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{{short description|Former English footballer, coach, and scout}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name               = Martin Keown
| image              = Martin Keown 2015.jpg
| caption            = Keown in 2015
| fullname           = Martin Raymond Keown<ref name=Hugman>{{Hugman|10918|access-date=12 April 2020}}</ref>
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|1966|7|24|df=y}}<ref name=Hugman/>
| birth_place        = [[Oxford]], England
| height             = {{convert|6|ft|1|in|cm|abbr=on}}<ref name="PremProfile">{{cite web |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/14/Martin-Keown/overview |title=Martin Keown: Overview |publisher=Premier League |access-date=30 January 2025}}</ref>
| position           = [[Defender (association football)#Centre-back|Centre Back]]
| currentclub        = 
| 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 = 1983      | nationalteam1 = [[England national under-17 football team|England U17]] | nationalcaps1 = 3  | nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 1983      | nationalteam2 = [[England national under-18 football team|England Youth]]    | nationalcaps2 = 1  | nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3     = 1987–1988 |nationalteam3 = [[England national under-21 football team|England U21]] | nationalcaps3 = 8  | nationalgoals3      = 0
| nationalyears4     = 1991      |nationalteam4 = [[England B national football team|England B]]          | nationalcaps4 = 1  | nationalgoals4      = 0
| nationalyears5     = 1992–2002
|nationalteam5 = [[England national football team|England]]
| nationalcaps5 = 43 | nationalgoals5      = 2}}

'''Martin Raymond Keown''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|iː|oʊ|n}} {{respell|Kyohn}}; born 24 July 1966) is an English [[Association football|football]] pundit and former professional footballer. A [[defender (association football)|defender]], he played from 1984 to 2005, notably in the [[Premier League]] for [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]], where he made over 400 appearances for the club and won ten honours.

Keown also played for [[Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.|Brighton & Hove Albion]], [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]], [[Everton F.C.|Everton]], [[Leicester City F.C.|Leicester City]] and [[Reading F.C.|Reading]]. He made his England debut in 1992 against [[France national football team|France]] and went on to win 43 caps for the national side over the next ten years, gradually forming a respected defensive partnership with Arsenal teammate [[Tony Adams (footballer)|Tony Adams]] at both club and international level. Keown represented England at four major international football finals: the [[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998]] and [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002]] World Cups, as well as [[Euro 1992]] and [[Euro 2000]].

He is now a part-time scout and coach for Arsenal, as well as a [[pundit]] for the [[BBC]] and [[BT Sport]]. He came out of retirement in 2012 and briefly played for [[Combined Counties League|Combined Counties League Premier Division]] side [[Wembley F.C.|Wembley]] in their [[FA Cup]] fixtures.

==Club career==

===Arsenal===
A [[Centre-half|centre back]] from [[Oxford]], Keown played for local sides and his local [[Gaelic football]] team as a boy, before joining [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] on a schoolboy contract in 1980, though he made his professional debut on loan at [[Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.|Brighton & Hove Albion]] in 1984. His debut for Arsenal came on 23 November 1985, when [[Don Howe]] was still their manager, and they drew 0–0 with [[West Bromwich Albion F.C.|West Bromwich Albion]] at [[The Hawthorns]]. He played 22 league games that season, mostly alongside [[Tommy Caton]] or [[David O'Leary]], but when [[George Graham (footballer, born 1944)|George Graham]] was appointed manager on 14 May 1986, he decided that Keown was not part of his plans to try to turn Arsenal into league title contenders and on 9 June 1986 he joined [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]] for £125,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football-heroes/displayhero_club.asp?HeroID=41357|title=Martin Keown profile - Arsenal FC|publisher=Sporting-heroes.net|access-date=24 June 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Spurling |first=Jon |title=All Guns Blazing |publisher=Aureus Publishing Ltd |year=2001 |pages=228}}</ref> Graham offered him £50 a week less than Keown wanted and stated in 1993:  ''<nowiki/>'It seemed crazy that they wouldn't agree and although I didn't want to leave and they didn't want me to go, it became a matter of principle.'''<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-01 |title=keown-returns-to-arsenal-for-2m-pounds- |website=[[Independent.co.uk]] |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-keown-returns-to-arsenal-for-2m-pounds-1470514.html}}</ref>

