Roy Keane
Overview
Roy Maurice Keane is an Irish
Republic of Ireland
Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...

 former footballer and manager
Coach (sport)
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. In his 18-year playing career, he played for Cobh Ramblers
Cobh Ramblers F.C.
Cobh Ramblers Football Club . is an Irish football club playing in the A Championship, the third tier of Irish football. The club, founded in 1922 and elected to the league in 1985, hails from Cobh, County Cork and play their home matches at St. Colman's Park...

 in the League of Ireland
League of Ireland
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, Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest F.C.
Nottingham Forest Football Club is an English Association Football club based in West Bridgford, Nottingham, that plays in the Football League Championship...

 and Manchester United
Manchester United F.C.
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, before ending his career at Celtic
Celtic F.C.
Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League. The club was established in 1887, and played its first game in 1888. Celtic have won the Scottish League Championship on 42 occasions, most recently in the...

 in Scotland.

Regarded by some as one of the most memorable players of the Premier League era, Keane, a dominating central-midfielder
Midfielder
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, was noted for his aggressive and highly competitive style of play, an attitude which helped him excel as captain of Manchester United from 1997 until his departure in 2005, having first joined the club in 1993.
Quotations

Away from home our fans are fantastic...but at home they have a few drinks and probably the Prawn sandwich brigade|prawn sandwiches, and they don't realise what's going on out on the pitch.

Fail to prepare, prepare to fail.

On his fallout with Mick McCarthy at World Cup 2002 over team preparations or lack thereof.

I hate losing in training, I'm always arguing, having a go at everybody. I take my job very seriously.

I love it when the team scores....the lads are always giving me stick because of it, but I'm just so happy I can't help it.

I still say the '94 Double team is the best. They could outfight you or outplay you, depending on the way you wanted it. But this side is moving in the same direction.

I was a Manchester United player. We only partied when we won.

On the Irish team at the 2002 World Cup

I'll never change my game. It isn't possible. If I did I would be half the player that I am.

He (Vieira) was going on and on about the charity work he was doing in Senegal, and I said to him "if you love Senegal so much, why don't you fing play for them?"

 
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