Andy Keogh
Personal information
Full name	Andrew Declan Keogh
Date of birth	16 May 1986 (1986-05-16) (age 23)
Place of birth	Dublin, Ireland
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position	Striker/Winger
Club information
Current club	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Number	10
Youth career
	Cabinteely FC St Josephs Boys AFC Leeds United
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2003–2005 2004 2005 2005–2007 2007–	Leeds United → Scunthorpe United (loan) → Bury (loan) Scunthorpe United Wolverhampton Wanderers	000 0(0) 012 0(2) 004 0(2) 086 (19) 104 (19)
National team2
2006– 2007–	Republic of Ireland B Republic of Ireland	002 0(1) 011 0(1)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:32, 18 August 2009 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 17:08, 30 May 2009 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Andrew Declan "Andy" Keogh (born 16 May 1986) is an Irish international football forward, who plays for English Premier League side Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Contents 1 Career 1.1 Club 1.1.1 Beginnings 1.1.2 Scunthorpe United 1.1.3 Wolves 1.2 International 2 Honours 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Career

[edit] Club

[edit] Beginnings

Born in south Dublin, he attended St Brigid's NS Foxrock and CBC Monkstown. Keogh began his playing career at Cabinteely FC and St Josephs Boys AFC in South Dublin before moving to Leeds United at the age of sixteen. He never managed to make his mark at Leeds, making just one appearance as a late substitute against Portsmouth in the Carling Cup, and so was subsequently loaned out to then League Two side Scunthorpe United at the beginning of the 2004-05 season.

Here, he made his league debut on 7 August 2004 in a 3-1 win over Rochdale. He scored 2 goals in 12 appearances before an injury crisis at Elland Road caused him to be recalled to his parent club. He then spent the rest of 2004 playing reserve games for Leeds, until he was loaned to Bury in January 2005 as a replacement for Preston-bound David Nugent.

[edit] Scunthorpe United

While on loan at Bury, Scunthorpe United manager Brian Laws made an offer to Leeds (said to be around £50,000) to bring him to the club on a permanent basis. Leeds accepted the offer, and on 14 February, Keogh rejoined the club he had started the season with. He only scored only one further goal, but was part of the team which won promotion to League One as runners-up behind Yeovil Town.

He truly made his mark in the 2005-06 season, notably after Scunthorpe signed fellow 19-year-old striker Billy Sharp for £100,000 from Sheffield United. Keogh became part of the most potent strike-force in League One, scoring 38 goals between them, with Andy netting 15 of them. He also scored Scunthorpe's goal in the FA Cup 3rd Round visit to Manchester City, beating England International goalkeeper David James in the process.

On 12 January 2007, it was announced that he had rejected an improved contract offer from Scunthorpe United and would therefore be free to leave the club at the end of the 2006-07 season. As he was under the age of 24, Scunthorpe were able to command a fee for him, either as a direct offer or via a tribunal.

[edit] Wolves

Having had an earlier bid of £500,000 turned down, Keogh signed for Wolves on 23 January 2007. He signed a 3 and a half year contract with the transfer set to cost Wolves an initial £600,000 potentially rising to £850,000 with add-ons. ^[1]

Keogh earned plaudits for his displays for Wolves, with QPR manager John Gregory describing him as "one of the signings of the season."^[2] He notched 5 goals for the club before the end of the season which helped them to reach the play-offs.

At the start of the next season, he was recognised for his efforts for Wolves, being granted the famous number 9 shirt.^[3] He went on to score 11 goals during a campaign which saw the club miss out on the play-offs on goal difference.

2008−09 saw Keogh's first team opportunities limited with Chris Iwelumo and Sylvan Ebanks-Blake topping the championship top scorers list. In February 2009 Keogh signed a new contract with the club making him a fixture at the Molineux club until Summer 2012.^[4]

However, injuries to Iwelumo, Ebanks-Blake and new signing Kevin Doyle at the start of Wolves' 2009-10 Premiership campaign gave Keogh the opportunity to become a regular starter. He repaid Mick McCarthy's faith in him, by becoming Wolves' first goalscorer of the season, scoring the winning goal as Wolves beat Wigan Athletic 1-0 at the DW Stadium, Wolves' first ever Premiership away win, and first top flight away win since 1984.

[edit] International

Keogh received his first call-up to the Republic of Ireland squad from Steve Staunton in March 2007, after Caleb Folan was forced to withdraw through injury. He went on to make his debut for the senior team on 23 May 2007 in a friendly against Ecuador in Giants Stadium, New York, and later featured in their Euro 2008 qualifying campaign.

He scored the equaliser in Giovanni Trapattoni's first match in charge, a 1-1 draw with Serbia in a friendly match at Croke Park, Dublin, a goal that won the FAI Goal of the Year Award.^[5] Keogh had also scored the first goal of the Trapattoni era in a training camp game against a Portuguese football league team. With Robbie Keane and Wolves teammate Kevin Doyle the preferred partnership up front, he has found himself on the bench mostly making substitute appearances.

[edit] Honours

Scunthorpe United

• League One Winner: 2006-07

Wolverhampton Wanderers

• Championship Winner: 2008-09

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official club profile
• Andy Keogh career stats at Soccerbase

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Persondata
NAME	Keogh, Andrew Declan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Keogh, Andy
SHORT DESCRIPTION
DATE OF BIRTH	1986-5-16
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dublin, Ireland
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH