Martin Keown

Quick Facts

Full Name	Martin Keown
Occupation	Soccer Player
Date Of Birth	Jul 24, 1966(1966-07-24)
Age	58
Birthplace	Oxford
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Cancer

Martin Keown Biography

Martin Keown is one of the most popular and richest Soccer Player who was born on July 24, 1966 in Oxford, England, United Kingdom. A defensive and forward midfielder, defender who played his debut with Arsenal in 1984. He played professionally from 1984 until 2012 with various clubs.

Arsene Wenger was his manager at Arsenal from 1996-2004. was his manager at Arsenal between 1996 and 2004.

A centre back from Oxford, Keown played for local sides and his local Gaelic football team as a boy, before joining Arsenal on a schoolboy contract in 1980, though he made his professional debut on loan at Brighton & Hove Albion in 1984. His debut for Arsenal came on 23 November 1985, when Don Howe was still their manager, and they drew 0–0 with West Bromwich Albion at The Hawthorns. He played 22 league games that season, mostly alongside Tommy Caton or David O’Leary, but when George Graham was appointed manager on 14 May 1986, he decided that Keown was not part of his plans to try and turn Arsenal into league title contenders and on 9 June 1986 he joined Aston Villa for £200,000.

Keown signed for Villa after a season in which they had narrowly avoided relegation to the Second Division, a mere four years after being European Cup winners and five years since being league champions. Manager Graham Turner was under a lot of pressure, and after their dismal form continued into the 1986–87 season he was sacked on 14 September 1986 and succeeded by Billy McNeill. Keown appeared in 36 league games that season, but he was unable to save Villa from finishing bottom of the First Division and being relegated after 12 successive seasons in the top flight.

The place where he was raised is Oxford, Oxfordshire, England.

Martin Keown Net Worth

Martin Keown is one of the richest Soccer Player from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Martin Keown 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

The Arsenal youth program between 1980 until 1984.

He was a professional international player for England between 1992 and 2002.

Martin Raymond Keown (/ˈ k iː oʊ n / ; born 24 July 1966) is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender from 1984 to 2005, notably in the Premier League for Arsenal, where he made over 400 appearances for the club and won 10 honours.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Martin Keown Dating?

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Keown did not feature in Arsenal’s historic FA Cup and League Cup double of 1993 due to being cup-tied. However, he did manage 16 Premier League appearances, mostly at the expense of Steve Bould, forming arguably the most intense battle for central defensive positions in the Premier League at the time. He and Andy Linighan were high quality defenders competing alongside Bould and captain Tony Adams in the centre of one of the best English league defences of the 1990s.

Facts & Trivia

Martin Ranked on the list of most popular Soccer Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Martin Keown celebrates birthday on July 24 of every year.

He rarely missed a game in his first four full seasons back at Highbury, though in the 1997–98 double winning campaign, the 31-year-old Keown was selected just 18 times in the Premier League by manager Arsène Wenger as he claimed the first two major trophies of his career after well over a decade of waiting.

How good was Martin Keown?

One of the greatest man-markers of his generation, Martin Keown blended a superb knowledge of the game with brute force and strength to become a fantastic all-around defender.

Where does Martin Keown come from?

Oxford, United Kingdom

How old is Keown?

55 years (July 24, 1966)

How do I contact Martin Keown?

Martin Keown (@martinkeown5) / Twitter. Ex Arsenal and England defender. pundit. For Enquiries email[email protected].

Who was the best Arsenal goalkeeper?

1. David Seaman. David Seaman is the greatest goalkeeper in Arsenal’s history. He served the Gunners between 1990 and 2003, collecting a string of trophies along the way.