Keith Andrews

Youth career

Originally from Artane, Andrews was a youth player with Stella Maris, in a team featuring fellow future professionals Joe Murphy and Richie Partridge.

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Andrews began his career as a trainee at Wolves, progressing from their academy to the second team. He made his senior debut on 18 March 2000 in a 2–1 win at Swindon. He continued his progress with the First Division club in the 2000–01 season, becoming a regular player as Dave Jones took over midway through. He went on a loan spell at Oxford United, scoring once against Swansea City. Back at Wolves, the final match of that season saw him become their youngest captain for more than a hundred years, at 21 years old, in a game against Queens Park Rangers. He signed a new four-year deal the following season but found himself out of the starting line-up after several new midfielders were acquired in the summer, resigning him to the substitutes bench and sporadic appearances over the next few seasons. To gain playing time, he spent half of the 2003–04 season on loan at Stoke City and the latter half at Walsall, where he scored two league goals against Millwall and Ipswich Town. He did however return to Molineux in between to make his only Premier League appearance for Wolves (against Newcastle United). The midfielder returned to Wolves' team post-relegation in 2004–05 and gained his most appearances for the club during that season. However, he moved on at the end of his…

Club

International

Scores and results list the Republic of Ireland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Andrews goal.

Following the end of his playing career, Andrews became assistant manager to Milton Keynes Dons head coach Karl Robinson, departing at the end of the 2015–16 season as the side were relegated. In December 2016, it was announced that Andrews would be coaching in the academy at League of Ireland club St Patrick's Athletic during the 18 months of his UEFA Pro Licence course. He later worked as assistant to Stephen Kenny for both the under-21 and senior Republic of Ireland national team until Kenny's departure in November 2023. He joined the backroom staff at Sheffield United in December 2023 under Chris Wilder, before leaving at the end of the season when he was appointed set piece coach at Brentford.

Brentford

On 27 June 2025, Andrews was appointed as Brentford's new head coach, replacing long-serving manager Thomas Frank. On 26 February 2026, with the club sitting in seventh and in contention for European football, he extended his contract until 2032.

Andrews made his debut for the Republic of Ireland on 19 November 2008, coming on as a second-half substitute and scoring a goal as part of a 3–2 home defeat in a friendly match against Poland. He played his first competitive match for Ireland, having a goal disallowed in a 2–1 World Cup qualification group match victory over Georgia. On 7 June 2011, Andrews scored his second international goal in a 2–0 victory over four-time FIFA World Cup winners Italy in a friendly game in Liège, Belgium. His third international goal was a header, the opening goal of Ireland's 4–0 victory in the first leg of the UEFA Euro 2012 play-off against Estonia in Tallinn. Ireland secured qualification for UEFA Euro 2012 with a 1–1 draw in the second leg in Dublin days later.

Euro 2012

On 10 June 2012, in Ireland's first game of Group C against Croatia, Andrews failed to score despite having a number of clear shots on goal and hitting the woodwork; Ireland fell to Croatia by a score of 3–1. In the following game Ireland crashed out of the tournament, losing to Spain by a score of 4–0 on 14 June 2012, before he was led off the field in a rage after receiving a red card in Ireland's final group game against Italy, a game the team lost 2–0. Thus Ireland finished the campaign bottom of Group C with no points, having conceded nine goals and equalling the worst performance by a team in European Championships history. Nevertheless, The Irish Times said he was "arguably Ireland's best performer…