Stuart O'Keefe
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Stuart Antony Alan O'Keefe[1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 4 March 1991||
Place of birth | Eye, England | ||
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Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team
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Cardiff City | ||
Number | 22 | ||
Youth career | |||
2001–2007 | Ipswich Town | ||
2007–2008 | Southend United | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008–2010 | Southend United | 10 | (0) |
2010–2015 | Crystal Palace | 36 | (1) |
2014 | → Blackpool (loan) | 4 | (0) |
2015– | Cardiff City | 30 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 May 2016 (UTC) |
Stuart Antony Alan O'Keefe (born 4 March 1991) is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for Cardiff City.
Contents
Career
O'Keefe began his career at Ipswich Town before being released in 2007.[3]
Southend United
O'Keefe made his debut for Southend on 18 November 2008, at home to Telford United in the 2–0 win in the FA Cup first-round replay.[4] He made his debut in the Football League against Leyton Orient on 20 January 2009 in the 1–1 away draw, coming on as a substitute in the 84th minute.[5]
O'Keefe made his first league start for Southend United against Leeds United at Elland Road on 27 January 2009. He went on only made a handful of appearances for Southend.
Crystal Palace
On 18 August 2010, O'Keefe signed for Crystal Palace after being recommended by former Southend player Dougie Freedman. In his first season O'Keefe was only a back up player and made four appearances. In the 2011–12 season, O'Keefe was given a chance to impress early on in the season in the League Cup, he was an important part of the team that went on to play in the semi-final. He started in the quarter final 2–1 win against Manchester United on 30 November 2011 at Old Trafford. Later on the season, O'Keefe was part of the end of season run in due to injuries.
On 31 August 2013, O'Keefe sealed a 3-1 victory in Palace's first three points of their Premier League campaign in the 92nd minute at home to Sunderland with a curling 20 yard shot after coming on as a late substitute.[6]
On 27 November 2014, O'Keefe joined Championship side Blackpool on loan until 1 January 2015.[7]
Cardiff City
On 28 January 2015 it was announced that O'Keefe had joined Championship club Cardiff City for an undisclosed fee, signing a two-and-a-half-year contract.[8] He made his debut against Derby County three days later, in a 2–0 loss, following a string of disappointing results he was dropped to the bench for the remainder of the season, going on to make a further 6 appearances.
Following several cup starts and substitute appearances the next season, O'Keefe returned to the line up chance in the starting line up against Wolverhampton Wanderers on 16 January 2016, where Cardiff won 3–1. O'Keefe maintained a presence in the midfield, and eventually scoring his first goal for the club in the Severnside Derby against Bristol City in March.[9]
Career statistics
- As of match played 9 May 2016.
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Southend United | 2008–09[10] | League One | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
2009–10[11] | League One | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
Total | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
Crystal Palace | 2010–11[12] | Championship | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |
2011–12[13] | Championship | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 19 | 0 | ||
2012–13[14] | Championship | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
2013–14[15] | Premier League | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 15 | 1 | ||
2014–15[16] | Premier League | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | ||
Total | 36 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 51 | 1 | ||
Cardiff City | 2014–15[16] | Championship | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | 6 | 0 | |||
2015–16[17] | Championship | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 27 | 2 | ||
Total | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 2 | ||
Blackpool (loan) | 2014–15[16] | Championship | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | |||
Career total | 80 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 101 | 3 |
- ↑ Appearance in Football League Trophy
- ↑ Appearances in Football League Championship play-offs
References
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External links
- Stuart O'Keefe player profile at southendunited.co.uk
- Stuart O'Keefe career statistics at Soccerbase
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- Living people
- People from Eye, Suffolk
- English footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Crystal Palace F.C. players
- Southend United F.C. players
- Blackpool F.C. players
- Cardiff City F.C. players
- The Football League players
- Premier League players