| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Peter Keen | ||
| Date of birth | (1976-11-16)16 November 1976 (age 49) | ||
| Place of birth | Middlesbrough, England | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1995 | Newcastle United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1995–1999 | Newcastle United | 0 | (0) |
| 1999–2004 | Carlisle United | 61 | (1) |
| 2001 | →Darlington (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | Scarborough | 4 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | Gateshead | 32 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | Horden Colliery Welfare | 8 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | Gateshead | 25 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Billingham Synthonia | 4 | (0) |
| Total | 131 | (1) | |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Peter Alan Keen (born 16 November 1976) is an English professionalfootballgoalkeeper.
Keen was born inMiddlesbrough and began his career as a trainee withNewcastle United, turning professional in August 1995.
He joinedCarlisle United on a free transfer in June 1999.
He let in five goals on his Carlisle debut, a 5–2 defeat away toHalifax Town and did not play again until the following February when he let in another four goals away toRotherham United. On 24 October 2000, Keen scored for Carlisle with akick from his own penalty area in the 3–2 defeat away toBlackpool.
He joinedDarlington on loan in March 2001, before returning to the reserves at Carlisle. He finally gained a regular place in the Carlisle side during the 2001–02 season, but was released at the end of the season as Carlisle sought to cut costs. However, he re-signed for the club before the start of the next season[1] but after then was ousted as first-choice keeper byMatt Glennon.
Carlisle were relegated to theConference in 2004, but Keen remained with the Cumbrians until September that year when he joined fellow Conference sideScarborough on a free transfer,[2] playing just four times before suffering a serious shoulder injury.[3]
He left Scarborough at the end of the 2004–05 season and was a regular in theGateshead side during the 2005–06 season, but left to joinHorden Colliery Welfare at the end of the season. In February 2007 he rejoined Gateshead.[4] Keen joinedBillingham Synthonia before the start of the 2008–09 season.
