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Aidan Keena
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-04-25) 25 April 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Mullingar, County Westmeath, Ireland
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Falkirk
Number 9
Youth career
Mullingar Athletic
2015 Shelbourne
2016–2017 St Patrick's Athletic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017 St Patrick's Athletic 3 (0)
2017–2020 Heart of Midlothian 11 (0)
2018 → Queens Park (loan) 14 (8)
2018–2019 → Dunfermline Athletic (loan) 12 (4)
2020 Hartlepool United 8 (2)
2020- Falkirk 0 (0)
International career
2015 Republic of Ireland U17 2 (0)
2016–2017 Republic of Ireland U18 4 (0)
2018 Republic of Ireland U19 1 (0)
2019– Republic of Ireland U21 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:43, 14 March 2020 (UTC)

Aidan Keena (born 25 April 1999) is an Irish footballer who plays as a forward for Falkirk. He has previously played for St Patrick's Athletic, Heart of Midlothian, Hartlepool United, Queen's Park and Dunfermline Athletic.

Club career

St Patrick's Athletic

Keena, a member of the St Patrick's Athletic under 19's squad, was called up to the first team by manager Liam Buckley for pre-season in January 2017 despite being just 17 years old. He scored on his first team debut, in a 5–0 win over Bluebell United in a friendly.[1] Keena made his first official appearance in senior football on 24 February 2017 when he came on as a 67th-minute substitute in the Saints opening game of the season against Bray Wanderers. With Pats trailing 2–0, Kenna set up Graham Kelly for an 85th-minute goal before being shown a straight red card in the 91st minute for a late tackle on Dylan Connolly.[2] Keena went on to make four more appearances for the club (two league and two League Cup) in the 2017 season, with the last of those being a Dublin Derby against Bohemians on 16 June 2017.

Heart of Midlothian

Keena was signed by Heart of Midlothian in August 2017.[3] After impressing first team staff with his goalscoring form for the reserves, he was called up to the first team and made his debut as a late substitute in a 1–1 draw versus Partick Thistle at Tynecastle Park on 19 November 2017. Keena was loaned to Scottish League One club Queen's Park in January 2018.[4] In August 2018, he joined Dunfermline Athletic in the Scottish Championship on a season-long loan.[5]

After a promising few months with Dunfermline, Keena was recalled to Hearts in January, scoring his first goal for the club in a 4–0 victory against Auchinleck Talbot in the Scottish Cup.[6]

Hartlepool United

Keena left Hearts in January 2020 and signed for English club. Prior to joining Hartlepool United Aidan Keena had unsuccessful trials with Darlington FC and Berwick Rangers.[7]

He scored his first goal for the club in a 2–0 win against Stockport on 25 January 2020.[8]

Falkirk

After leaving Hartlepool, Keena returned to Scotland and signed a two-year deal with Scottish Championship side Falkirk on 5 August 2020.[9]

International career

Keena has represented the Republic of Ireland at Under-17, Under-18 and Under-19 level.[10][11][12] On 6 November 2019, Keena was announced in Stephen Kenny's Republic of Ireland U21 side for the first time, for their European Under-21 Championship qualification games against Armenia U21 & Sweden U21.[13]

Career statistics

As of 14 March 2020[14][15]
Season Club League National Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
St Patrick's Athletic 2017[14] League of Ireland Premier Division 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 0
Heart of Midlothian 2017–18[16] Scottish Premiership 1 0 0 0 0 0 — 1 0
2018–19[17] 5 0 2 1 1 0 1[a] 1 9 2
2019–20[18] 5 0 0 0 4 0 3[a] 3 12 3
Total 11 0 2 1 5 0 4 4 27 5
Queen's Park (loan) 2017–18[16] Scottish League One 14 8 0 0 0 0 2[b] 0 16 8
Dunfermline Athletic (loan) 2018–19[17] Scottish Championship 12 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 4
Hartlepool United 2019–20 National League 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2
Career total 48 14 2 1 7 0 6 4 63 19
  1. ^ a b Appearances for Hearts under-21s in the Scottish Challenge Cup in which age-restricted sides from the Scottish Premiership clubs compete against senior clubs
  2. ^ Appearances in the Scottish League One play-offs

References

  1. ^ "Extratime.ie - Live Updates - Friendly - Bluebell United -v- St. Patrick's Athletic". Extratime.ie.
  2. ^ http://www.extratime.ie/matches/detail/30169/2/
  3. ^ "Youngster Keena joins Hearts Heart of Midlothian - News". Heartsfc.co.uk. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  4. ^ "New faces give squad a boost". Queen's Park FC. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  5. ^ "Dunfermline sign Robbie Muirhead, Malaury Martin & Aidan Keena". BBC Sport. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  6. ^ "Hearts 4 – 0 Auchinleck Talbot". BBC Sport. 10 February 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  7. ^ "Aidan Keena: Striker moves from Hearts to Hartlepool Utd". BBC Sport. 10 January 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
  8. ^ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51158943
  9. ^ "Aidan Keena Signs from Hartlepool United". Falkirk FC. 5 August 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  10. ^ "Aidan Keena". Uefa.com. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  11. ^ "St Patrick's Athletic FC". Facebook.com. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  12. ^ "Congrats to Aidan Keena on being called up to the Ireland under 18 squad for their upcoming friendlies #InternationalSaints". Twitter.com. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  13. ^ https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2019/1106/1089089-kenny-names-weakened-squad-for-crucial-euro-qualifiers/
  14. ^ a b "Republic of Ireland – A.Keena". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  15. ^ "Aidan Keena - Soccerbase".
  16. ^ a b "Games played by Aidan Keena in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  17. ^ a b "Games played by Aidan Keena in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  18. ^ "Games played by Aidan Keena in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
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