Gareth McKeown is a footballer from Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...

 who currently plays for Irish League

IFA Premiership

The IFA Premiership – formerly the Irish Premier League, and before that the Irish Football League–and still known in popular parlance simply as the Irish League, is the national football league in Northern Ireland, and was historically the league for the whole of Ireland. Clubs in the league are...

 side Crusaders

Crusaders F.C.

Crusaders Football Club is a semi-professional, Northern Irish association football club, playing in the IFA Premiership. The club, founded in 1898, hails from Belfast and plays its home matches at Seaview. Club colours are red and black. The current manager is Stephen Baxter, appointed in 2005...

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Biography

Gareth previously played for Derby County in England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

, whilst at Derby County Gareth appeared in the popular coaching book goalkeeping essentials by Alex Penny

Alex Penny

Alexander Penny is a former youth trainee footballer and is currently an academy coach with Southampton FC.-Playing career:...

 before returning to Northern Ireland for spells with Ards, Lisburn Distillery, and Portadown before signing for Crusaders in the summer of 2008. He made his 100th Crusaders appearance in a 2-0 victory over Coleraine

Coleraine F.C.

Coleraine F.C. is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club, playing in the IFA Premiership. The club, founded in 1927, hails from Coleraine, County Londonderry and plays its home matches at the Showgrounds. Club colours are blue and white...

. He was named in the 2008-09 Irish League Team of the Year, along with team-mates Colin Coates

Colin Coates (footballer)

Colin Coates is a footballer from Northern Ireland who plays as a centre-back and is captain of IFA Premiership club Crusaders.-Club:...

, David Magowan

David Magowan

David Magowan is a footballer from Northern Ireland who currently plays as a defender for Irish League side Crusaders.-Biography:...

, and Martin Donnelly

Martin Donnelly (footballer born 1988)

Martin Donnelly is a Northern Ireland international footballer born in Belfast who plays as a winger for Irish League side Cliftonville....

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Club

Crusaders

Crusaders F.C.

Crusaders Football Club is a semi-professional, Northern Irish association football club, playing in the IFA Premiership. The club, founded in 1898, hails from Belfast and plays its home matches at Seaview. Club colours are red and black. The current manager is Stephen Baxter, appointed in 2005...

• Irish Cup
  Irish Cup
  For the equivalent tournament in the Republic of Ireland, see FAI Cup.The Irish Cup is the national cup knock-out competition in Northern Irish football. Inaugurated in 1881, it is the fourth oldest national cup competition in the world...
  
   (1): 2008-09
• County Antrim Shield
  County Antrim Shield
  The County Antrim Shield is a football competition in Northern Ireland. The competition is open to senior teams who are members of the North East Ulster Football Association , often plus intermediate teams who...
  
  (1): 2009-10