Andy Keogh

Football player infobox
playername = Andy Keogh


fullname = Andrew Declan Keogh
school = C.B.C Monkstown
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1986|5|16
cityofbirth = Dublin
countryofbirth = Ireland
height = height|ft=6|in=0
currentclub = Wolverhampton Wanderers
clubnumber = 10
position = Striker
youthyears =
youthclubs = Cabinteely FC
St Josephs Boys AFC
years = 2003–2005
2004
2005
2005–2007
2007–
clubs = Leeds United
→ Scunthorpe United (loan)
→ Bury (loan)
Scunthorpe United
Wolverhampton Wanderers
caps(goals) = 00 0(0)
12 0(2)
04 0(2)
86 (19)
62 (13)
nationalyears = 2007–
nationalteam = Republic of Ireland
nationalcaps(goals) = 08 0(1)
pcupdate = 17 August 2008
ntupdate = 19:56, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

Andrew Declan "Andy" Keogh (born May 16, 1986 in Dublin) is an Irish footballer, who plays for Wolverhampton Wanderers in the English Championship.

A Republic of Ireland international, Keogh is traditionally a striker, but has been known to play various other roles including an attacking midfielder playing behind the strikers, and also, at Scunthorpe United, out on the left wing, with varying success.

Career

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, 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 fc|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.

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 fc|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.

Having had a 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. cite news
title = Keogh completes Wolves transfer
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/wolverhampton_wanderers/6289937.stm
publisher = BBC Sport
date = 2007-01-23
accessdate = 2007-03-31]

Keogh earned plaudits for his displays for Wolves, with QPR manager John Gregory describing him as "one of the signings of the season."cite news
title = Wolves 2-0 QPR
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/6578815.stm
publisher = BBC Sport
date = 2007-04-28
accessdate = 2007-04-30] He notched 5 goals for the club before the end of the season which helped them to reach the play-offs.

His good form was rewarded with his first call-up to the Republic of Ireland squad by 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.

At the start of the next season, he was recognised for his efforts for Wolves, being granted the famous number 9 shirt. cite news
title = Andy is New Number 9
url = http://www.wolves.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/0,,10307~1070421,00.html
publisher = Wolves.co.uk
date = 2007-07-11
accessdate = 2007-07-12] He went on to score 11 goals during a campaign which saw the club miss out on the play-offs on goal difference.

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. Keogh had also scored the first goal of the Trapattoni era in a training camp game against a Portuguese football league team. The aforementioned match against Serbia was described by Trapattoni as 'very beautiful'.

References

External links

* [http://www.wolves.premiumtv.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10307~27751,00.html Official club profile]
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