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What is Roy Keane’s net worth and salary?

Roy Keane is an Irish football analyst, former manager and footballer who has a net worth of $60 million. Best known for his 13-season career with Manchester United from 1993 to 2005, Roy Keane won 17 major trophies with the club, including seven Premier League titles and four FA Cups. He finished his playing career in 2006 with Celtic, which he helped win the Scottish Premier League and the Scottish League Cup.

Early life

Roy Keane was born on August 10, 1971 in Cork, Ireland. When he was nine years old, he took up boxing and shortly after started playing soccer. From 1981 to 1989, Keane played for the Rockmount youth team.

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In 1989, Keane signed with semi-professional Irish club Cobh Ramblers. He spent one season with the team, during which he played 29 games in total and scored two goals. Keane also played for the Ramblers youth team, and it was during the FAI Youth Cup in the early 1990s that he caught the eye of a Nottingham Forest FC scout.

Nottingham Forest

Keane began to show his power during his years at Nottingham Forest. In his first season with the club, he scored 11 goals in 49 total appearances and helped Forest reach the 1991 FA Cup final. The following season, Keane scored 14 goals in 56 total appearances as Forest reached the Football League Cup final. In his final season with Forest, in 1992-93, the club competed in the inaugural Premier League season. Keane made 49 appearances in total and scored eight goals.

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Keane transferred to Manchester United in 1993 for a record transfer fee of £3.75 million. He had an exceptional first season with the club, as United won the Premier League title and the FA Cup. After a disappointing 1994-95 season, United came back strong in 1995-96 to win the Premier League and FA Cup again. The club won another Premier League title in the 1996-97 season. After that season, United captain Eric Cantona unexpectedly retired and Keane became the club’s new captain. However, he would end up missing most of the 1997-98 season due to injury. Keane returned in top form for the 1998-99 season, guiding United to a treble of Premier League, FA Cup and UEFA Champions League titles. In the 1999-2000 season, he helped United win their sixth Premier League title in eight years, earning him FWA Footballer of the Year honours.

United captured another Premier League title in the 2000-01 season. However, Keane caused controversy that season when he committed a knee-high foul on Alfie Haaland during the Manchester derby. Although he initially received a three-match suspension and fine, further punishment followed after Keane revealed in his 2002 autobiography that his attack on Haaland was premeditated. This was largely due to an earlier incident in which Haaland falsely accused Keane of faking an injury on the pitch. As a result of his admission, Keane was banned from taking part in five further matches and was fined heavily. He got into further trouble when he elbowed Sunderland’s Jason McAteer in August 2002, resulting in a further five-match suspension and a large fine. In the 2002-03 season, Keane won his seventh and final Premier League title with United. The following season they won their fourth and final FA Cup. Keane left United by mutual agreement at the end of 2005 amid growing tensions with the club management and other players.

Celtic

Keane joined Scottish Premiership club Celtic in late 2005. He began his season at the club the following year and scored one goal in 13 appearances in total during the season. Celtic won the Scottish Premier League and the Scottish League Cup, giving Keane his last major trophies as a footballer. In mid-2006 he announced his retirement from football.

International career

Keane first represented Ireland in football when he played for the Republic of Ireland national under-19 team at the 1990 UEFA European Under-18 Championship. The following year he made his debut for the under-21 team. Soon, Keane made his senior team debut. In 1994, he played in his first FIFA World Cup and featured in all of Ireland’s matches, including the iconic 1-0 victory over Italy, which finished runners-up. During the 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification, Keane missed many crucial matches due to injury, but returned for the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification to help Ireland go undefeated. However, before the 2002 FIFA World Cup, Keane was sacked following a public dispute with manager Mick McCarthy over the team’s training facilities. Keane would retire from international football after Ireland failed to qualify for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

Management career

After retiring from playing, Keane became the manager of Sunderland AFC. He spent two years at the club, taking them from 23rd in the Football League Championship to the Premier League after winning the league title in 2007. Keane left Sunderland at the end of 2008 and became manager of Championship club Ipswich Town. He remained with the club until 2011. In late 2013, Keane became assistant manager of the Republic of Ireland national team under the management of Martin O’Neill. He followed that up with a brief assistant manager role at Aston Villa. Later, during the first half of 2019, Keane was assistant manager of Nottingham Forest under Martin O’Neill.

In the media, Keane has done studio football analysis for British channels ITV and Sky Sports. He served as ITV’s chief football analyst during the 2011-12 season, and during the 2021-22 season he was ITV’s chief analyst for the FA Cup. In 2023, while working for Sky Sports, Keane was allegedly headbutted by a man at the Emirates Stadium. Found guilty, the man was banned from playing football, assessed legal fees and ordered to complete 80 hours of voluntary service.

personal life

In 1997, Keane married Theresa Doyle. They have five children together. Keane also had a Labrador Retriever named Triggs who received a lot of press during Keane’s football career. Triggs passed away in 2012.