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Kevin Keegan

Liverpool FC, SV Hamburger, Southampton FC

63 appearances, 21 goals, 1 penalty

P 63 W 34 D 17 L 12 F 111: A 50
*(actual F 111: A 48)
67% successful

1972-82

disciplined: 1
captain:
31
minutes played:
5560

Profile

Full name Joseph Kevin Keegan OBE (*Actual for and against are the goals scored while the player was on the field.)
Born 14 February 1951 at 32 Elm Place, Armthorpe, West Riding Yorkshire [registered in Don Valley, Yorkshire, March 1951]
Married to Jean Woodhouse on 23 September 1974, at St Peters in Chains Church, Doncaster [registered in Doncaster, September 1974]. Two daughters, Laura Jane & Sarah Marie.
Height/Weight 5' 8", 10st. 10lbs [1976].

Source

Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & FindMyPast.com

Biographies Kevin Keegan - My Autobiography (Warner Books, London 1997)
 

x. - A Football Compendium, Peter J. Seddon (1999).

Club Career

Club(s) Following a trial at Coventry City FC and a subsequent rejection, Keegan played his football with the local Doncaster sides, including Peglar's Brass Works Reserves, Elmfield House Youth Club and Lonsdale Hotel FC. It was from the latter that Scunthorpe United FC became interested and signed him in 1968. A dream move followed to Liverpool FC for £33,000 on 10 May 1971, although if Preston North End FC could have afforded as little as £500 more, history may have been a little different. After 230 league games and 68 league goals, Keegan went across to West Germany to join SV Hamburger for £500,000 on 3 June 1977, a Bundesliga record fee (90 league apps, 32 league goals). In February 1980, a press conference was called that would shock a soccer nation when Lawrie McMenemy announced that Southampton FC had clinched the signing of Keegan, with effect from 1 July 1980 for £400,000 (68 league apps, 37 goals). Keegan dropped a division and signed with Newcastle United FC on 19 August 1982 for £100,000 (78 league apps, 48 league goals)Kevin announced his retirement on 14 February 1984, to take affect at the end of that season.
Club honours Football League Champions 1972-73, 1975-76, 1976-77, runners-up 1973-74, 1974-75;
UEFA Cup winners 1972-73, 1975-76;
FA Cup winners 1973-74, runners-up 1976-77;
FA Charity Shield winners 1974, 1976; 
European Cup winners 1976-77, runners-up 1979-80;
European Super Cup
runners-up 1977;
Bundesliga Champions
1978-79, runners-up 1979-80;
Individual honours FWA Footballer of the Year 1976;
Ballon d'Or
winner 1978 (87 votes), 1979 (118); runner-up 1977 (by three votes), fourth 1976;
PFA Player of the Year
1982;
Super Ballon d'Or nominee 1989;
Distinctions Appeared on ITV's This Is Your Life 14 February 1979; Had it not been for Kevin's wife, Jean, Keegan would surely have joined Juventus FC in Italy, in 1981, following his decision to leave Hamburg.  Instead, he joined Southampton FC.

Source

Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990].

Pop Career

Keegan's three-minute song "Head Over Heels in Love" [EMI 2965], was written and produced by Smokies' Chris Norman and Pete Spencer. The single was released on 9 June 1979, and peaked at number 31 in the UK charts, having spent six weeks on the official UK single chart. However, it did mange a more respectable number 10 in Germany where he was based at the time. The single features another original song, "Move on Down" as the B-side.
Keegan released a second single, "England", on his return to England from Germany, but it failed to chart.

Management Career

Club(s)



Appointed manager of Newcastle United FC on 5 February 1992, when United where floundering at the bottom of the second division of the Football League.  Nevertheless, he resigned after 38 days, only re-appointed after crisis talks with United chairman, Sir John Hall. He was appointed temporary manager of the England U21 side on two occasions as cover for Dave Sexton in October and November 1994. After guiding Newcastle into the top tier, he shocked the footballing world by announcing his resignation again on 7 January 1997.  Keegan returned to football with Fulham FC on 25 September 1997, as Chief Operating Officer, taking over the manager's role in May 1998.  He took over as the England national coach on 17 February 1999 on a part-time basis, becoming full-time when he left Fulham FC in that May of 1999.  He resigned as England coach on 7 October 2000.  Once more, Keegan returned to football sometime later, on 24 May 2001, as manager of newly-relegated Manchester City FC, where he remained until announcing his retirement from football on 10 March 2005.  Regardless of intentions, Keegan returned to St. James' Park on 16 January 2008 as a manager, by name only, which only added to another resignation on 2 September 2008.
Club honours Football League winners 1992-93; Premier League runners-up 1995-96, 1996-97; FA Charity Shield runners-up 1996; Football League Second Division winners 1998-99;
Individual honours Awarded Order of the British Empire 1982; Premier League Manager of the Month November 1993, August 1994, February 1995, August 1995, September 1995;

