Editing Robbie Keane (section)

==Style of play==
A talented, quick, and agile player,<ref name="Sammy Lee Praise">{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/liverpool/3980452/Liverpools-Sammy-Lee-hails-immense-talent-of-Robbie-Keane.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/liverpool/3980452/Liverpools-Sammy-Lee-hails-immense-talent-of-Robbie-Keane.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Liverpool's Sammy Lee hails 'immense' talent of Robbie Keane |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=27 December 2008 |access-date=21 July 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name="Keane risolleva l' Inter">{{cite web |url=http://archiviostorico.gazzetta.it/2000/agosto/13/Keane_risolleva_Inter_ga_0_0008136738.shtml |title=Keane risolleva l'Inter|trans-title=Keane lifts Inter up again |publisher=La Gazzetta dello Sport |language=it |first=Luca |last=Curino |date=13 August 2000 |access-date=21 July 2015}}</ref> Keane was a versatile [[Forward (association football)|forward]], capable of playing anywhere along the front line,<ref name="Keane delight">{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/7530485.stm |title=Keane delight at Liverpool switch |website=BBC Sport |date=29 July 2008 |access-date=21 July 2015}}</ref> due to his ability to score and [[Assist (football)|create]] goals.<ref name="Keane risolleva l' Inter" /> Throughout his career, he was often deployed in creative roles as a [[Forward (association football)#Second striker|second striker]], as a [[Forward (association football)#Winger|winger]], or as an [[Midfielder#Attacking midfielder|attacking midfielder]] behind the forwards, and as a main [[Forward (association football)#Striker|striker]].<ref name="Keane risolleva l' Inter"/><ref name="Keane delight" /> A technically gifted, intelligent, and hard-working forward,<ref name="Sammy Lee Praise" /><ref name="Keane delight" /> Keane was also renowned for his pace, [[Dribbling#Association football|dribbling]] skills, and creativity, and also stood out for his leadership throughout his career.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Robbie Keane reinvents himself as leader and legend in America |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/robbie-keane-reinvents-himself-as-leader-and-legend-in-america-1.2030440 |access-date=2022-12-18 |newspaper=The Irish Times |language=en}}</ref>

Although he used many different [[goal celebration]]s throughout his career, Keane's signature goalscoring celebration involved him performing a cartwheel, followed by a forward roll, and subsequently standing up and mimicking gesture of firing pistols with his hands.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/ba6f4680-0a2a-4dfe-b25f-21adb0c27374 |title=Back of the net – celebrations that were bigger than the goals |publisher=BBC |date=2 February 2017 |access-date=31 December 2018}}</ref>