===Aston Villa===
Keown signed for Villa after a season in which they had narrowly avoided relegation to the Second Division, a mere four years after being [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]] winners and five years since being league champions. Manager [[Graham Turner]] was under a lot of pressure, and after their dismal form continued into the [[1986–87 in English football|1986–87]] season he was sacked on 14 September 1986 and succeeded by [[Billy McNeill]]. Keown appeared in 36 league games that season, but he was unable to save Villa from finishing bottom of the First Division and being relegated after 12 successive seasons in the top flight.

[[Graham Taylor]] then arrived at [[Villa Park]] to succeed the sacked McNeill, and Keown was very much part of his rebuilding plans as he missed just two league games and scored three goals as Villa finished second in the Second Division and won promotion back to the top flight at the first attempt. Keown helped the team secure its top flight status the following season, but was sold to [[Everton F.C.|Everton]] on 7 August 1989, just before the start of the [[1989–90 in English football|1989–90 season]], for a fee of £750,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football-heroes/displayhero_club.asp?HeroID=41358|title=Martin Keown profile - Aston Villa FC|publisher=Sporting-heroes.net|access-date=24 June 2010}}</ref>

===Everton===
Keown had a fine start to his Everton career, and they topped the table for a while in late autumn and there was hope that they could win the league title, but their form ebbed away after Christmas and they managed only a sixth-place finish. Keown managed 20 league appearances that campaign and a slightly better 24 in [[1990–91 in English football|1990–91]], when Harvey was replaced by [[Howard Kendall]] as manager in November. He missed just three league games in [[1991–92 in English football|1991–92]], which brought another mid-table finish, and he played just 13 more league games for the Toffees before accepting a £2&nbsp;million return to Arsenal in February 1993.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football-heroes/displayhero_club.asp?HeroID=41359|title=Martin Keown profile - Everton FC|publisher=Sporting-heroes.net|access-date=24 June 2010}}</ref>

===Return to Arsenal===
Keown did not feature in Arsenal's historic [[FA Cup]] and [[EFL Cup|League Cup]] double of 1993 due to being [[cup-tied]]. However, he did manage 16 Premier League appearances, playing in a number of positions. He and [[Andy Linighan]] were high quality defenders competing alongside [[Steve Bould]] and captain [[Tony Adams]] in the centre of one of the best English league defences of the 1990s, and Keown also filled in at right-back, left-back, and central midfield, demonstrating a versatility that would be called upon for several seasons.

Keown missed out on Arsenal's [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup|Cup Winners' Cup]] Final win over [[Parma F.C.|Parma]] the following year through injury<ref>{{cite web|title=UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1994 |url=http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ecwc/news/kind=8192/newsid=3436.html |access-date=7 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080526180303/http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ecwc/news/kind%3D8192/newsid%3D3436.html |archive-date=26 May 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.arsenal.com/news/features/20151125/it-s-an-honour-the-1993/94-european-cup |title=1993/94 Cup Winners' Cup |date=4 December 2015 |publisher=Arsenal |access-date=12 April 2020}}</ref> although he did play a part in the overall campaign after appearing in earlier rounds.<ref>{{cite web|title=Arsenal Appearances 1993/94|url=http://www.arseweb.com/history/stats/94.html|access-date=7 January 2009}}</ref> However, he did start the final the following season when Arsenal were narrowly beaten by [[Real Zaragoza]] after extra time.