England Career

Player number One of two who became the 886th players (887) to appear for England
Position(s) Outside-right/left, inside-left
First match No. 465, 15 November 1972, Wales 0 England 1, a World Cup qualification match at Ninian Park, Sloper Road, Cardiff, aged 21 years 275 days.
Last match No. 569, 5 July 1982, Spain 0 England 0, a World Cup Finals second-phase match at Estadio San tiago Bernabéu, Chamartin in Madrid, substitute (63), aged 31 years 141 days;
Major tournaments World Cup Finals 1982; European Championship Finals 1980;
British Championship
1972-73, 1973-74, 1974-75, 1975-76, 1976-77, 1978-79, 1981-82;
Team honours British Championship shared 1973-74, winners 1974-75, 1978-79, 1981-82;
Individual honours England U23 (five appearances, sent off once)
Distinctions Keegan was the eightieth England player to be a substitute. He was only a substitute once, in his final appearance.

Beyond England

Following his football career and self-golfing-exile in Spain, Keegan entered into management, but after various resignations, he is now a television pundit, most recently on ESPN.

 

Kevin Keegan - Career Statistics
Squads Apps comp. apps Starts Sub on Sub off Mins. Goals goals ave.min comp. goals Capt. Disc.
84+ 63 39 62 1 6 5560 21 265 min 16 31 1
minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors.

 

Kevin Keegan - Match Record - All Matches
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
Home 27 18 6 3 58 15 +43 4 15 2.148 0.556 77.8 +15
Away 33 15 10 8 50 32 +18 7 13 1.515 0.97 60.6 +7
Neutral 3 1 1 1 3 3 =0 1 0 1.00 1.00 50.0 =0
All 63 34 17 12 111 50 +61 12 28 1.762 0.794 67.5 +22

 

Kevin Keegan - Match Record - By Colour of Shirt
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
White 50 29 11 10 90 39 +51 9 22 1.80 0.78 69.0 +19
Red 13 5 6 2 21 11 +10 3 6 1.615 0.846 61.5 +3
All 63 34 17 12 111 50 +61 12 28 1.762 0.794 67.5 +22

 

Kevin Keegan - Match Record - By Type of Match
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L

WCP

11 7 1 3 21 10 +11 1 4 1.909 0.909 68.2 +4
WCF 1 0 1 0 0 0 =0 1 1 0.00 0.00 50.0 =0
World Cup 12 7 2 3 21 10 +11 2 5 1.75 0.833 66.7 +4

ECP

12 8 3 1 31 8 +23 0 7 2.583 0.667 79.2 +7
ECF 3 1 1 1 3 3 =0 1 0 1.00 1.00 50.0 =0
European Championship 15 9 4 2 34 11 +23 1 7 2.267 0.733 73.3 +7
British Championship 12 8 2 2 22 5 +17 3 8 1.833 0.417 75.0 +6
Minor Tournament 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1 0 0.00 1.00 0.00 -1
Friendly 23 10 9 4 34 23 +11 5 10 1.478 1.00 63.0 +6
All 63 34 17 12 111 50 +61 12 28 1.762 0.794 67.5 +22

 

