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Roy Keane

1971 - Today

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Roy Maurice Keane (born 10 August 1971) is an Irish football pundit, former coach, and former professional player. He is best known for his career in the Premier League, in particular his captaincy of Manchester United. He is the joint most decorated Irish footballer of all time alongside Denis Irwin and Ronnie Whelan, having won 19 major trophies in his club career, 17 during his time at Manchester United. Widely regarded as one of the greatest defensive midfielders of all time, one of the best players of his generation, and one of the greatest players in Premier League history, he was named by Pelé in the FIFA 100 list of the world's greatest living players in 2004. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Roy Keane is the 1,108th most popular soccer player (down from 893rd in 2019), the 125th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 99th in 2019) and the most popular Irish Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Roy Keane ranks 1,108 out of 21,273. Before him are Nuno Gomes, Pablo Aimar, Bigode, Giancarlo Antognoni, Rinus Israël, and Andy Gray. After him are Adrian Mutu, Julio César Romero, Bobby Smith, İlkay Gündoğan, Katsuyoshi Kuwahara, and David Seaman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Roy Keane ranks 75. Before him are Denise Richards, Kirk Acevedo, David Coulthard, Lee Young-ae, D. B. Weiss, and Pedro Alonso. After him are Dino Baggio, Valdis Dombrovskis, Guillaume Depardieu, Chris Tucker, David Tennant, and Jill Kelly.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Roy Keane ranks 125 out of 549. Before him are Kevin of Glendalough (498), Fiona Shaw (1958), Ninette de Valois (1898), Cornelius Ryan (1920), William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne (1737), and John Millington Synge (1871). After him are Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751), Patrick Pearse (1879), Aidan Gillen (1968), Constantine III of Scotland (971), George Allman (1812), and Pat McDonald (1878).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Ireland

Among soccer players born in Ireland, Roy Keane ranks 1. After him are Arthur Johnson (1879), Patrick O'Connell (1887), Robbie Keane (1980), Willoughby Hamilton (1864), Brian Kerr (1953), Kevin Doyle (1983), Liam Brady (1956), Caoimhín Kelleher (1998), John O'Shea (1981), Stephen Hunt (1981), and Gary Kelly (1974).

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