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Mark McKeever
Personal information
Full name Mark Anthony McKeever[1]
Date of birth (1978-11-16) 16 November 1978 (age 45)
Place of birth Derry, Northern Ireland
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Norwich City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–1997 Peterborough 3 (0)
1997–2001 Sheffield Wednesday 5 (0)
1998–1999Bristol Rovers (loan) 7 (0)
1999Reading (loan) 7 (2)
2001 → Bristol Rovers (loan) 6 (0)
2001–2003 Bristol Rovers 30 (0)
2003–2006 Weston-super-Mare 132 (6)
2006Gloucester City (loan) 5 (1)
2006–2008 Bath City 49 (7)
2008Mangotsfield United (loan) 6 (0)
2008–2009 Weston-super-Mare 6 (1)
International career
Republic of Ireland U19 12
Republic of Ireland U21 4
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mark Anthony McKeever (born 16 November 1978) is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Born in Northern Ireland, he represented the Republic of Ireland internationally at youth levels U19 and U21.

Career

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McKeever began his football career with Norwich City as a youth team player. He was eventually released and moved on to Peterborough United with ex-Canaries coach Kit Carson. McKeever became a trainee with the club, but after only three appearances he was transferred to Sheffield Wednesday in April 1997 with David Billington for £1,000,000.

McKeever made three appearances in the Premier League and was looking to break into the first team before a foot injury prematurely ended his season. He was subsequently sent on loan to Bristol Rovers and later Reading. During his stint with the Royals he played in a 4–0 away victory over Stoke City.[2] However, over the following weeks, Stoke full-back Jason Kavanagh made a full catalogue of Division Two wingers look like Best at his peak.[3]

McKeever made his sixth appearance for Wednesday in an FA Cup tie against Bristol City in December 1999. A year later, McKeever was linked with a return to Bristol Rovers after they had supposedly tabled a £100,000 bid for him. But the permanent move did not materialise.[citation needed]

McKeever moved to Bristol Rovers on loan for two months in 2001.[citation needed] In March 2001, the move was made permanent, with McKeever moving south on a free transfer.[citation needed] He spent two years with Rovers before being released in May 2003.[citation needed] He then joined Weston-super-Mare in August 2003, for whom he played for a period of three years before signing for Bath City in May 2006.[citation needed] It was here that he won a Southern League winners medal in 2007.[citation needed]

Bath City sent McKeever on loan in January 2008 to Mangotsfield United,[citation needed] but he was soon transferred to fellow Conference South club Weston-super-Mare in March 2008 for his second stint with the club.[citation needed]

On 18 August 2009, he was forced to retire following injury.[citation needed]

He has been capped by the Republic of Ireland at Under-18 level (12 caps) and by their Under-21s (4 caps).[citation needed] McKeever played for the Republic of Ireland national under-19 football team in the 1997 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship finals in Iceland.[citation needed]

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References

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  1. ^ "Mark McKeever". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Reading Football Club Results and Fixtures 98-99". www.royals.org.
  3. ^ "Worst Player EVER.. | Oatcake Fanzine". oatcakefanzine.proboards.com.