Kevin Keegan
English association football player and manager (1951–2026) (Wikidata description)
- Nationality
- England
- Born
- 14 February 1951
- Died
- 20 July 2026
- Position
- Forward
- Preferred foot
- Not verified
- Senior career
- 1968–1985
Clubs Scunthorpe United F.C. · Liverpool F.C. · Hamburger SV · Southampton F.C. · Newcastle United F.C. · Blacktown City FC
Career statistics
Club figures here are senior domestic-league matches unless marked otherwise; international figures are full senior caps. Youth, reserve, Olympic, friendly and unofficial matches are excluded from totals. Totals are summed from the individual sourced records below. Where a record is missing, the figure is shown as unavailable — never as zero.
Club league apps
592
Club league goals
204
International caps
63
International goals
21
League goals / match
0.34
International goals / cap
0.33
All official apps
Unavailable
All-competition totals not yet sourced
Goals per 90
Unavailable
Requires minutes for every match
Assists: Unavailable — assists were not recorded consistently before the modern data era.
Club-by-club and international breakdown
| Team | Years | Counts | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scunthorpe United F.C.Club | 1968–1971 | League | 124 | 18 |
| Liverpool F.C.Club | 1971–1977 | League | 230 | 68 |
| England men's national association football teamNational team | 1972–1982 | Full caps | 63 | 21 |
| Hamburger SVClub | 1977–1980 | League | 90 | 32 |
| Southampton F.C.Club | 1980–1982 | League | 68 | 37 |
| Newcastle United F.C.Club | 1982–1984 | League | 78 | 48 |
| Blacktown City FCClub | 1985 | League | 2 | 1 |
Season by season
Season-level records are unavailable for this player in the current sources. They will appear here when a licensed season-by-season source is imported.
Team accolades
- ×3
Football League First Division
Domestic
- 1972–73 · Liverpool F.C.
- 1975–76 · Liverpool F.C.
- 1976–77 · Liverpool F.C.
- ×1
Bundesliga
Domestic
- 1978–79 · Hamburger SV
- ×1
European Cup / UEFA Champions League
Continental club
- 1976–77 · Liverpool F.C.
Sourced stated or derived from referenced statementsProvisional inferred from club stint dates — squad membership not individually verifiedVerified checked by an editor
Individual accolades
- ×2
Ballon d'Or
Individual award · France Football
- 1978
- 1979
Career timeline
1968
- Joins Scunthorpe United F.C. — Until 1971
1971
- Joins Liverpool F.C. — Until 1977
1972
- Senior international debut: England men's national association football team — Until 1982
1973
- Football League First Division winner — 1972–73 · Liverpool F.C.(provisional)
1976
- Football League First Division winner — 1975–76 · Liverpool F.C.(provisional)
1977
- European Cup / UEFA Champions League winner — 1976–77 · Liverpool F.C.(provisional)
- Football League First Division winner — 1976–77 · Liverpool F.C.(provisional)
- Joins Hamburger SV — Until 1980
1978
- Ballon d'Or — 1978
1979
- Ballon d'Or — 1979
- Bundesliga winner — 1978–79 · Hamburger SV(provisional)
1980
- Joins Southampton F.C. — Until 1982
1982
- Joins Newcastle United F.C. — Until 1984
1985
- Joins Blacktown City FC — Until 1985
Statistical score explained
Snapshot v2, methodology v1.0.0, published 27 October 2026. Each category is scored 0–100, multiplied by its weight, and summed. Full methodology →
Overall score
55.9
Rank #29
Partially verified5/5 categories with full evidence · 22% of inputs directly sourced
Coverage describes how complete the evidence is. It is not a probability and is separate from the score.
Peak performanceFull evidence72.3+21.70 points
- Best window
- 1975–1979
- Individual award points in window
- 24
- Award availability in window
- 0.584
- Team honor points in window
- 17
- Peak index
- 49.59
v1 measures peak through documented recognition (awards and titles) in the best rolling window, because season-level performance data is not available consistently across eras.
Career performanceFull evidence42.5+10.64 points
- League goals per match
- 0.345 → 26.03
- International goals per cap
- 0.333 → 33
- International caps per year
- 5.73 → 68.03
Individual accoladesFull evidence54.3+10.86 points
- Contemporary award points
- 24
- Award availability coverage
- 0.61
- Era-adjusted contemporary points
- 39.32
- Retrospective all-time honors
- 0
- Ballon d'Or (1978)
- 12
- Ballon d'Or (1979)
- 12
Team accomplishmentsFull evidence41.0+6.15 points
- Team honor points
- 20
- Club-league catalog coverage
- 0.944
- European Cup / UEFA Champions League (1976–77)
- 8
- Football League First Division (1972–73)
- 3
- Football League First Division (1975–76)
- 3
- Football League First Division (1976–77)
- 3
- Bundesliga (1978–79)
- 3
Some club titles are inferred from stint dates overlapping a title-winning season (squad membership not individually verified).
LongevityFull evidence65.5+6.55 points
- Senior career length (years)
- 18 → 88.75
- Documented elite seasons
- 5 → 45
- International career length (years)
- 11 → 71
Appearance totals are deliberately not used, so accumulating matches alone does not raise this score.
Editorial biography
No editorial biography has been written yet. Biographies are written by hand with sources; none are generated automatically.
Sources
- Wikidata: Kevin Keegan (Q152832)CC0 1.0 · retrieved 27 October 2026
- Wikimedia Commons: Kevin keegan panini card (cropped).jpgPublic domain · retrieved 27 October 2026