He rarely missed a game in his first four full seasons back at Highbury, and in [[1996–97 in English football|1996-97]], [[Arsène Wenger]]'s first season at the club, he made 28 appearances as a defensive midfielder. The season ended painfully when he broke his shoulder playing for England in the [[1997 Tournoi de France]], ruling him out for five months. As a result, in the [[1997–98 in English football|1997–98]] [[Double (association football)|double winning]] campaign, 31-year-old Keown played just 18 times in the Premier League, employed entirely as a centre back. The season saw him claim the first two major trophies of his career after well over a decade of waiting.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football-heroes/displayhero_club.asp?HeroID=41361|title=Martin Keown - Arsenal FC - Football-Heroes.net|publisher=Sporting-heroes.net|access-date=24 June 2010}}</ref>

In the following seasons, Keown became an integral part of [[Arsène Wenger]]'s  team. In a [[2000–01 UEFA Champions League]] tie against [[FC Shakhtar Donetsk]], Keown memorably scored two goals in the last five minutes to help Arsenal come back from 2–1 down to win 3–2.<ref>{{cite news|date=20 September 2000|title=Keown double hands Arsenal late win|work=BBC Sport|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/champions_league/932484.stm|access-date=21 July 2016}}</ref> He won a second [[Double (association football)|Double]] with the club in 2002, and remained a first team regular until the end of the [[2002–03 in English football|2002–03 season]], when the Gunners won their ninth [[FA Cup]] but blew the chance of a unique fourth double due to a late loss of form in the league.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football-heroes/displayhero_club.asp?HeroID=41362|title=Martin Keown - Arsenal FC - Football-Heroes.net|publisher=Sporting-heroes.net|access-date=24 June 2010}}</ref>

On 21 September 2003, during Arsenal and [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]'s match at [[Old Trafford]], Manchester United were awarded a late penalty with the score at 0–0. After [[Ruud van Nistelrooy]]'s penalty hit the bar, Keown and [[Ray Parlour]] confronted van Nistelrooy, and Keown hit him on the back of the head. After the final whistle, Keown was then involved in a post-match melee; he was subsequently fined £20,000 and suspended for three games for his part in what is now known as the "[[Battle of Old Trafford]]".<ref>{{cite news|title=Arsenal players banned|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/arsenal/3228349.stm|work=BBC Sport|date=30 October 2003}}</ref> Arsenal would go on to end the [[2003–04 Arsenal F.C. season|2003–04 season]] as [[The Invincibles (English football)#Arsenal|unbeaten champions]]. Keown made ten league appearances during the season, before being released on a free transfer in the summer of 2004 after 11 years in his second spell at the club.<ref>{{Soccerbase season|4149|2003|name=Martin Keown|access-date=17 November 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Kanu released by Gunners|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/arsenal/3800653.stm|work=BBC Sport|date=12 June 2004}}</ref>

===Later career===
He signed for [[Leicester City F.C.|Leicester City]], but left after less than six months and signed for [[Reading F.C.|Reading]] in January 2005 until the end of the season, after which he retired.<ref>{{cite news|title=Keown begins coaching education|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/4222404.stm|publisher=BBC|access-date=17 December 2013}}</ref> As part of a [[publicity stunt]] Keown, and a number of other former professional players, including [[Ray Parlour]], [[Danny Dichio]], [[Jaime Moreno (footballer, born 1974)|Jaime Moreno]], [[Graeme Le Saux]], [[Claudio Caniggia]] and [[Brian McBride]], joined non-league [[Wembley F.C.|Wembley]] in order to take part in their [[2012–13 FA Cup]] run.<ref>{{cite web|title=Terry Venables' Wembley FC recruit former stars for FA Cup|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18534739|work=[[BBC Sport]]|access-date=22 June 2012|date=21 June 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Gibson|first1=Owen|title=Budweiser signs players for Wembley FC to play in FA Cup it sponsors|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2012/jun/21/budweiser-wembley-fc-sponsorship|access-date=13 October 2017|work=The Guardian}}</ref> Wembley were knocked out in a replay by [[Uxbridge F.C.|Uxbridge]] after beating [[Langford F.C.|Langford]] in the previous round.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/News/2012/Aug/wembley-uxbridge-report-300812.aspx |title=The website for the English football association, The FA Cup and The England football team - The FA Cup |publisher=The FA |access-date=2014-02-09}}</ref>

