Robbie Keane is an Irish former professional footballer who is the Republic of Ireland national football team's top scorer, with 68 goals in 146 appearances. Keane made his international debut in a 2–1 defeat against the Czech Republic in March 1998, and scored his first international goals on his fifth appearance, a UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying 5–0 victory over Malta. He became Ireland's all-time leading scorer in October 2004, when he scored twice against the Faroe Islands during the qualification for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, passing Niall Quinn's record of 21 goals in 91 games. In June 2013, Keane also became Ireland's most capped player on his 126th appearance, in a 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification match against the Faroes. He is one of six Republic of Ireland players with 100 or more caps and has also captained his national team over 50 times.

Keane has scored three international hat-tricks, the first coming against San Marino in November 2006. His second hat-trick came in June 2013, against the Faroes, while his third was against Gibraltar in October 2014. The latter made Keane the highest scorer in the history of UEFA European Championship qualifying competitions, with 21 goals, overtaking the previous record holder, Hakan Şükür of Turkey. Keane is also one of twelve players to have scored in three consecutive World Cup matches; he scored one goal each against Germany and Saudi Arabia in the group stage, and against Spain in the knockout stage of the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

Keane has scored more goals against the Faroes and Gibraltar (five) than against any other national team. More than half of his goals (41) were scored in home fixtures, played in three venues: Lansdowne Road, Croke Park and Aviva Stadium.

Keane played his final match for the Republic of Ireland in August 2016, in a 4–0 victory over Oman, in a friendly at the Aviva Stadium, Dublin, scoring once with his 68th and final international goal for his country.

International goals Scores and results list Republic of Ireland's goals first. Score column indicates score after each Keane goal.

+International goals scored by Robbie Keane Cap Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1 5 14 October 1998 Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland 1–0 rowspan=2 "align=center" UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying 2 2–0 3 10 1 September 1999 1–0 "align=center" 4 11 8 September 1999 Ta' Qali National Stadium, Mdina, Malta 1–0 "align=center" 5 13 13 November 1999 Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland 1–0 "align=center" 6 14 23 February 2000 3–2 "align=center" Friendly 7 19 2 September 2000 Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands 1–0 "align=center" 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification 8 28 10 November 2001 Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland 2–0 "align=center" 9 30 13 February 2002 2–0 "align=center" Friendly 10 31 27 March 2002 2–0 "align=center" 11 35 5 June 2002 Kashima Soccer Stadium, Kashima, Ibaraki, Japan 1–1 "align=center" 2002 FIFA World Cup 12 36 11 June 2002 International Stadium, Yokohama, Japan 1–0 "align=center" 13 37 16 June 2002 Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon, South Korea 1–1 "align=center" 14 38 21 August 2002 Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland 2–0 "align=center" Friendly 15 43 7 June 2003 Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland 1–0 "align=center" UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying 16 44 11 June 2003 2–0 "align=center" 17 47 18 November 2003 2–0 rowspan=2 "align=center" Friendly 18 3–0 19 49 31 March 2004 2–1 "align=center" 20 52 5 June 2004 Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands 1–0 "align=center" 21 53 4 September 2004 Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland 3–0 "align=center" 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification 22 56 13 October 2004 1–0 rowspan=2 "align=center" 23 2–0 24 57 16 November 2004 1–0 "align=center" Friendly 25 61 4 June 2005 2–0 "align=center" 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification 26 65 1 March 2006 2–0 "align=center" Friendly 27 70 15 November 2006 3–0 rowspan=3 "align=center" UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying 28 4–0 29 5–0 30 73 22 August 2007 NRGi Park, Aarhus, Denmark 1–0 rowspan=2 "align=center" Friendly 31 2–0 32 78 11 November 2007 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales 1–1 "align=center" UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying 33 81 29 May 2008 Craven Cottage, London, England 1–0 "align=center" Friendly 34 82 20 August 2008 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway 1–0 "align=center" 35 85 15 October 2008 Croke Park, Dublin, Ireland 1–0 "align=center" 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 36 86 11 February 2009 1–1 rowspan=2 "align=center" 37 2–1 38 88 1 April 2009 Stadio San Nicola, Bari, Italy 1–1 "align=center" 39 89 29 May 2009 Craven Cottage, London, England 1–1 "align=center" Friendly 40 92 5 September 2009 GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus 2–1 "align=center" 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 41 96 18 November 2009 Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France 1–0 "align=center" 42 99 28 May 2010 RDS Arena, Dublin, Ireland 2–0 rowspan=2 "align=center" Friendly 43 3–0 44 102 7 September 2010 Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Ireland 3–1 "align=center" UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying 45 103 8 October 2010 1–3 "align=center" 46 105 26 March 2011 2–0 "align=center" 47 106 24 May 2011 2–0 rowspan=2 "align=center" Nations Cup 48 4–0 49 107 29 May 2011 1–0 "align=center" 50 108 4 June 2011 Philip II Arena, Skopje, Macedonia 1–0 rowspan=2 "align=center" UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying 51 2–0 52 113 11 November 2011 A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia 3–0 rowspan=2 "align=center" UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying 53 4–0 54 121 9 September 2012 Astana Arena, Astana, Kazakhstan 1–1 "align=center" 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification 55 125 2 June 2013 Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Ireland 3–0 rowspan=2 "align=center" Friendly 56 4–0 57 126 7 June 2013 1–0 rowspan=3 "align=center" 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification 58 2–0 59 3–0 60 128 6 September 2013 1–0 "align=center" 61 130 15 October 2013 1–0 "align=center" 62 131 15 November 2013 1–0 "align=center" Friendly 63 136 11 October 2014 1–0 rowspan=3 "align=center" UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying 64 2–0 65 3–0 66 141 4 September 2015 Estádio Algarve, Faro, Portugal 2–0 rowspan=2 "align=center" 67 3–0 68 146 31 August 2016 Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Ireland 2–0 "align=center" Friendly

Hat-tricks OpponentGoalsScoreVenueCompetitionDate 1 3 – (3–0', 4–0', 5–0') 5–0 Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying 15 November 2006 2 3 – (1–0', 2–0', 3–0') 3–0 Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Ireland 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification 7 June 2013 3 3 – (1–0', 2–0', 3–0') 7–0 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying 11 October 2014

Statistics

+ Goals and appearances by year Year Apps Goals 199852 199983 200092 200171 2002116 200374 2004106 200571 200664 200783 200873 2009116 201084 2011108 201281 201398 201473 201552 201631Total14668

+Goals and appearances by competition Competition Apps Goals UEFA European Championship qualification 44 23 UEFA European Championship tournaments 5 0 Friendlies 51 21 FIFA World Cup qualification 37 18 FIFA World Cup tournaments 4 3 Other tournaments 5 3 Total 146 68

+ National team statisticsFIFA Century Club. FIFA.com FIFA caps FIFA goals Non-FIFA caps Non-FIFA goals Total caps Total goals165633516868

See also List of Republic of Ireland national football team hat-tricks List of top international men's association football goal scorers by country List of men's footballers with 50 or more international goals

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