Kevin Keegan - Match Record - Tournament Matches
World Cup Preliminary Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
WCP 1972-74 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 0 1 1.00 0.50 75.0 +1
WCP 1976-78 5 4 0 1 13 4 +9 1 2 2.60 0.80 80.0 +3
WCP 1980-82 4 2 0 2 6 5 +1 0 1 1.50 1.25 50.0 =0
WCP All 11 7 1 3 21 10 +11 1 4 1.909 0.909 68.2 +4
World Cup Final Tournaments
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
WCF 1982 1 0 1 0 0 0 =0 1 1 0.00 0.00 50.0 =0
WCF All 1 0 1 0 0 0 =0 1 1 0.00 0.00 50.0 =0
World Cup
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
WC 1972-74 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 0 1 1.00 0.50 75.0 +1
WC 1976-78 5 4 0 1 13 4 +9 1 2 2.60 0.80 80.0 +3
WC 1980-82 5 2 1 2 6 5 +1 1 2 1.20 1.00 50.0 =0
WC All 12 7 2 3 21 10 +11 2 5 1.75 0.833 66.7 +4
European Championship Preliminary Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
ECP 1974-76 5 2 2 1 11 3 +8 0 3 2.20 0.60 60.0 +1
ECP 1978-80 7 6 1 0 20 5 +15 0 4 2.857 0.714 92.9 +6
ECP All 12 8 3 1 31 8 +23 0 7 2.583 0.667 79.2 +7
European Championship Final Tournaments
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
ECF 1980 3 1 1 1 3 3 =0 1 0 1.00 1.00 50.0 =0
ECF All 3 1 1 1 3 3 =0 1 0 1.00 1.00 50.0 =0
European Championship
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
EC 1974-76 5 2 2 1 11 3 +8 0 3 2.20 0.60 60.0 +1
EC 1978-80 10 7 2 1 23 8 +15 1 4 2.30 0.80 80.0 +6
EC All 15 9 4 2 34 11 +23 1 7 2.267 0.733 73.3 +7
British Championship Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
BC 1973-74 2 2 0 0 3 0 +3 0 2 1.50 0.00 100.0 +2
BC 1974-75 2 1 1 0 5 1 +4 1 1 2.50 0.50 75.0 +1
BC 1975-76 3 2 0 1 6 2 +4 0 2 2.00 0.667 66.7 +1
BC 1976-77 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1 0 0.00 1.00 0.00 -1
BC 1978-79 2 1 1 0 3 1 +2 1 1 1.50 0.50 75.0 +1
BC 1981-82 2 2 0 0 5 0 +5 0 2 2.50 0.00 100.0 +2
BC All 12 8 2 2 22 5 +17 3 8 1.833 0.417 75.0 +6
Minor Tournaments
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
Bicentennial 1976 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1 0 0.00 1.00 0.00 -1
TC All 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1 0 0.00 1.00 0.00 -1
All Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
WC 12 7 2 3 21 10 +11 2 5 1.75 0.833 66.7 +4
EC 15 9 4 2 34 11 +23 1 7 2.267 0.733 73.3 +7
BC 12 8 2 2 22 5 +17 3 8 1.833 0.417 75.0 +6
TC 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1 0 0.00 1.00 0.00 -1
All 40 24 8 8 77 27 +50 7 20 2.567 0.675 70.0 +16

 

Kevin Keegan - Match History
 Club: Liverpool F.C. - 29 full appearances

manager: Alf Ramsey - 2 full capsx

Age 21
1 u23 16 February 1972 - England 2 Scotland 2, Baseball Ground, Derby Fr HD Start 7
2 u23 22 March 1972 - England 0 GDR 1, Ashton Gate, Bristol Fr HL Start 11
3 u23 1 June 1972 - GDR 2 England 2, Ernst-Grube Stadion, Magdeburg Fr AD Start 21
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11
4 u23 4 June 1972 - Poland 0 England 3, Stadion Dziesięciolecia, Warszawa Fr AW Start 7
5 u23 7 June 1972 - USSR 0 England 0, Kiev Central Stadium, Kyiv Fr AD Start 7
1 465 15 November 1972 - Wales 0 England 1, Ninian Park, Cardiff WCP AW Start 7
2 466 24 January 1973 - England 1 Wales 1, Empire Stadium, Wembley WCP HD Start 7
- 468 12 May 1973 - Northern Ireland 1 England 2, Goodison Park, Liverpool BC AW unused sub 15
- 469 15 May 1973 - England 3 Wales 0, Empire Stadium, Wembley AL unused sub 15
- 470 19 May 1973 - England 1 Scotland 0, Empire Stadium, Wembley HW squad member
- 472 6 June 1973 - Poland 2 England 0, Stadion Śląski, Chorzów WCP AL squad/sub ?
- 473 10 June 1973 - USSR 1 England 2, Central V.I. Lenin Stadium, Moskva tour AW squad/sub ?
- 474 14 June 1973 - Italy 2 England 0, Stadio Comunale di Torino, Torino AL unused sub ?
- 475 26 September 1973 - England 7 Austria 0, Empire Stadium, Wembley Fr HW unused sub ?
- 476 17 October 1973 - England 1 Poland 1, Empire Stadium, Wembley WCP HD unused sub ?
 