==International career==
Keown played [[England national under-16 football team|U16]] and [[England national under-18 football team|U18]] for England. When it was learned that his mother was Irish and his father Northern Irish, [[Jack Charlton]] made an inquiry as to his availability to play for the [[Republic of Ireland national football team|Republic of Ireland]] but Keown chose to represent the country of his birth. He was also eligible to play for [[Northern Ireland national football team|Northern Ireland]] as his father was from [[County Fermanagh]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/international/martin-keowns-son-declares-for-republic-of-ireland-31054486.html|title=Martin Keown's son declares for Republic of Ireland|first=Aidan|last=Fitzmaurice|newspaper=Belfast Telegraph|date=10 March 2015|access-date=29 August 2019}}</ref> He made his [[England national football team|England]] debut in 1992 against [[France national football team|France]]. With an injury to [[Mark Wright (footballer, born 1963)|Mark Wright]] he was called up into England's squad for [[UEFA Euro 1992]], and played in all three of England's matches.

Keown's early ascension to the England team under [[Graham Taylor]] did not continue under [[Terry Venables]], who ignored him completely. Keown earned a recall from [[Glenn Hoddle]] in 1997, and went to the [[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998 World Cup]], but did not play. Keown became a regular under [[Kevin Keegan]] (captaining the side against [[Finland national football team|Finland]]) and played in two of England's [[2000 UEFA European Football Championship|Euro 2000]] matches.

By the time [[Sven-Göran Eriksson]] became manager, Keown's age was starting to count against him, though he went to the [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002 World Cup]], again as a non-playing squad member. Keown retired from international football the day after England's exit at the hands of [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Keown calls time|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/worldcup2002/hi/team_pages/england/newsid_2059000/2059066.stm|publisher=BBC|work=BBC Sport|date=22 June 2002|access-date=15 November 2011}}</ref> In all he played 43 times for England, scoring two goals.

==Management and career outside football==
[[File:Brentford v Chelsea - FA Cup - Jan 2013 - The TV Pundit Panel (8693231907).jpg|thumb|Keown (second from right) with ESPN in 2013]]
Keown joined the coaching staff of [[A.F.C. Newbury|Newbury]] in August 2005, but is now coaching back at former club Arsenal where he is taking his coaching badges. Former Arsenal manager [[Terry Neill]] identified him as a key figure behind the success of Arsenal's inexperienced "new-look" defence (which the team resorted to after ongoing injury problems in the 2005–06 season, notably setting a record for minutes played without conceding in the [[UEFA Champions League|Champions League]]).<ref>{{cite news|title=Arsenal's New Guard| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/arsenal/4771963.stm|access-date=31 May 2006|work=BBC News|date=16 May 2006|first=Nathan|last=Mercer}}</ref> In 2007–08 Keown was also a coach for the [[Oxford University A.F.C.|Oxford University Blues Football team]] on a part-time basis.<ref>{{cite web|title=Blues lose out in tough season opener|url=http://www.ouafc.com/news/136|access-date=6 November 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715022548/http://www.ouafc.com/news/136|archive-date=15 July 2011}}</ref>

Keown regularly appears as a pundit on the [[BBC]]'s football coverage and ''[[Match of the Day]]'', as well as covering the Champions League for Irish broadcaster [[TV3 (Ireland)|TV3]]. He was also working for [[ESPN UK]] during the [[Emirates Cup#2011|2011 Emirates Cup]].

