Mark Keane

Mark Keane (born 17 March 2000) is an Irish professional Australian rules footballer who plays for the Adelaide Football Club after previously playing for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Early life and junior sports Keane grew up in Mitchelstown in County Cork, Ireland. He played hurling and Gaelic football in Cork and represented Cork at U20 level in football. Keane was scouted by an Australian Football League recruiter while playing for North Cork in 2017 and tested at the 2017 AFL European Combine in Dublin where he was offered a contract with the Collingwood Football Club.

AFL career

Collingwood Keane joined Collingwood as a Category B rookie in 2018 after a two-week trial at the club. He made his debut in the club's round 9 match in the 2020 AFL season against , where the Magpies lost by 12 points. In January 2022, Keane left Collingwood and the AFL to play Gaelic Football with Mitchelstown GAA in Ireland.

Adelaide Crows Ultimately, Keane returned to Australia and signed with in the 2023 pre-season supplemental signing period (SPP). He made his debut with the Adelaide Crows in Round 20 in 2023 with a Showdown win against Port Adelaide. Keane had a break-out year in 2024, headlined by a dominant defensive performance where he had 26 disposals and 11 marks in the Crows' loss to . Keane missed only two games for the season, and despite rumours that he would request a trade to return to , Keane re-committed to Adelaide beyond his contracted year of 2025, extending until 2028.

Keane missed the first half of the 2026 season after a horror lower leg injury while training. He made his return to competitive football in the Crows' reserves match against .

GAA career Keane returned to Ireland in 2020 and was brought on as a substitute for Cork against Kerry in the 2020 Munster Senior Football Championship. He scored the late goal that knocked Kerry out of the competition, in what was described as "one of the biggest upsets in recent championship history... a strike so late it had eerie echoes of Tadhg Murphy's 1983 goal at the same end of the ground that similarly put Kerry out of the championship".

Statistics Updated to the end of round 22, 2026.

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