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Martin Keown

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Martin Keown
Keown in 2015
Personal information
Full name Martin Raymond Keown[1]
Date of birth (1966-07-24) 24 July 1966 (age 58)[1]
Place of birth Oxford, England
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)[2]
Position(s) Centre Back
Youth career
1980–1984 Arsenal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1984–1986 Arsenal 22 (0)
1985Brighton & Hove Albion (loan) 23 (1)
1986–1989 Aston Villa 112 (3)
1989–1993 Everton 96 (0)
1993–2004 Arsenal 310 (4)
2004–2005 Leicester City 17 (0)
2005 Reading 5 (0)
2012 Wembley 0 (0)
Total 585 (8)
National team
1987–1988 England U21 8 (0)
1991 England B 1 (0)
1992–2002 England 43 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Martin Raymond Keown (born 24 July 1966[3]) is a retired English football player. He played as a defender from 1984 to 2005. He is most known for playing in the Premier League for Arsenal. He made more than 400 appearances for the club and won 10 honours.

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[4]
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Arsenal 1983–84 First Division 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984–85 First Division 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985–86 First Division 22 0 5 0 27 0
Total 22 0 5 0 0 0 27 0
Brighton & Hove Albion (loan) 1984–85 Second Division 16 0 16 0
1985–86 Second Division 7 1 2 1 2[a] 1 11 3
Total 23 1 2 1 2 1 27 3
Aston Villa 1986–87 First Division 36 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 42 0
1987–88 Second Division 42 3 2 0 4 0 0 0 48 3
1988–89 First Division 34 0 2 0 4 0 2[a] 0 42 0
Total 112 3 6 0 12 0 2 0 132 3
Everton 1989–90 First Division 20 0 4 0 2 0 26 0
1990–91 First Division 24 0 5 0 1 0 5[a] 0 35 0
1991–92 First Division 39 0 2 0 4 0 1[a] 0 46 0
1992–93 Premier League 13 0 2 0 4 0 19 0
Total 96 0 13 0 11 0 6 0 126 0
Arsenal 1992–93 Premier League 16 0 16 0
1993–94 Premier League 33 0 3 0 3 0 7[b] 0 1[c] 0 47 0
1994–95 Premier League 31 1 2 0 5 0 5[b] 0 1[d] 0 44 1
1995–96 Premier League 34 0 2 0 5 1 41 1
1996–97 Premier League 33 1 3 0 3 0 2[e] 0 41 1
1997–98 Premier League 18 0 7 0 2 0 0 0 27 0
1998–99 Premier League 34 1 4 0 0 0 5[f] 1 1[c] 0 44 2
1999–2000 Premier League 27 1 2 0 0 0 9[g] 0 1[c] 0 39 1
2000–01 Premier League 28 0 2 0 0 0 9[f] 2 39 2
2001–02 Premier League 22 0 4 0 2 0 6[f] 0 34 0
2002–03 Premier League 24 0 5 0 0 0 5[f] 0 1[c] 0 35 0
2003–04 Premier League 10 0 1 0 3 0 1[f] 0 0 0 15 0
Total 310 4 35 0 23 1 49 3 5 0 422 8
Leicester City 2004–05 Championship 17 0 1 0 0 0 18 0
Reading 2004–05 Championship 5 0 5 0
Career total 585 8 60 0 48 2 49 3 15 1 757 14
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Appearances in Full Members' Cup
  2. 2.0 2.1 Appearances in UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Appearance in Charity Shield
  4. Appearance in European Super Cup
  5. Appearances in UEFA Cup
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  7. Five appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Cup

International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year[5]
National team Year Apps Goals
England 1992 9 1
1993 2 0
1997 4 0
1998 4 0
1999 8 0
2000 9 1
2001 4 0
2002 3 0
Total 43 2
Scores and results list England's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Keown goal.
List of international goals scored by Martin Keown[5]
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 25 March 1992 Stadion Evžena Rošického, Prague, Czechoslovakia 2  Czechoslovakia 2–2 2–2 Friendly
2 3 June 2000 National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta 30  Malta 1–0 2–1 Friendly

Arsenal[6]

Personal life

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Keown lives in and around Oxford with his wife Nicole.[8] Keown's son, Niall is also a footballer.[9]

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 "Martin Keown". Barry Hugman's Footballers.
  2. "Martin KEOWN". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  3. "Martin Keown Bio, Stats". ESPN. Retrieved 27 December 2012.[permanent dead link]
  4. Martin Keown at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  5. 5.0 5.1 "Martin Raymond Keown - International Appearances". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
  6. "M. Keown: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  7. "Martin Keown: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  8. Keown, Martin (2013-07-19). "My perfect weekend by Martin Keown: On my bike for a fry-up before". www.standard.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
  9. Fitzmaurice, Aidan (10 March 2015). "Martin Keown's son declares for Ireland and says: My dad took plenty of stick for choosing England". Irish Independent. Dublin. Retrieved 24 March 2019.