==Career statistics==
===Club===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition<ref>{{ENFA}}</ref>
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|[[FA Cup]]
!colspan="2"|[[EFL Cup|League Cup]]
!colspan="2"|Europe
!colspan="2"|Other
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="4"|[[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]]
|[[1983–84 Arsenal F.C. season|1983–84]]
|[[Football League First Division|First Division]]
|0||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||0||0
|-
|[[1984–85 Arsenal F.C. season|1984–85]]
|First Division
|0||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||0||0
|-
|[[1985–86 Arsenal F.C. season|1985–86]]
|First Division
|22||0||5||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||27||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!22!!0!!5!!0!!0!!0!!colspan="2"|—!!colspan="2"|—!!27!!0
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.|Brighton & Hove Albion]] (loan)
|[[1984–85 Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. season|1984–85]]
|[[Football League Second Division|Second Division]]
|16||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||16||0
|-
|[[1985–86 Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. season|1985–86]]
|Second Division
|7||1||colspan="2"|—||2||1||colspan="2"|—||2{{efn|name=FMC|Appearances in [[Full Members' Cup]]}}||1||11||3
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!23!!1!!colspan="2"|—!!2!!1!!colspan="2"|—!!2!!1!!27!!3
|-
|rowspan="4"|[[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]] 
|[[1986–87 Aston Villa F.C. season|1986–87]]
|First Division
|36||0||2||0||4||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0||42||0
|-
|[[1987–88 Aston Villa F.C. season|1987–88]]
|Second Division
|42||3||2||0||4||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0||48||3
|-
|[[1988–89 Aston Villa F.C. season|1988–89]]
|First Division
|34||0||2||0||4||0||colspan="2"|—||2{{efn|name=FMC}}||0||42||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!112!!3!!6!!0!!12!!0!!colspan="2"|—!!2!!0!!132!!3
|-
|rowspan="5"|[[Everton F.C.|Everton]] 
|[[1989–90 Everton F.C. season|1989–90]]
|First Division
|20||0||4||0||2||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||26||0
|-
|[[1990–91 Everton F.C. season|1990–91]]
|First Division
|24||0||5||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||5{{efn|name=FMC}}||0||35||0
|-
|[[1991–92 Everton F.C. season|1991–92]]
|First Division
|39||0||2||0||4||0||colspan="2"|—||1{{efn|name=FMC}}||0||46||0
|-
|[[1992–93 Everton F.C. season|1992–93]]
|[[Premier League]]
|13||0||2||0||4||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||19||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!96!!0!!13!!0!!11!!0!!colspan="2"|—!!6!!0!!126!!0
|-
|rowspan="13"|Arsenal
|[[1992–93 Arsenal F.C. season|1992–93]]
|Premier League
|16||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||16||0
|-
|[[1993–94 Arsenal F.C. season|1993–94]]
|Premier League
|33||0||3||0||3||0||7{{efn|name=ECWC|Appearances in [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup]]}}||0||1{{efn|name=CS|Appearance in [[FA Community Shield|Charity Shield]]}}||0||47||0
|-
|[[1994–95 Arsenal F.C. season|1994–95]]
|Premier League
|31||1||2||0||5||0||5{{efn|name=ECWC}}||0||1{{efn|name=ESC|Appearance in [[UEFA Super Cup|European Super Cup]]}}||0||44||1
|-
|[[1995–96 Arsenal F.C. season|1995–96]]
|Premier League
|34||0||2||0||5||1||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||41||1
|-
|[[1996–97 Arsenal F.C. season|1996–97]]
|Premier League
|33||1||3||0||3||0||2{{efn|name=UC|Appearances in [[UEFA Cup]]}}||0||colspan="2"|—||41||1
|-
|[[1997–98 Arsenal F.C. season|1997–98]]
|Premier League
|18||0||7||0||2||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||27||0
|-
|[[1998–99 Arsenal F.C. season|1998–99]]
|Premier League
|34||1||4||0||0||0||5{{efn|name=UCL|Appearances in [[UEFA Champions League]]}}||1||1{{efn|name=CS}}||0||44||2
|-
|[[1999–2000 Arsenal F.C. season|1999–2000]]
|Premier League
|27||1||2||0||0||0||9{{efn|name=ARS|Five appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Cup}}||0||1{{efn|name=CS}}||0||39||1
|-
|[[2000–01 Arsenal F.C. season|2000–01]]
|Premier League
|28||0||2||0||0||0||9{{efn|name=UCL}}||2||colspan="2"|—||39||2
|-
|[[2001–02 Arsenal F.C. season|2001–02]]
|Premier League
|22||0||4||0||2||0||6{{efn|name=UCL}}||0||colspan="2"|—||34||0
|-
|[[2002–03 Arsenal F.C. season|2002–03]]
|Premier League
|24||0||5||0||0||0||5{{efn|name=UCL}}||0||1{{efn|name=CS}}||0||35||0
|-
|[[2003–04 Arsenal F.C. season|2003–04]]
|Premier League
|10||0||1||0||3||0||1{{efn|name=UCL}}||0||0||0||15||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!310!!4!!35!!0!!23!!1!!49!!3!!5!!0!!422!!8
|-
|[[Leicester City F.C.|Leicester City]]
|[[2004–05 Leicester City F.C. season|2004–05]]
|[[EFL Championship|Championship]]
|17||0||1||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||18||0
|-
|[[Reading F.C.|Reading]]
|[[2004–05 Reading F.C. season|2004–05]]
|Championship
|5||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||5||0
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!585!!8!!60!!0!!48!!2!!49!!3!!15!!1!!757!!14
|}

