Liam Keogh (born 6 September 1981 in

Aberdeen Aberdeen (; sco, Aiberdeen ; gd, Obar Dheathain ; la, Aberdonia) is a city in North East Scotland, and is the third most populous city in the country. Aberdeen is one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas (as Aberdeen City), and ...

) is a Scottish former professional

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

er, who played as a

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. He began his career as a junior with

Celtic Celtic, Celtics or Keltic may refer to: Language and ethnicity *pertaining to Celts, a collection of Indo-European peoples in Europe and Anatolia **Celts (modern) *Celtic languages **Proto-Celtic language * Celtic music *Celtic nations Sports Fo ...

in September 1997, but never appeared in the Celtic first team. He made his league debut on loan to

Forfar Athletic Forfar Athletic Football Club are a Scottish semi-professional football club from the town of Forfar, Angus. They are members of the Scottish Professional Football League and currently play in Scottish League Two. They play their home games a ...

in March 2001, scoring 3 times in 13 games during his loan spell. Keogh left Celtic to join St Mirren on a free transfer in March 2002. In August 2002, after just one appearance, as a substitute, for St Mirren he joined

Inverness Caledonian Thistle Inverness Caledonian Thistle Football Club, commonly known as Caley Thistle, is a professional football club based in Inverness, Scotland. The team currently competes in the Scottish Championship, the second tier of the Scottish Professional F ...

. In January 2007, with his contract due to expire at the end of the season, he was signed by

Peterhead Peterhead (; gd, Ceann Phàdraig, sco, Peterheid ) is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is Aberdeenshire's biggest settlement (the city of Aberdeen itself not being a part of the district), with a population of 18,537 at the 2011 Census. ...

. He then played for

Elgin City Elgin City Football Club (also known as City or The Black and Whites) is a professional senior football club based in Elgin, Moray. Elgin was founded in 1893 and originally played their football in the Highland Football League. The club was g ...

for one season.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Keogh, Liam 1981 births Living people Scottish footballers Celtic F.C. players Forfar Athletic F.C. players St Mirren F.C. players Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. players Peterhead F.C. players Elgin City F.C. players Scottish Premier League players Scottish Football League players Association football midfielders