Kevin McKenna

For other people named Kevin McKenna, see Kevin McKenna (disambiguation).

Kevin McKenna

Personal information
Full name	Kevin James McKenna
Date of birth	21 January 1980 (1980-01-21)
Place of birth	Calgary, Canada
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Centre back
Club information
Current club	1. FC Köln
Number	23
Youth career
1990-1995	Calgary Foothills
1995-1998	Calgary Dinos
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1998-2001	Energie Cottbus	5	(0)
2001	→ Heart of Midlothian (loan)	8	(0)
2001-2005	Heart of Midlothian	114	(21)
2005-2007	Energie Cottbus	63	(10)
2007-	1. FC Köln	98	(6)
National team‡
2000-	Canada	55	(10)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 January 2012. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 September 2011

Kevin James McKenna (born 21 January 1980 in Calgary) is a Canadian professional soccer player who currently plays for 1. FC Köln in the German Bundesliga. He is a centre back who can also play as a central midfielder or striker.

Club career

McKenna began to play with soccer 1990 in the Academy team of Calgary Foothills and was promoted to the senior team in 1991.

Energie Cottbus

After playing with Calgary Foothills as an amateur, McKenna played three seasons (the first two in the reserves) with German Bundesliga side Energie Cottbus. On the first game of the 2000-2001 season, McKenna and international teammate Paul Stalteri simultaneously became the first Canadians to play in the German Bundesliga in a match between McKenna's newly-promoted Cottbus and Stalteri's Werder Bremen.

Hearts

In 2001, McKenna moved to Scottish Premier League team Hearts on loan, playing eight games for the Edinburgh club. After a £300,000 transfer that summer, McKenna was the club's second leading scorer in the 2001-02 season with 9 goals in 35 games. As a mostly reserve striker in 2002-03, McKenna scored 6 in 41. He also scored 5 goals in 38 games in 2003-04. After falling out of favour at Hearts in 2005, McKenna returned to Energie Cottbus. He was elected as the club's new captain after the departure of former skipper Gregg Berhalter.

1. FC Köln

In the summer of 2007, McKenna signed a four-year contract with 1. FC Köln, dropping down a division to the German Second Division. McKenna made his debut for his new team on August 10, 2007, in a 2-0 away win against FC St. Pauli. Several weeks later Kevin scored his first goal for the club on October 5 in a 4-1 home victory over Kickers Offenbach. He helped Köln to promotion into the top flight in his first season with the club.

McKenna scored his first goal in the 2010/11 season in a 4-2 away loss to powerhouse Werder Bremen on August 28, the other goal scored by teammate Lukas Podolski. Weeks later during the month of September McKenna had surgery done on his knee and was labeled out indefinitely, however he made a faster recovery then originally anticipated and returned to the first team in early December. He did not see any playing time until being subbed on in the 75th minute to Schalke 04 on December 19th, the game ended as a 3-0 loss.

McKenna made his 2011/12 debut as a starter on August 13 against Schalke in the teams second game of the season, it ended as a 5-1 away loss. Two weeks later Mckenna scored his first goal of the season and the winning goal to beat Hamburger SV in a thrilling 4-3 away victory.

International career

McKenna made his debut for Canada in a May 2000 friendly match against Trinidad and Tobago. By November 2009, he has earned a total of 46 caps, scoring 9 goals. He has represented Canada in 4 FIFA World Cup qualification matches. McKenna has been a regular for the Canadian national team since 2002, when he featured in the CONCACAF Gold Cup as a target man for Holger Osieck's side. McKenna scored 3 goals, including a brace over Haiti in the first round. McKenna earned his 50th cap for team Canada in a friendly against Ecuador prior to the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup, the game ended in a 2-2 home draw at BMO Field. McKenna was named the captain for Canada during the Gold Cup with Paul Stalteri not in the tournament roster.

International goals

#	Date	City	Opponent	Result	Competition
1.	May 30, 2000	Winnipeg, Canada	Honduras	3–1	Friendly
2.	Jan 18, 2002	Miami, USA	Haiti	2–0	2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup
3.	Jan 18, 2002	Miami, USA	Haiti	2–0	2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup
4.	Jan 26, 2002	Miami, USA	Martinique	1-1	2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup
5.	Feb 12, 2003	Tripoli, Libya	Libya	4-2	Friendly
6.	Jun 1, 2003	Wolfsburg, Germany	Germany	1-4	Friendly
7.	Jun 13, 2004	Kingston, Canada	Belize	4-0	2006 World Cup Qualification
8.	Mar 26, 2005	Barcelos, Portugal	Portugal	1-4	Friendly
9.	Jul 25, 2005	Burnaby, Canada	Honduras	1-2	Friendly
10.	Sept 7, 2010	Montreal, Canada	Honduras	2-1	Friendly

Honours

Individual

• CONCACAF Gold Cup Best XI: 2002

Club

1. FC Köln

• 2nd Bundesliga:
  • Third place: 2007

Country

Canada

• CONCACAF Gold Cup:
  • Third place: 2002

External links

• Player profile - Canada Soccer
• Kevin McKenna at National-Football-Teams.com