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Full name: Joseph Kevin Keegan
Date of birth: 14 February 1951 (1951-02-14) (age 73)
Place of birth:    Armthorpe, Doncaster, Flag of England England
Height: 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position: Forward
Youth clubs
000
1967–1968
Enfield House YC
Scunthorpe United
Senior clubs
Years Club App (Gls)
1968–1971
1971–1977
1977–1980
1980–1982
1982–1984
1985
Total
Scunthorpe United
Liverpool
Hamburger SV
Southampton
Newcastle United
Blacktown City
 
124 0(18)
230 0(68)
090 0(32)
068 0(37)
078 0(48)
0000(1)
594 (205)   
National team
1972–1982 England 063 0(21)
Teams managed
1992–1997
1998–1999
1999–2000
2001–2005
2008
Newcastle United
Fulham
England
Manchester City
Newcastle United

Joseph Kevin Keegan (born 14 February 1951) is an English former football player and manager. He played for several clubs including Liverpool and Hamburger SV. He went on to manage Newcastle United, Fulham and Manchester City, winning promotion as champions in his first full season at all three clubs. He also managed the England national team.

As a player in the 1970s and 1980s, he has been described as "arguably the first superstar English player to attract the modern media spotlight". He began his playing career at Scunthorpe United in 1968, before moving to Liverpool in 1971. At Liverpool, Keegan won three First Division titles, the UEFA Cup twice, the FA Cup and the European Cup. He also gained his first England cap in 1972, and moved to German club Hamburg in the summer of 1977. At Hamburg he was named European Footballer of the Year in 1978 and 1979, won the Bundesliga title in 1978–79, and reached the European Cup final in 1980. Keegan moved to Southampton that summer, and spent two seasons at the club before a transfer to Newcastle United in the English second division in 1982. He helped Newcastle to promotion in his second season, and retired from football in 1984, having been capped 63 times for England, scoring 21 goals.

He moved into management at Newcastle in 1992, winning promotion as First Division champions. Newcastle then finished second in the Premier League in 1995–96, after leading for most of the season. After a spell at Fulham, he took charge of the England team in 1999 but resigned in the autumn of 2000, following a loss against Germany in World Cup qualification. He then became manager of Manchester City in 2001 and spent four years at the club before resigning in 2005. He had been out of football for almost three years when he returned to Newcastle United for a second spell as manager in January 2008. This spell lasted only eight months, however, as Keegan resigned on 4 September 2008 following speculation regarding a dispute with the club's directors.

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Fulham Football Club - Managers

H. Bradshaw (1904–09) • Kelso (1909–24) • Ducat (1924–26) • J. Bradshaw (1926–29) • Liddell (1929–31) • McIntyre (1931–34) • Hogan (1934–35) • Peart (1935–48) • Osborne (1948–49) • Dodgin, Sr. (1949–53) • Osborne (1953–56) • Livingstone (1956–58) • Jezzard (1958–64) • Buckingham (1965–68) • Robson (1968) • Dodgin, Jr. (1969–72) • Stock (1972–76) • Campbell (1976–80) • Macdonald (1980–84) • Harford (1984–86) • Lewington (1986–90) • Dicks (1990–91) • Mackay (1991–94) • Branfoot (1994–96) • Adams (1996–97) • Wilkins (1997–98) • Keegan (1998–99) • Bracewell (1999–2000) • Riedle (2000) • Tigana (2000–03) • Coleman (2003–07) • Sanchez (2007) • Lewington (2007) • Hodgson (2007–10) • Lewington (2010) • Hughes (2010–11) • Jol (2011–13) • Meulensteen (2013–14) • Magath (2014) • Symons (2014–2015) • Grant (2015) • Gray (2015) • Jokanović (2015–2018) • Ranieri (2018–2019) • Parker (2019–21) • Silva (2021–)

