Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 21 April 1981 | ||
Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
Position(s) | Central defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Shotts Bon Accord | ||
Youth career | |||
Ipswich Town | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1999–2001 | Ayr United | 4 | (0) |
2001–2003 | Dumbarton | 60 | (1) |
2003–2005 | Cowdenbeath | 65 | (2) |
2005–2008 | Stenhousemuir | 35 | (2) |
2006–2007 | → Cumnock Juniors (delayed transfer) | ||
2011 | Wishaw Juniors | ||
Total | 164 | (5) | |
Managerial career | |||
2011–2014 | Wishaw Juniors | ||
2014–2017 | Cumnock Juniors | ||
2018– | Shotts Bon Accord | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:29, 23 July 2018 (UTC) |
John McKeown (born 21 April 1981) is a former professional footballer who has played for several clubs in the Scottish Football League.
Released by Ipswich Town as a teenager, McKeown made his league debut for Ayr United in a First Division game against Falkirk in May 2000.[1] He later played for Dumbarton, Cowdenbeath and Stenhousemuir and had a spell at Junior level with Cumnock Juniors.[2]
McKeown was forced to retire as a professional player at the age of twenty-seven due to problems with an arthritic hip.[3] He re-entered the game as player-coach of Wishaw Juniors in the summer of 2011, and was appointed manager of the club in October that year, eventually leading the club to their first promotion in thirty-eight years in 2014.[4][5]
In October 2014, McKeown was announced as the new manager of Cumnock Juniors.[6] He resigned from the club in October 2017 after a successful 3-year period at the club winning The super 1st Div title and leading the club to 2 cup finals and 5 semi finals.[7] The following month, McKeown joined the coaching staff at Cambuslang Rangers.[8]
On the 31 May 2018 McKeown became manager of Shotts Bon Accord. [9]