Richard Keogh

Early career

Keogh was born in Harlow, Essex. Having been a schoolboy in Ipswich Town's academy and a ballboy at Portman Road, Keogh moved on to the Stoke City youth set-up in January 2003. Shortly after his arrival, he was an unused substitute in a 3–0 FA Cup win against AFC Bournemouth on 28 January after the squad was hit by a virus. Manager Tony Pulis quipped that "I think he had to get a bus to get here." Keogh was highly thought of at Stoke: he won the Young Player of the Year Award for the 2002–03 season and played a major role in the reserves winning the 2003–04 Pontins League Championship. At the time, Stoke was owned by an Icelandic consortium and in June 2004, Keogh and striker Jermaine Palmer were sent out on loan to Icelandic club Knattspyrnufélagið Víkingur. Initially loaned out for two months, they later had their spells extended to a year. Víkingur had just been promoted to the Úrvalsdeild, the top league in Icelandic football, and in the 2004 season, Keogh played in nine of the club's 18 league matches. Víkingur finished the season ninth out of 10 clubs and was relegated back down to the 1. deild karla. Keogh also played in two Icelandic Cup matches before returning to England in May 2005. He was released by Stoke City at the end of the 2004–05 season, without having made a first team appearance for the club.

Bristol City

After leaving Stoke City, Keogh joined up with Burnley for pre-season training. He was known to Burnley manager Steve…

On 25 June 2024, Keogh returned to Blackpool as first-team coach under Neil Critchley. He was appointed interim manager on 21 August, upon Critchley's sacking. In his second game in charge, he guided the club to the third round of the EFL Cup after a 2–1 victory over Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park on 27 August. On 3 September, incoming head coach Steve Bruce named Keogh and Stephen Dobbie as his first-team coaches. In May 2025, Keogh left Blackpool to join Barnsley as assistant head coach to former Republic of Ireland teammate Conor Hourihane. He departed in May 2026, shortly after Hourihane's departure On 29 June 2026, Keogh joined Walsall as assistant head coach to former Derby County teammate Lee Grant.

Keogh won six caps for the Republic of Ireland under-19s in 2005. He made his debut for the under-21s on 14 February 2006. He also captained the under-21 side. In January 2013, Keogh was called up to the senior squad for the first time to play in a friendly against Poland on 6 February. He made his debut in the game, which Ireland won 2–0, as an 84th-minute substitute for Ciaran Clark. He scored his first goal for Ireland in a 4–0 win on 2 June in a friendly against Georgia. He captained the Republic of Ireland for the first time in a friendly against Oman at the Aviva Stadium on 3 September 2014, a moment which he described as the "proudest of my career". Keogh played in both legs of Ireland's Euro 2016 qualifying playoff matches against Bosnia and Herzegovina. He was named Man of the Match in the first leg by Talksport and helped Ireland to a 2–0 win in the second as they advanced to the finals 3–1 on aggregate. He captained Ireland for the second time on 31 May 2016 in the 2–1 home defeat to Belarus. At Euro 2016, Keogh was an unused sub for Ireland's first two group matches. He was then brought in to the starting eleven for Ireland's final two games; partnering Shane Duffy at centre-back against Italy and France respectively.

Keogh is married to Charlie and they have one son, born in 2016.