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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 219. Chapters: Roy Keane, Robbie Keane, Georgios Samaras, Shay Given, Scott Brown (Scottish footballer), Craig Bellamy, Kenny Dalglish, Henrik Larsson, Fredrik Ljungberg, Gary Hooper, Joe Ledley, Ian Wright, Kenny Miller, Chris Killen, Jock Stein, Anthony Stokes, Craig Beattie, Kris Commons, Shunsuke Nakamura, Neil Lennon, Dion Dublin, Mark Viduka, Liam Miller, David Moyes, Paolo Di Canio, Darren O'Dea, Barry Bannan, Mick McCarthy, Chris Sutton, Leigh Richmond Roose, Derek Riordan, Kevin Pilkington, Charlie Mulgrew, Paul Lambert, Jeremie Aliadiere, Daniel Majstorovi, Barry Robson, Stiliyan Petrov, Ki Sung-Yueng, Shaun Maloney, Tony Mowbray, Henri Camara, Diomansy Kamara, Scott McDonald, Artur Boruc, John Hartson, Eyal Berkovic, Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink, Niall McGinn, Tony Warner, Stephen Pearson, Mark McGhee, Paddy McCourt, Tommy Docherty, James Forrest (footballer born 1991), Aiden McGeady, Pawe Bro ek, Morten Rasmussen (footballer born January 1985), Efrain Juarez, Paul Hartley, Cillian Sheridan, Pierre van Hooijdonk, Thomas Gravesen, Fraser Forster, Bobo Balde, Steven Pressley, Juninho Paulista, Michael McGlinchey, Beram Kayal, List of Celtic F.C. players. Excerpt: Roy Maurice Keane (born 10 August 1971) is an Irish former footballer and manager. In his 18-year playing career, he played for Cobh Ramblers, Nottingham Forest, and Manchester United, before ending his career at Celtic. Keane was a dominating central-midfielder, noted for his aggressive and highly competitive style of play, an attitude which helped him excel as captain of Manchester United from 1997 until his departure in 2005, having joined the club in 1993. Keane helped United achieve a sustained period of success in more than 12 years at the club. He then signed for Celtic but retired as a player less than a year later. He played at international level for much of his career, representing the Republic of Ireland over a period of 14 years, most of which he spent as captain. He played in every Republic of Ireland game at the 1994 FIFA World Cup, although he left the 2002 World Cup after an incident with national coach Mick McCarthy. He was appointed manager of Sunderland shortly after his retirement as a player, and took the club from 23rd position in the Football League Championship in late August to win the division title and gain promotion to the Premier League. Keane's arrival was cited as the catalyst for Sunderland's recovery. He managed to keep Sunderland from relegation in the 2007-08 season, but in his second season as a top-flight manager he left his position with Sunderland in the relegation zone. In April 2009, he was appointed as manager of Ipswich Town, but was sacked by the club in January 2011 with them 19th in the Championship. Keane was born into a working class family in the Mayfield suburb of Cork. His father, Maurice, took work wherever he could find, which led to jobs at a local knitwear company and a Murphy's Irish Stout brewery, amongst others. His family were keen on sport, football especially, and many of his relatives had played for junior clubs in Cork, including Rockmount A.F.C. Keane took up boxing at the age of nine and trained for a
