Keegan: Paul Anthony (Paul)

2000-2005 (Player Details)

Midfield

Born: Dublin, Republic of Ireland: 05-07-1984

Debut: Nil

5’11” 11st 11lb (2003)

Keegan started with Home Farm and joined Leeds in August 2000 signing professional forms on 6th July 2001. Keegan played with the Leeds Juniors and sometimes the Reserve team and did make the bench for the first team at Birmingham City on 27th March 2004, but he remained unused as United, after dominating the game early, were finally sunk without trace and another nail was put into the relegation coffin. In October 2003 he was loaned to Scunthorpe United for a month but he returned after making only two substitute appearances. Capped by Ireland at Youth level, he returned to Ireland in August 2005 with Drogheda United. He soon picked up a medal when he came on as a substitute in their 2-0 win over Cork City in the Irish Cup Final. Keegan was a contender for Player of the Year in 2006-07 after a highly impressive campaign. He received rave reviews for his Ireland Under-Twenty-one performances and attracted interest from abroad as a strong midfielder, working box-to-box for ninety minutes. He picked up another medal when Drogheda won the Irish League in 2007. After being called up for the Ireland Under-twenty-three squad on 13th November 2007 against Slovakia, he was in the starting eleven and on 13th May 2008 he was in the run-on side against Northern Ireland. He got his third Under-twenty-three cap against Belgium on 21st October 2008, when he was also Captain. After a successful time at Drogheda, and after he had scored twice in twenty-eight appearances in his final season with Drogheda, he signed for Bohemians in January 2009 and has slotted seamlessly into the middle of their midfield. He also captained the side when Owen Heary was been absent. After winning an Irish League Championship medal for the second consecutive year, this time with Bohemians, he also picked up an FAI League Cup winners' medal when Bohemians defeated Waterford 3-1 on 26th September 2009. To July 2010 he had scored three times in fifty starts and two games from the bench.