Mark Keane (footballer)

Mark Keane (born 17 March 2000) is a professional Australian rules footballer who plays for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Keane grew up in Ireland and played Gaelic football before making a code switch to Australian rules football.

Mark Keane
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-03-17) 17 March 2000
Original team(s) Cork GAA
Height 194 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 92 kg (203 lb)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current club Collingwood
Number 47
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2019– Collingwood 1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2020 season.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

AFL career

Keane joined Collingwood as a Category B rookie in 2018 after a two week trial at the club. He made his debut in the club's round 9 match in the 2020 AFL season against Fremantle, where the Magpies lost by 12 points.[1]

GAA career

Keane returned to Ireland in 2020 and was brought on as a substitute for Cork against Kerry in the 2020 Munster Senior Football Championship. He scored the late goal that knocked Kerry out of the competition, in what was described as "one of the biggest upsets in recent championship history... a strike so late it had eerie echoes of Tadhg Murphy's 1983 goal at the same end of the ground that similarly put Kerry out of the championship".[2][3]

Statistics
Statistics are correct to the end of the 2020 season[4]
Legend
 G  Goals  B  Behinds  K  Kicks  H  Handballs  D  Disposals  M  Marks  T  Tackles
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game)
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2019 Collingwood470——————————————
2020 Collingwood47100517120.00.05.01.07.01.02.0
Career 1 0 0 5 1 7 1 2 0.0 0.0 5.0 1.0 7.0 1.0 2.0

References
  1. Colangelo, Anthony (2020-07-31). "Collingwood hand debut to Irishman Mark Keane". The Age. Retrieved 2020-09-05.
  2. "Kerry's Championship dreams destroyed after stunning extra-time final act sees Cork triumph". Irish Independent. 8 November 2020.
  3. "Murphy happy to share fame with new Cork hero Keane". RTÉ Sport. 9 November 2020.
  4. "Mark Keane statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
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