Newcastle United Football Club - Managers

Cunningham (1930–35) • Mather (1935–39) • Seymour (1939–47) • Martin (1947–50) • Seymour (1950–54) • Livingstone (1954–56) • Seymour (1956–58) • Mitten (1958–61) • N. Smith (1961–62) • Harvey (1962–75) • Lee (1975–77) • Dinnis (1977) • McFaul (1977c) • McGarry (1977–80) • Cox (1980–84) • Charlton (1984–85) • McFaul (1985–88) • Suggett (1988c) • J. Smith (1988–91) • Saxton (1991c) • Ardiles (1991–92) • Keegan (1992–97) • McDermott (1997c) • Dalglish (1997–98) • Gullit (1998–99) • Clarke (1999c) • Robson (1999–2004) • Carver (2004c) • Souness (2004–06) • Roeder (2006–07) • Pearson (2007c) • Allardyce (2007–08) • Pearson (2008c) • Keegan (2008) • Hughton (2008c) • Kinnear (2008–09) • Hughton & Calderwood (2009a) • Shearer (2009) • Hughton (2009–10) • Beardsley (2010c) • Pardew (2010–14) • Carver (2015i) • McClaren (2015–16) • Benítez (2016–19) • Bruce (2019–21) • Jones (2021i) • Howe (2021–)
(c) = caretaker manager; (a) = acting in regular manager's absence; (i) = interim

Manchester City Football Club - Managers

Furniss (1889–93) • Parlby (1893–95) • Ormerod (1895–1902) • Maley (1902–06) • Newbould (1906–12) • Committee (1912) • Mangnall (1912–24) • Ashworth (1924–25) • Alexander/Committee (1925–26) • Hodge (1926–32) • Wild (1932–46) • Cowan (1946–47) • Wild (1947) • Thomson (1947–50) • McDowall (1950–63) • Poyser (1963–65) • Mercer (1965–71) • Committee (1965) • Allison (1971–73) • Hart (1973) • Book (1973) • Saunders (1973–74) • Book (1974–79) • Allison (1979–80) • Book (1980) • Bond (1980–83) • Benson (1983) • McNeill (1983–86) • Frizzell (1986–87) • Machin (1987–89) • Book (1989) • Kendall (1989–90) • Reid (1990–93) • Book (1993) • Horton (1993–95) • Hartford (1996) • Ball (1995–96) • Coppell (1996) • Neal (1996) • Clark (1996–98) • Royle (1998–2001) • Keegan (2001–05) • Pearce (2005–07) • Eriksson (2007–08) • Hughes (2008–09) • Mancini (2009–13) • Kidd (2013) • Pellegrini (2013–16) • Guardiola (2016–)

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England national football team - Managers

Winterbottom (1946–62) • Ramsey (1962–74) • Mercer (caretaker) (1974) • Revie (1974–77) • Greenwood (1977–82) • Robson (1982–90) • G. Taylor (1990–93) • Venables (1993–96) • Hoddle (1996–99) • Wilkinson (caretaker) (1999) • Keegan (1999–2000) • Wilkinson (caretaker) (2000) • P. Taylor (caretaker) (2000–01) • Eriksson (2001–06) • McClaren (2006–07) • Capello (2008–12) • Pearce (caretaker) (2012) • Hodgson (2012–16) • Allardyce (2016) • Southgate (2016–24) • Carsley (interim) (2024–)

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England – UEFA Euro 1980

1. Clemence 2. Neal 3. Sansom 4. Thompson 5. Watson 6. Wilkins 7. Keegan 8. Coppell 9. Johnson 10. Brooking 11. Woodcock 12. Anderson 13. Shilton 14. Cherry 15. Hughes 16. Mills 17. McDermott 18. Kennedy 19. Hoddle 20. Mariner 21. Birtles 22. Corrigan Manager:  Flag of England Greenwood

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England – 1982 FIFA World Cup

1. Clemence 2. Anderson 3. Brooking 4. Butcher 5. Coppell 6. Foster 7. Keegan 8. Francis 9. Hoddle 10. McDermott 11. Mariner 12. Mills 13. Corrigan 14. Neal 15. Rix 16. Robson 17. Sansom 18. Thompson 19. Wilkins 20. Withe 21. Woodcock 22. Shilton Manager:  Flag of England Greenwood

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England – UEFA Euro 2000

1. Seaman 2. G. Neville 3. P. Neville 4. Campbell 5. Adams 6. Keown 7. Beckham 8. Scholes 9. Shearer 10. Owen 11. McManaman 12. Southgate 13. Martyn 14. Ince 15. Barry 16. Gerrard 17. Wise 18. Barmby 19. Heskey 20. Phillips 21. Fowler 22. Wright Manager:  Flag of England Keegan

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