James Clifford John Keohane (born 22 January 1991) is an Irish professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

for

Rochdale Rochdale ( ) is a large town in Greater Manchester, England, at the foothills of the South Pennines in the dale on the River Roch, northwest of Oldham and northeast of Manchester. It is the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough ...

Playing career

Keohane began his football career in with youth teams

Belvedere Belvedere (from Italian, meaning "beautiful sight") may refer to: Places Australia *Belvedere, Queensland, a locality in the Cassowary Coast Region Africa *Belvedere (Casablanca), a neighborhood in Casablanca, Morocco *Belvedere, Harare, Zim ...

and Evergreen.

Wexford Youths

In 2009, Keohane joined

League of Ireland First Division The League of Ireland First Division ( ga, Céad Roinn Sraith na hÉireann), also known as the SSE Airtricity League First Division, is the second level division in both the League of Ireland and the Republic of Ireland football league system. Th ...

side Wexford Youths making his

League of Ireland The League of Ireland ( ga, Sraith na hÉireann), together with the Football Association of Ireland, is one of the two main governing bodies responsible for organising association football in the Republic of Ireland. The term was originally us ...

debut as a substitute on the opening day of the season. During his first season, Keohane scored 2 league goals in 16 appearances.

Bristol City

On 13 August 2010, Keohane signed for

Championship In sport, a championship is a competition in which the aim is to decide which individual or team is the champion. Championship systems Various forms of competition can be referred to by the term championship. Title match system In this system ...

side

Bristol City Bristol City Football Club is a professional football club based in Bristol, England, which compete in the , the second tier of English football. They have played their home games at Ashton Gate since moving from St John's Lane in 1904. The ...

on a one-year contract for a reported €100,000. In November 2010, Keohane signed a one-month loan deal at

Southern League Division One South & West The Southern League is a men's football competition featuring semi-professional clubs from the South and Midlands of England. Together with the Isthmian League and the Northern Premier League it forms levels seven and eight of the English foot ...

side Clevedon Town.

Exeter City

On 17 August 2011, Keohane signed for then

League One The English Football League One (often referred to as League One for short or Sky Bet League One for sponsorship purposes, and known as the Football League One from 2004 until 2016) is the second-highest division of the English Football Leag ...

side

Exeter City Exeter City Football Club is a professional association football club based in Exeter, Devon, England. The team play in , the third tier of the English football league system. Known as "the Grecians", the origin of their nickname is subject to ...

on a free transfer after being released by

. He had impressed on trial in friendlies against

Derby County Derby County Football Club () is a professional association football club based in Derby, Derbyshire, England. In 2022, it was announced that DCFC was acquired by Clowes Developments (UK) Ltd, a Derbyshire-based property group. Founded in 1884 ...

and Chippenham Town. Keohane made his professional debut on 24 August 2011, in the

League Cup In several sports, most prominently association football, a league cup or secondary cup generally signifies a cup competition for which entry is restricted only to teams in a particular league. The first national association football tournament t ...

3–1 defeat to

Liverpool Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a popul ...

St James Park St James Park and variants may refer to: Municipalities * St James Park, New Zealand, a suburb of Hamilton, New Zealand Football stadiums * St James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne, England * St James Park (Exeter), Exeter, England * St James Park, g ...

, coming on as a first-half substitute for the injured

Guillem Bauzà Guillem Bauzà Mayol (born 25 October 1984) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Welsh club Merthyr Town as a striker, second striker or attacking midfielder. He spent most of his career in Wales and England, in representation of several clu ...

. Keohane signed a new one-year contract with

in June 2012. In 2012–13, Keohane scored his first goal for Exeter in a 2–1 win over

York City York City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of York, North Yorkshire, England. As of the 2022–23 season, the team compete in the National League, at the fifth tier of the English football league sys ...

Bootham Crescent Bootham Crescent in York, England, was the home of York City football club and York City Knights rugby league club. With a capacity of 8,256, it is near the city centre, just over a mile from York railway station. York City leased land at Boo ...

. At the end of the 2013–2014 season, Keohane was rewarded with an extended contract. In pre-season 2014–15, Keohane was handed the number 10 jersey following the departure of

Alan Gow Alan Gow (born 9 October 1982) is a Scottish former footballer. As a player he played as either a striker or an attacking midfielder. Gow started his senior career with his hometown club Clydebank, and continued with Airdrie United after th ...

. Keohane was also the club's top scorer in their pre-season tour of Brazil, netting 2 goals in 3 games. He left the club at the end of the 2014–2015 season due to lack of game time.

Woking

On 30 August 2015, Keohane joined

National League The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League (NL), is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada, and the world's oldest extant professional team s ...

side

Woking Woking ( ) is a town and borough status in the United Kingdom, borough in northwest Surrey, England, around from central London. It appears in Domesday Book as ''Wochinges'' and its name probably derives from that of a Anglo-Saxon settlement o ...

on a six-month deal upon his contract expiry from Exeter City. A day later, Keohane made his debut against

Welling United Welling United Football Club is a professional football club, based in Welling in the London Borough of Bexley, England. The club's first team play in the National League South, at the sixth tier of English football. History Welling United Foot ...

, and scored after coming on as a Substitute. After only making seven league starts and eight substitute appearances in the league for the Cards, Woking decided against extending his contract, so therefore he was released after the 2–1 victory over

Aldershot Town Aldershot Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Aldershot Aldershot () is a town in Hampshire, England. It lies on heathland in the extreme northeast corner of the county, southwest of London. The area i ...

Sligo Rovers

On 8 January 2016, Keohane joined Irish side

Sligo Rovers Sligo Rovers Football Club ( ga, Cumann Peile Ruagairí Shligigh) is an Irish professional football club playing in the Premier Division of the League of Ireland. The club is based in Sligo in the west of Ireland. The club was founded in 1928 ...

until the end of the 2016 season. On 6 February 2016, Keohane was given the number 17 jersey ahead of the 2016 campaign.

Cork City

On 11 November 2016, Keohane joined

Cork City Cork ( , from , meaning 'marsh') is the second largest city in Ireland and third largest city by population on the island of Ireland. It is located in the south-west of Ireland, in the province of Munster. Following an extension to the city' ...

Rochdale

On 1 February 2019, Keohane joined

until the end of the season. He was offered a new contract by Rochdale at the end of the 2018–19 season. On 1 July 2019, Keohane signed a new two-year contract with Rochdale. On 25 June 2021, Keohane signed a new two-year contract.

Career statistics

Honours

Individual *

Player of the Year:

2020–21 The dash is a punctuation mark consisting of a long horizontal line. It is similar in appearance to the hyphen but is longer and sometimes higher from the baseline. The most common versions are the endash , generally longer than the hyphen b ...

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Keohane, Jimmy 1991 births Footballers from Aylesbury Living people League of Ireland players Republic of Ireland men's association footballers Republic of Ireland men's youth international footballers Men's association football midfielders Bristol City F.C. players Clevedon Town F.C. players Exeter City F.C. players English Football League players Wexford F.C. players Sligo Rovers F.C. players Cork City F.C. players Belvedere F.C. players Rochdale A.F.C. players