Jake Kean

Jake Kean
Personal information
Full name Jacob Kendall Kean[1]
Date of birth (1991-02-04) 4 February 1991
Place of birth Derby, England
Height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
Sheffield Wednesday
Number 34
Youth career
2006–2009 Derby County
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2015 Blackburn Rovers 37 (0)
2010Hartlepool United (loan) 19 (0)
2011Rochdale (loan) 14 (0)
2014Yeovil Town (loan) 5 (0)
2015Oldham Athletic (loan) 11 (0)
2015–2016 Norwich City 0 (0)
2016Colchester United (loan) 3 (0)
2016Swindon Town (loan) 3 (0)
2016– Sheffield Wednesday 0 (0)
National team
2011 England U20 1 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:01, 25 April 2016 (UTC).


Jacob Kendall "Jake" Kean (born 4 February 1991) is an English footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Sheffield Wednesday. He was previously at Blackburn Rovers, appearing as their first choice keeper for both the 2012–13 and 2013–14 seasons before picking up a knee injury. He has since had loan spells with Hartlepool United, Rochdale, and Yeovil Town. Kean has played internationally for England under-20s once.

Early career

Born in Derby, Kean started his youth career at Derby County, before moving to Blackburn Rovers towards the end of the 2008–09 season.

Club career

Hartlepool United

Kean joined Hartlepool United in September 2010 in a month-long loan deal.[2][3] He made his debut on 18 September in a 0–0 away draw with Brentford.[4] He kept 10 clean sheets during his four-month spell at Victoria Park.

Rochdale

Kean signed for Rochdale on loan for the entire 2011–12 season.[5] Kean's loan was cut short in November when Blackburn recalled him because of an injury to Paul Robinson.

Return to Rovers

He returned to Rovers because of the injury to first-choice Robinson and was back up to Mark Bunn for a few games, near to the end of the season he was permanently on the bench due to an injury to Bunn. On 13 May, he made his Premier League debut away to Chelsea in goal due to injuries to both Robinson and Bunn, this also meant both sides played second choice goalkeepers with Ross Turnbull deputising for Petr Cech in the opposite goal. Blackburn lost the game 2–1 with goals for Chelsea scored by John Terry and Raul Meireles, and Yakubu scoring for Rovers.[6] Midway through the 2012–13 season in the Championship, Kean has taken the starting spot over Paul Robinson, and kept 3 clean sheets in wins over Derby County, Bristol City and Ipswich Town. He played a key part in Blackburn's shock 1–0 win against Arsenal in the FA Cup 5th round. He kept a clean sheet and made crucial saves that kept Blackburn in the game. Kean started the 2013/14 season as first-choice until the beginning of December when he lost his first-team place to Simon Eastwood. Kean slipped further down the pecking order in January with the return from injury of Paul Robinson who was re-instated as number one. He was left on the sidelines for the most part of the 2014-15 season by Gary Bowyer, and left the club by mutual consent on 31 July 2015.

Yeovil Town

Kean joined Yeovil Town on an initial one-month loan deal on 15 September 2014.[7]

Oldham Athletic

On 30 January 2015, Kean joined Oldham Athletic on loan for the remainder of the season.[8]

Norwich City

After being released by Blackburn Rovers, Kean signed a two-year contract with newly promoted Norwich City on 1 August 2015.[9] Kean left the club by mutual consent on 18 July 2016.[10]

Sheffield Wednesday

Following his release by Norwich, Kean joined Championship side Sheffield Wednesday.[11]

International career

Following an impressive four-month loan spell for League One outfit Hartlepool United, Ray Clemence was spotted scouting Kean during a 7–0 defeat to Peterborough United, and on 9 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 New Meadow.

Career statistics

As of 23 April 2016.
Club statistics
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Blackburn Rovers 2011–12[12] Premier League 10000010
2012–13[13] Championship 1805010240
2013–14[14] Championship 1800000180
2014–15[15] Championship 00001010
Total 3705020440
Hartlepool United (loan) 2010–11[16] League One 19040002[lower-alpha 1]0250
Rochdale (loan) 2011–12[12] League One 14000001[lower-alpha 1]0150
Yeovil Town (loan) 2014–15[15] League One 5000000050
Oldham Athletic (loan) 2014–15[15] League One 110000000110
Colchester United (loan) 2015–16[17] League One 3020000050
Swindon Town (loan) 2015–16[17] League One 3000000030
Sheffield Wednesday 2016–17[18] Championship 00000000
Career total 92011020301080

References

  1. "Professional retain list & free transfers 2012/13" (PDF). The Football League. 18 May 2013. p. 5. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  2. "Blackburn Rovers | Team | Reserves | Jake Kean". Rovers.co.uk. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
  3. "Team | Profiles | Jake Kean". Hartlepool United. 15 October 2007. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
  4. "BBC Sport – Football – Brentford 0–0 Hartlepool United". BBC News. 18 September 2010. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
  5. "Kean Joins Dale". Rochdale AFC. 2 August 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
  6. "Chelsea 2–1 Blackburn". BBC Sport. 13 May 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
  7. "Jake Kean: Yeovil sign goalkeeper on one-month loan from Blackburn". BBC Sport. 15 September 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  8. "Jake Kean: Oldham bring in Blackburn goalkeeper on loan". BBC Sport. 30 January 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
  9. "CANARIES COMPLETE JAKE KEAN DEAL". Norwich City Football Club. 1 August 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  10. "Jake Kean leaves by mutual consent". Norwich City FC. 18 July 2016.
  11. "Jake Kean completes Owls switch". Sheffield Wednesday FC. 18 July 2016.
  12. 1 2 "Games played by Jake Kean in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  13. "Games played by Jake Kean in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  14. "Games played by Jake Kean in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  15. 1 2 3 "Games played by Jake Kean in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  16. "Games played by Jake Kean in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  17. 1 2 "Games played by Jake Kean in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  18. "Games played by Jake Kean in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
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