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Roy Keane was born on August 10, 1971 in Cork, County Cork, Ireland and is credited as an association football player and association football coach. Roy Keane is 55 years old as of 2026. Listed accolades include English Football Hall of Fame and Premier League Hall of Fame (2021). The listed height is 180 cm.
My Take
Roy Keane is my favorite kind of footballer: the one whose presence mattered more than any statistic, even though his statistics are formidable. Nineteen trophies and the Manchester United armband tell you he won; the glare, the standards, the refusal to accept anything less than total commitment tell you why. His record also includes an extra five-match ban and a £150,000 fine after admitting in his 2002 autobiography that he meant "to hurt" Alf-Inge Haaland, and being sent home from the 2002 World Cup after a dispute with Mick McCarthy. I find his second act just as compelling — as a pundit he applies the same brutal honesty to television that he once applied to midfield, and it works because nobody doubts he lived it. Hall of Fame inductions feel almost redundant for a man who defined an era's intensity.
This take was written by generative AI, one per person, from publicly reported facts (editorial policy). It is a reading of the record, not reporting.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Roy Keane
- Name (Japanese)
- ロイ・キーン
- Reading
- ろい・きーん
- Born
- August 10, 1971 (age 55)
- Origin
- Cork, County Cork, Ireland
- Height
- 180 cm
- Occupation
- association football player / association football coach
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Boar
2. Background
Awards & achievements
- English Football Hall of Fame
- 2021 Premier League Hall of Fame
3. Links
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/officialkeane16/
- Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy%20Keane
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3
- Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188632
4. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was Roy Keane born?
Roy Keane was born on August 10, 1971 and is 55 years old.
Where is Roy Keane from?
Roy Keane is from Cork, County Cork, Ireland.
What does Roy Keane do?
Roy Keane works as association football player, association football coach.
How tall is Roy Keane?
Roy Keane is 180 cm tall.
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