Jacob Kendall Kean is a goalkeeper who plays for Blackburn Rovers

Blackburn Rovers F.C.

Blackburn Rovers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. The team currently competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football....

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Football Career

Kean started his football career at Derby County

Derby County F.C.

Derby County Football Club is an English football based in Derby. the club play in the Football League Championship and is notable as being one of the twelve founder members of the Football League in 1888 and is, therefore, one of only ten clubs to have competed in every season of the English...

 before moving to Blackburn Rovers towards the end of the 2008-09 season. Playing in Blackburn's academy and youth teams.

Hartlepool United

Kean joined Hartlepool United in September 2010 in a month-long loan deal. He made his debut on 18 September in a 0–0 away draw with Brentford

Brentford F.C.

Brentford Football Club are a professional English football club based in Brentford in the London Borough of Hounslow. They are currently playing in Football League One....

. Kean earned rave reviews whilst In between the sticks at Hartlepool - following a string of superb displays, in particular Pools' win over Huddersfield Town

Huddersfield Town F.C.

Huddersfield Town Football Club is an English football club formed in 1908 and based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. They currently play in League One...

. He kept an impressive 10 clean sheets during his four month spell at Victoria Park. He has now been seen to attend Hartlepool's matches such as when they played away to Sheffield Wednesday on the 16th April 2011, sitting in the away end with the Hartlepool fans.

International career

Following an impressive four month loan spell for League One

Football League One

Football League One is the second-highest division of The Football League and third-highest division overall in the English football league system....

 outfit Hartlepool United

Hartlepool United F.C.

Hartlepool United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Hartlepool that currently play in League One. The team won promotion to League One in the 2006–07 season...

 Ray Clemence

Ray Clemence

Raymond Neal "Ray" Clemence, MBE is one of English and European football's most decorated goalkeepers ever and was part of the Liverpool team of the 1970s.-Scunthorpe United:...

 was spotted scouting Kean during a 4-0 defeat to Peterborough United

Peterborough United F.C.

Peterborough United Football Club are a professional English football club based in Peterborough. Peterborough United formed in 1934 and played in the old Midland League, which they won six times; eventually being admitted to the Football League in 1960, replacing Gateshead. Their home ground is...

, and on the 9th February 2011 he played 83 minutes for Brian Eastwick's England Under 20 side during a 2-1 defeat to France at Shrewsbury Town's

Shrewsbury Town F.C.

Shrewsbury Town Football Club is an English Association football club based in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, who play in League Two, the fourth tier of English football. The club was formed in 1886 and has played in all the bottom three divisions in various guises since being elected into the Football...

 New Meadow

New Meadow

The New Meadow, also known as the Greenhous Meadow for sponsorship purposes, is the home ground of Shrewsbury Town Football Club and is a UEFA Category Four stadium. The stadium is situated on the southern outskirts of Shrewsbury, England, between the districts of Meole Brace and Sutton Farm...

External links

• TheFA.com profile