Eoin McKeown
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 McKeown in August 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Eoin Francis Okorie McKeown[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 5 November 1998[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Westminster, London, England | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[3] | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Tamworth | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2015 | Hoddesdon Town | ||
| 2015–2017 | Colchester United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2019 | Colchester United | 0 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | → Maldon & Tiptree (loan) | 5 | (1) |
| 2018 | → Maldon & Tiptree (loan) | 6 | (3) |
| 2018–2019 | → Wealdstone (loan) | 9 | (1) |
| 2019 | → Welwyn Garden City (loan) | 9 | (5) |
| 2019 | Kings Langley | 8 | (3) |
| 2019 | Wingate & Finchley | 4 | (1) |
| 2019–2020 | Coggeshall Town | 8 | (0) |
| 2020 | Walton Casuals | 2 | (0) |
| 2020 | Coggeshall Town | 1 | (0) |
| 2020 | Loughborough University | 4 | (5) |
| 2021–2022 | Braintree Town | 3 | (0) |
| 2022 | → Maldon & Tiptree (dual) | 1 | (0) |
| 2022– | Tamworth | 14 | (6) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17:00, 17 August 2022 (UTC) | |||
Eoin Francis Okorie McKeown (born 5 November 1998) is an English footballer who plays for National League side Tamworth, where he plays as a forward.
He joined the Colchester United Academy from Hoddesdon Town following at trial with the club in 2015. He joined Isthmian League Division One North side Maldon & Tiptree on a work experience loan in December 2016 before he made his professional debut for Colchester in the EFL Trophy in August 2017. He rejoined Maldon & Tiptree on loan in January 2018 and then joined Wealdstone in an emergency loan deal in December 2018. After a loan spell with Welwyn Garden City, McKeown was released by Colchester in summer 2019. He later joined Kings Langley and then Wingate & Finchley.
Colchester United
Born in Westminster, London,[2] McKeown was playing for Hoddesdon Town when he was spotted by Colchester United scouts in 2015. Following a three-game trial with the Colchester United under-16 squad, he was offered a contract to join the club's Academy.[4] He scored four goals against Queens Park Rangers under-18s in November 2015 during an 8–1 win.[5]
In December 2016, Colchester under-23 assistant manager and Maldon & Tiptree manager Kevin Horlock signed McKeown on a work experience loan to the Isthmian League Division One North side.[6] He made his debut on 10 December as an 86th-minute substitute against Cheshunt, helping set up the Jammers' fourth goal in a 4–1 victory.[7] He scored his first goal on 21 January 2017 during a 2–0 win at home to Great Wakering Rovers.[8] He made five league appearances for the club.[9]
On 25 May 2017, McKeown signed a one-year professional development contract with Colchester.[10]
McKeown made his Colchester debut on 29 August 2017 as a substitute for Tariq Issa against Reading U23 in the EFL Trophy. He scored in the 87th minute to level the score at 2–2 and take the match to a penalty shoot-out, which Colchester won 6–5.[11]
He returned to Maldon & Tiptree on loan until the end of the season on 8 January 2018.[12] He made his second club debut on 9 January in their 2–2 draw with Mildenhall Town.[13] After almost three months out injured, he scored a hat-trick against Aveley in his third appearance of his loan spell on 14 April.[14]
McKeown signed a new one-year contract with Colchester in May 2018.[15]
In December 2018, McKeown joined National League South side Wealdstone in an emergency loan deal and made his debut in a 2–1 FA Trophy defeat to Biggleswade Town on 15 December.[16] He scored his first goal for the club from the bench in the 92nd minute of Wealdstone's 1–1 draw with Dartford on 5 January 2019.[17]
On 14 May 2019, it was announced McKeown was to leave Colchester United at the end of his contract.[18][19]
Kings Langley
Since leaving Colchester, McKeown has played for Kings Langley and Wingate & Finchley.[20][21]
Tamworth
On 4 February 2022, McKeown signed for Southern League Premier Division Central side Tamworth, moving the player closer to Loughborough, where he resides.[22] He made his debut on 5 February 2022 in an away Southern League Premier Division Central fixture against Stourbridge, with his new side being humbled 4–0.[23]
McKeown was injured on his home debut for Tamworth on 12 February 2022 in a Southern League Premier Division Central match against Alvechurch, with McKeown being withdrawn on the 28th minute and replaced by Dexter Walters, the game finished 1-1.[24]
McKeown returned to action on 15 March 2022, in an away Southern League Premier Division Central fixture against Leiston, coming on as a 65th minute substitute for Dexter Walters, the game also finished 1-1.[25]
His first goal for Tamworth came on 26 March 2022, in a home Southern League Premier Division Central match against Needham Market, McKeown scored the opening goal in a 5–2 victory.[26]
McKeown scored his second goal for Tamworth on 9 April 2022, in an away Southern League Premier Division Central fixture against lowly Lowestoft Town, netting on the 87th minute to give his team a share of the spoils with the match finishing 1-1.[27]
McKeown bagged his first hattrick for Tamworth on 21 April 2022, in the penultimate Southern League Premier Division Central game of the season, in a rearranged home fixture against Biggleswade Town. McKeown scored the 13th, 31st and 45th minute to give the home side a 3–0 lead at the break. The match finished 3–1, with the result being enough to relegate Biggleswade.[28]
