 = 2008–2009
| clubs7 = [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]
| caps7 = 19
| goals7 = 5
| years8 = 2009–2011
| clubs8 = [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]]
| caps8 = 41
| goals8 = 11
| years9 = 2010
| clubs9 = → [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]] (loan)
| caps9 = 16
| goals9 = 12
| years10 = 2011
| clubs10 = → [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham United]] (loan)
| caps10 = 9
| goals10 = 2
| years11 = 2011–2016
| clubs11 = [[LA Galaxy]]
| caps11 = 125
| goals11 = 83
| years12 = 2012
| clubs12 = → [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]] (loan)
| caps12 = 6
| goals12 = 3
| years13 = 2017–2018
| clubs13 = [[ATK (football club)|ATK]]
| caps13 = 9
| goals13 = 6
| totalcaps = 578
| totalgoals = 251
| nationalyears1 = 1996
| nationalteam1 = [[Republic of Ireland national under-16 football team|Republic of Ireland U16]]
| nationalcaps1 = 3
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| nationalyears2 = 1998
| nationalteam2 = [[Republic of Ireland national under-18 football team|Republic of Ireland U18]]
| nationalcaps2 = 4
| nationalgoals2 = 3
| nationalyears3 = 1999
| nationalteam3 = [[Republic of Ireland national under-20 football team|Republic of Ireland U20]]
| nationalcaps3 = 4
| nationalgoals3 = 0
| nationalyears4 = 1998–2016
| nationalteam4 = [[Republic of Ireland national football team|Republic of Ireland]]
| nationalcaps4 = 146
| nationalgoals4 = [[List of international goals scored by Robbie Keane|68]]
| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{fb|IRL}}}}
{{MedalSport|Men's [[Association football|football]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[UEFA European Under-19 Championship]]}}
{{Medal|Winner|[[1998 UEFA European Under-18 Championship|1998 Cyprus]]|}}
| manageryears1 = 2018
| managerclubs1 = [[ATK (football club)|ATK]]
| managerclubs2 = [[Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.|Maccabi Tel Aviv]]
| manageryears2 = 2023–2024
| manageryears3 = 2025–
| managerclubs3 = [[Ferencvárosi TC|Ferencváros]]
}}

'''Robert David Keane''' (born 8 July 1980) is an Irish professional [[Association football|football]] coach and former [[Association football|player]] who played as a [[Forward (association football)#Striker|striker]] and is currently the head coach of [[Ferencvárosi TC|Ferencváros]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Robbie Keane is the new head coach of Fradi |url=https://www.fradi.hu/en/football/men-s/news/robbie-keane-is-the-new-head-coach-of-fradi |access-date=2025-01-06 |website=www.fradi.hu |language=en}}</ref> Keane served as [[Captain (association football)|captain]] of the [[Republic of Ireland national football team|Republic of Ireland]] from March 2006 until his international retirement in August 2016. Keane is the most capped player and all-time top goalscorer for his nation.

Keane began his career at [[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolverhampton Wanderers]], scoring twice on his first-team debut aged 17. The following season, he was the club's leading goalscorer and scored his first international goal for Ireland. He changed club frequently between 1999 and 2002, breaking transfer fee records, but his brief spells at [[Inter Milan]] and [[Leeds United F.C.|Leeds United]] were unexceptional. He joined [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|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 Premier League|2007–08 season]] was the most fruitful of his career as he set a career record of 23 goals in a season, including a landmark 100th competitive goal, and won his first senior honour (the [[EFL Cup|League Cup]]).

Keane moved to [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] in July 2008 but he spent only six months at the club before returning to Tottenham, where he was made first team captain. In January 2010, he moved on loan to [[Scottish Premier League]] side [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]] for the rest of the season, and spent the second half of the following season loaned to [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham United]]. He left Tottenham for [[LA Galaxy]] in 2011, and in January 2012 went to [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]] on a two-month loan during the [[Major League Soccer]] (MLS) off-season. He departed LA Galaxy in 2016 having scored 104 goals across six seasons, before a short stint with Indian club [[ATK (football club)|ATK]]. Keane announced his retirement from professional football in November 2018. In total, he scored 126 Premier League goals for six different clubs, which ranks him as the [[List of Premier League players with 100 or more goals|17th-most successful goalscorer]] in the history of the Premier League.

Widely regarded as one of the best Irish players of all time, Keane scored 68 goals for the Republic of Ireland national team over an 18-year international career, making him the all-time record Irish scorer. His 146 caps is also an Irish record. Keane is the [[List of men's footballers with 50 or more international goals|joint fifth-highest European international goalscorer of all time]], and the only player in the history of world football to have scored at least one international goal in 19 consecutive years.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/guinness-world-records-not-keen-on-robbie-keanes-goalscoring-exploits-450601.html |title=Guinness World Records not keen on Robbie Keane's goalscoring exploits |newspaper=[[Irish Examiner]] |first=Joe |last=Leogue |date=22 May 2017 |access-date=31 December 2018}}</ref> 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]]. Throughout his club and international career he was known for his [[goal celebration]] where he performed a cartwheel followed by a forward roll.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.footballfancast.com/football-blogs/the-top-ten-iconic-football-celebrations/attachment/10-robbie-keane |title=10. Robbie Keane |access-date=9 October 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130918225951/http://www.footballfancast.com/football-blogs/the-top-ten-iconic-football-celebrations/attachment/10-robbie-keane |archive-date=18 September 2013}}</ref>

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 [[EFL Championship|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 F.C.|Maccabi Tel Aviv]] in June 2023, winning the [[Israeli Premier League]] and [[Toto Cup]] in his only season.