manager: Joe Mercer - 6 full capsx

Age 23
3 479 11 May 1974 - Wales 0 England 2, Ninian Park, Cardiff BC AW Start 56 7
4 480 15 May 1974 - England 1 Northern Ireland 0, Empire Stadium, Wembley HW Start 7
- 481 18 May 1974 - Scotland 2 England 0, Hampden Park, Glasgow AL squad/sub ?
5 482 22 May 1974 - England 2 Argentina 2, Empire Stadium, Wembley Fr HD Start 7
6 483 29 May 1974 - GDR 1 England 1, Zentralstadion, Leipzig tour AD Start 7
7 484 1 June 1974 - Bulgaria 0 England 1, Natsionalen Stadion Vasil Levski, Sofija AW Start 7
8 485 5 June 1974 - Yugoslavia 2 England 2, Stadion Crvena zvezda, Beograd AD Start 75 7
 

manager: Don Revie - 24 full capsx

9 486 30 October 1974 - England 3 Czechoslovakia 0, Wembley Stadium, Wembley ECP HW Start 11
- 487 20 November 1974 - England 0 Portugal 0, Wembley Stadium, Wembley ECP HD unused sub 12
Age 24
10 488 12 March 1975 - England 2 West Germany 0, Wembley Stadium, Wembley Fr HW Start 11
11 489 16 April 1975 - England 5 Cyprus 0, Wembley Stadium, Wembley ECP HW Start 11
12 490 11 May 1975 - Cyprus 0 England 1, Tsirion Athletic Centre, Limassol ECP AW Start 6 off 73 10
0-1 when substituted
13 491 17 May 1975 - Northern Ireland 0 England 0, Windsor Park, Belfast BC AD Start 10
- 492 21 May 1975 - England 2 Wales 2, Wembley Stadium, Wembley HD squad/sub ?
14 493 24 May 1975 - England 5 Scotland 1, Wembley Stadium, Wembley HW Start off 85 11
5-1 when substituted
15 494 3 September 1975 - Switzerland 1 England 2, Sankt Jakob Stadium, Basel Fr AW Start 8 12 15
16 495 30 October 1975 - Czechoslovakia 2 England 1, Tehelné pole, Bratislava ECP AL Start 7
17 496 19 November 1975 - Portugal 1 England 1, Estádio José Alvalade, Lisboa ECP AD Start 7
Age 25
18 497 24 March 1976 - Wales 1 England 2, Racecourse Ground, Wrexham Fr AW captain 7
19 498 8 May 1976 - Wales 0 England 1, Ninian Park, Cardiff BC AW Start 7
20 499 11 May 1976 - England 4 Northern Ireland 0, Wembley Stadium, Wembley HW Start off 83 7
4-0 when substituted
21 500 15 May 1976 - Scotland 2 England 1, Hampden Park, Glasgow AL Start 7
22 501 23 May 1976 - Brazil 1 England 0, LA Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles T/C NL Start 7
- 502 28 May 1976 - England 3 Italy 2, Yankee Stadium, New York City NW squad/sub ?
- u/o 31 May 1976 - Team America 1 England 3, JFK Stadium, Philadelphia AW Start
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7
23 503 13 June 1976 - Finland 1 England 4, Olympiastadion, Helsinki WCP AW Start 30, 60 7
24 504 8 September 1976 - England 1 Republic of Ireland 1, Wembley Stadium, Wembley Fr HD captain 7
25 505 13 October 1976 - England 2 Finland 1, Wembley Stadium, Wembley WCP HW captain 7
26 506 17 November 1976 - Italy 2 England 0, Stadio Olimpico, Roma WCP AL captain 7
27 507 9 February 1977 - England 0 Netherlands 2, Wembley Stadium, Wembley Fr HL captain 7
Age 26
28 508 30 March 1977 - England 5 Luxembourg 0, Wembley Stadium, Wembley WCP HW Capt 11 7
- 509 28 May 1977 - Northern Ireland 1 England 2, Windsor Park, Belfast BC AW squad member
29 510 31 May 1977 - England 0 Wales 1, Wembley Stadium, Wembley HL captain 7
 Club: S.V. Hamburger - 25 full appearances  
- 511 4 June 1977 - England 1 Scotland 2, Wembley Stadium, Wembley BC HL squad/sub ?
30 512 8 June 1977 - Brazil 0 England 0, Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho, Rio tour AD captain 7
31 513 12 June 1977 - Argentina 1 England 1, Estadio Camilo Cichero, Buenos Aires AD captain 7
32 514 15 June 1977 - Uruguay 0 England 0, Estadio Centenario, Montevideo AD captain 7
 

