Martin Keown

**Martin Raymond Keown** (born 24 July 1966) is a retired English football player. He played as a defender from 1984 to 2005. He is most known for playing in the Premier League for Arsenal. He made more than 400 appearances for the club and won 10 honours.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|FA Cup|colspan="2"|League Cup|colspan="2"|Europe|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="4"|Arsenal|1983–84|First Division|0|0|0|0|0|0|—|—|0|0|||
|1984–85|First Division|0|0|0|0|0|0|—|—|0|0|||||
|1985–86|First Division|22|0|5|0|—|—|—|27|0||||||
|rowspan="3"|Brighton & Hove Albion (loan)|1984–85|Second Division|16|0|—|—|—|—|16|0|||||
|1985–86|Second Division|7|1|—|2|1|—|2|1|11|3|||||
|rowspan="4"|Aston Villa|1986–87|First Division|36|0|2|0|4|0|—|0|0|42|0||
|1987–88|Second Division|42|3|2|0|4|0|—|0|0|48|3||||
|1988–89|First Division|34|0|2|0|4|0|—|2|0|42|0||||
|rowspan="5"|Everton|1989–90|First Division|20|0|4|0|2|0|—|—|26|0|||
|1990–91|First Division|24|0|5|0|1|0|—|5|0|35|0||||
|1991–92|First Division|39|0|2|0|4|0|—|1|0|46|0||||
|1992–93|Premier League|13|0|2|0|4|0|—|—|19|0|||||
|rowspan="13"|Arsenal|1992–93|Premier League|16|0|—|—|—|—|16|0|||||
|1993–94|Premier League|33|0|3|0|3|0|7|0|1|0|47|0|||
|1994–95|Premier League|31|1|2|0|5|0|5|0|1|0|44|1|||
|1995–96|Premier League|34|0|2|0|5|1|—|—|41|1|||||
|1996–97|Premier League|33|1|3|0|3|0|2|0|—|41|1||||
|1997–98|Premier League|18|0|7|0|2|0|0|0|—|27|0||||
|1998–99|Premier League|34|1|4|0|0|0|5|1|1|0|44|2|||
|1999–2000|Premier League|27|1|2|0|0|0|9|0|1|0|39|1|||
|2000–01|Premier League|28|0|2|0|0|0|9|2|—|39|2||||
|2001–02|Premier League|22|0|4|0|2|0|6|0|—|34|0||||
|2002–03|Premier League|24|0|5|0|0|0|5|0|1|0|35|0|||
|2003–04|Premier League|10|0|1|0|3|0|1|0|0|0|15|0|||
|Leicester City|2004–05|Championship|17|0|1|0|0|0|—|—|18|0||||
|Reading|2004–05|Championship|5|0|—|—|—|—|5|0||||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="8"|England|1992|9|1|
|1993|2|0|||
|1997|4|0|||
|1998|4|0|||
|1999|8|0|||
|2000|9|1|||
|2001|4|0|||
|2002|3|0|||

- _Scores and results list England's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Keown goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Cap|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="center"|1|25 March 1992|Stadion Evžena Rošického, Prague, Czechoslovakia|2||2–2|2–2|Friendly||||||||
|align="center"|2|3 June 2000|National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta|30||1–0|2–1|Friendly||||||||

## Honours

**Arsenal**
- Premier League: 1997–98, 2001–02, 2003–04
- FA Cup: 1997–98, 2001–02, 2002–03
- FA Community Shield: 1998, 1999, 2002
- European Cup Winners' Cup: 1993–94

## Personal life

Keown lives in and around Oxford with his wife Nicole. Keown's son, Niall is also a footballer.

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Martin Keown
- **image**: Martin Keown 2015.jpg
- **caption**: Keown in 2015
- **fullname**: Martin Raymond Keown
- **birth place**: Oxford, England
- **position**: Defender (association football)#Centre-back, Centre Back
- **youthyears1**: 1980–1984
- **youthclubs1**: Arsenal F.C., Arsenal
- **years1**: 1984–1986
- **clubs1**: Arsenal F.C., Arsenal
- **caps1**: 22
- **goals1**: 0
- **years2**: 1985
- **clubs2**: → Brighton & Hove Albion F.C., Brighton & Hove Albion (loan)
- **caps2**: 23
- **goals2**: 1
- **years3**: 1986–1989
- **clubs3**: Aston Villa F.C., Aston Villa
- **caps3**: 112
- **goals3**: 3
- **years4**: 1989–1993
- **clubs4**: Everton F.C., Everton
- **caps4**: 96
- **goals4**: 0
- **years5**: 1993–2004
- **clubs5**: Arsenal F.C., Arsenal
- **caps5**: 310
- **goals5**: 4
- **years6**: 2004–2005
- **clubs6**: Leicester City F.C., Leicester City
- **caps6**: 17
- **goals6**: 0
- **years7**: 2005
- **clubs7**: Reading F.C., Reading
- **caps7**: 5
- **goals7**: 0
- **years8**: 2012
- **clubs8**: Wembley F.C., Wembley
- **caps8**: 0
- **goals8**: 0
- **totalcaps**: 585
- **totalgoals**: 8
- **nationalyears1**: 1987–1988
- **nationalteam1**: England national under-21 football team, England U21
- **nationalcaps1**: 8
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 1991
- **nationalteam2**: England B national football team, England B
- **nationalcaps2**: 1
- **nationalgoals2**: 0
- **nationalyears3**: 1992–2002
- **nationalteam3**: England national football team, England
- **nationalcaps3**: 43
- **nationalgoals3**: 2