Keeva Keenan (born 16 August 1997) is an

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international

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who plays for Shelbourne of the Women's National League (WNL). She previously played for

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(SWPL) clubs

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and Glasgow City, and for WNL clubs

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and Shelbourne. She made her debut for the

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in October 2019.

Club career

In January 2018, Keenan left Glasgow City for their local rivals

. She was named club Player of the Year in her first season with the club. In

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she helped Celtic secure qualification to the

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for the first time, but left the club at the end of the season. She agreed a return to Shelbourne in July 2021.

International career

On 5 May 2014,

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Susan Ronan Susan "Sue" Ronan (born 21 February 1964) is an Irish football coach and former player, who managed the Republic of Ireland women's national football team from 2010 until 2016. Ronan represented Welsox and Shelbourne at club level, and made he ...

named Keenan in an experimental squad for a friendly against the Basque Country. Keenan did not feature in Ireland's 2–0 defeat in

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, which was not classified as a full international fixture. Early in his reign as Ireland's national team coach, Colin Bell called-up Keenan for a friendly with

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in April 2017. She remained an unused substitute in Ireland's 1–0 win and was subsequently "frozen out" by Bell. In September 2019, Keenan was "in disbelief" to be called into the first senior squad to be named by Bell's successor

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. She started Ireland's 3–2 win over

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at Tallaght Stadium.

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