manager: Ron Greenwood - 31 full capsx

33 515 7 September 1977 - England 0 Switzerland 0, Wembley Stadium, Wembley Fr HD Start 7
34 517 16 November 1977 - England 2 Italy 0, Wembley Stadium, Wembley WCP HW Start 11 off 84 7
2-0 when substituted
Age 27
35 518 22 February 1978 - West Germany 2 England 1, Olympiastadion, München Fr AL Start off 78 7
0-1 when substituted
36 519 19 April 1978 - England 1 Brazil 1, Wembley Stadium, Wembley Fr HD Capt 70 7
37 523 24 May 1978 - England 4 Hungary 1, Wembley Stadium, Wembley Fr HW Start 7
38 524 20 September 1978 - Denmark 3 England 4, Idrætsparken, København ECP AW Start 17, 22 7
39 525 25 October 1978 - Republic of Ireland 1 England 1, Lansdowne Road, Dublin ECP AD Start 7
40 526 29 November 1978 - England 1 Czechoslovakia 0, Wembley Stadium, Wembley Fr HW captain 7
41 527 7 February 1979 - England 4 Northern Ireland 0, Wembley Stadium, Wembley ECP HW Start 25 7
Age 28
- 528 19 May 1979 - Northern Ireland 0 England 2, Windsor Park, Belfast BC AW squad/sub ?
42 529 23 May 1979 - England 0 Wales 0, Wembley Stadium, Wembley HD Start 7
43 530 26 May 1979 - England 3 Scotland 1, Wembley Stadium, Wembley HW Capt. 69 7
44 531 6 June 1979 - Bulgaria 0 England 3, Natsionalen Stadion Vasil Levski, Sofija ECP AW Capt. 32 7
45 532 10 June 1979 - Sweden 0 England 0, Råsunda Fotbollstadion, Solna Fr AD Start 7
46 533 13 June 1979 - Austria 4 England 3, Praterstadion, Wien Fr AL Capt. 27 7
47 534 12 September 1979 - England 1 Denmark 0, Wembley Stadium, Wembley ECP HW Capt. 17 7
48 535 17 October 1979 - Northern Ireland 1 England 5, Windsor Park, Belfast ECP AW captain 7
- 536 22 November 1979 - England 2 Bulgaria 0, Wembley Stadium, Wembley ECP HW unavailable
49 537 6 February 1980 - England 2 Republic of Ireland 0, Wembley Stadium, Wembley ECP HW Capt. 34, 74 7
Age 29
50 538 26 March 1980 - Spain 0 England 2, Nou Estadi del FC Barcelona, Barcelona Fr AW captain 7
51 539 13 May 1980 - England 3 Argentina 1, Wembley Stadium, Wembley Fr HW Capt. 69 7
52 544 12 June 1980 - Belgium 1 England 1, Stadio Comunale di Torino, Torino ECF ND captain 7
53 545 15 June 1980 - England 0 Italy 1, Stadio Comunale di Torino, Torino AL
54 546 18 June 1980 - Spain 1 England 2, Stadio San Paolo, Napoli NW
 Club: Southampton - 9 full appearances  
Age 30
55 550 25 March 1981 - England 1 Spain 2, Wembley Stadium, Wembley Fr HL captain 7
56 555 30 May 1981 - Switzerland 2 England 1, Sankt Jakob Stadium, Basel WCP AL captain 7
57 556 6 June 1981 - Hungary 1 England 3, Népstadion, Budapest AW Capt. 73 7
58 557 9 September 1981 - Norway 2 England 1, Ullevål Stadion, Oslo WCP AL captain 7
59 558 18 November 1981 - England 1 Hungary 0, Wembley Stadium, Wembley WCP HW captain 7
Age 31
60 559 23 February 1982 - England 4 Northern Ireland 0, Wembley Stadium, Wembley BC HW Capt. 47 7
- 561 25 May 1982 - England 2 Netherlands 0, Wembley Stadium, Wembley Fr HW squad/sub ?
61 562 29 May 1982 - Scotland 0 England 1, Hampden Park, Glasgow BC AW captain 7
62 564 3 June 1982 - Finland 1 England 4, Olympiastadion, Helsinki Fr AW captain 7
- 565 16 June 1982 - England 3 France 1, Estadio San Mamés, Bilbao WCF NW injured squad member 7
- 566 20 June 1982 - England 2 Czechoslovakia 0, Estadio San Mamés, Bilbao NW
- 567 25 June 1982 - England 1 Kuwait 0, Estadio San Mamés, Bilbao NW
- 568 29 June 1982 - West Germany 0 England 0, Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid ND
63 569 5 July 1982 - Spain 0 England 0, Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid AD sub on 63
0-0 when substituting

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