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===International===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref name="RSSSF">{{Cite news|title=Martin Raymond Keown - International Appearances|publisher=The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/keown-intl.html}}</ref>
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="8"|[[England national football team|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
|-
!colspan="2"|Total!!43!!2
|}

:''Scores and results list England's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Keown goal.''

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Martin Keown<ref name="RSSSF"/>
|-
!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||align="center"|2||{{fb|CSK}}||align="center"|2–2||align="center"|2–2||[[Friendly (association football)|Friendly]]
|-
|align="center"|2
|3 June 2000||[[National Stadium, Ta' Qali|National Stadium]], Ta' Qali, Malta||align="center"|30||{{fb|MLT}}||align="center"|1–0||align="center"|2–1||Friendly
|}

==Honours==
'''Arsenal'''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://uk.soccerway.com/players/martin-raymond-keown/221841/ |title=M. Keown: Summary |website=Soccerway |publisher=Perform Group |access-date=17 April 2018}}</ref>
*[[Premier League]]: [[1997–98 FA Premier League|1997–98]], [[2001–02 FA Premier League|2001–02]], [[2003–04 FA Premier League|2003–04]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/14/Martin-Keown/overview |title=Martin Keown: Overview |publisher=Premier League |access-date=17 April 2018}}</ref>
*[[FA Cup]]: [[1998 FA Cup Final|1997–98]], [[2002 FA Cup Final|2001–02]], [[2003 FA Cup Final|2002–03]]
*[[FA Community Shield]]: [[1998 FA Charity Shield|1998]], [[1999 FA Charity Shield|1999]], [[2002 FA Community Shield|2002]]
*[[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup|European Cup Winners' Cup]]: [[1994 European Cup Winners' Cup Final|1993–94]]
'''Individual'''
*[[Arsenal Player of the Season]]: [[1995–96 Arsenal F.C. season|1995−96]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.arsenal.com/news/icons-have-won-our-mens-player-season|title=Icons that have won our men's Player of the Season award|website=Arsenal.com}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Keown lives in Oxford with his wife Nicola.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Keown |first=Martin |date=2013-07-19 |title=My perfect weekend by Martin Keown: On my bike for a fry-up before |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/sport-comment/my-perfect-weekend-by-martin-keown-on-my-bike-for-a-fryup-before-arsenal-put-the-heat-on-spurs-8720397.html |access-date=2022-03-22 |website=www.standard.co.uk |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Former Arsenal footballer Martin Keown opens pavilion at his old club in Oxford |url=https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/15700654.former-arsenal-footballer-martin-keown-opens-pavilion-old-club-oxford/ |access-date=31 May 2024 |date=4 December 2017}}</ref> Keown's son [[Niall Keown|Niall]] is also a footballer.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/martin-keowns-son-declares-for-ireland-and-says-my-dad-took-plenty-of-stick-for-choosing-england-31054134.html |title=Martin Keown's son declares for Ireland and says: My dad took plenty of stick for choosing England |first=Aidan |last=Fitzmaurice |newspaper=Irish Independent |location=Dublin |date=10 March 2015 |access-date=24 March 2019}}</ref>

==References==
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