Football star - Robbie Keane
Probably, there is not a single football fan who does not know the famous Robbie Keane. This article will help you get to know your pet and learn a lot of new things about his life.
Childhood years of celebrity
Born Robbie Keane on 8.07.1980 in Ireland. Ever since childhood, Robbie was very fond of football. At the age of 5 he had a bold command of the game. Watching his son, how well he plays, they could not even imagine that before them in the future a real football star. Without thinking twice, the parents decided to give the child to a sports school. When the guy went to school, he was accepted into the school club called "Crumlin United", and from that time he began to take the first steps to success. For every goal scored, he was paid, albeit modest, but the first salary in his life. A couple of years have passed, every fan already knew him, thanks to the good results of the games. Everyone believes that Robbie Keane is a football player with a capital letter.
When Robbie Keane turned 16 years old, he went to play the team "Wolverhampton", and in this he did not lose.
1997 On August 9, the Carrow Road team playedagainst "Wolves". The team consisted of Robbie Keane, it amazed the fans, because he was quite small in height, and indeed his age. In this match, the team "Wolves" won over rivals thanks to Robbie. The result was 2: 0. Since that time, the guy spent 88 matches and scored 29 goals.
Slow but sure steps to fame
1999 brought the footballer glory, he gets intoPremier League. Coventry, worth 6 million pounds, buys from Wolverhampton its contract, Robbie turned 19 then. After a while, the guy raises the European Cup with his teammates. And immediately he is invited to join the national team in the main team.
1998 brings the debut to the player. Namely in the game against the Czech team. The first goal he scored in the game against Malta. Since that time, everyone started to say that Niall Koonin has a worthy opponent. Soon, Robbie Keane will beat the record for the effectiveness of the Irish team, which belonged to Quinn.
The guy was still completely unable to realize that thiseverything happens exactly with him. Robbie Keane firmly for himself decides to go to Milan. In the debut game, the Italians already knew the exploits of the scorer, and they were eagerly waiting for a double, but this did not happen. The guy did not much like being in Italy, and he decides to go to Leeds, where his friend David Oliri is playing.
From this moment begins a sharp turn in lifeforward. All fans consider him to be the best and most successful football player. And this is the little Robbie Keane, whose photo everyone has in his arsenal.
Peak of popularity
In 2000-2001, Keane played in Leeds. He remained fast, sharp, assertive. Season graduated from Kin with excellent performance 14/9. The Irishman decides to sign a contract on an ongoing basis with Leeds United. The next two seasons became a failure for the player. And at the end of 2002 the team, which included Robbie, began to have financial difficulties.
The leadership in this regard was to sell outplayers. And a miracle happened, a club from London called Tottenham made an offer. They were ready to give for Kin as much as 7 million pounds sterling. The leadership did not have any options anymore. And already in a couple of days, after signing a personal contract with the club, Robbie began to prepare for the game at the White Hart Lane.
As soon as Robbie begins prosperity incareer, the press starts producing strange articles, in which it tells that Robbie Keane and Roy Keane are brothers. But this is completely wrong. At one of the press conferences, the star denies this fact and says that he is completely unfamiliar with Roy.
The beginning of a new life
Already in late 2002, Kina was sent to play at the World Cup, where he was able to excel in the fact that in the last minutes scored goals.
After the Championship in 2009, the star makes a decision to return to his former team, "Tottenham", he receives for this 12 million pounds sterling.