Keith Quinn (footballer)

Keith Quinn
Keith Quinn (left) playing for Shelbourne against Ryan Manning for Galway United in 2014
Personal information
Date of birth (1988-09-22) 22 September 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Dublin, Ireland
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
2005–2007 Sheffield United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2009 Sheffield United 0 (0)
2009 → Central Coast Mariners (loan) 0 (0)
2009 Bluebell United ? (?)
2010 Sporting Fingal 20 (0)
2011 Waterford United 8 (0)
2011–2012 Monaghan United[a] 11 (1)
2012 Cork City 4 (0)
2013 Longford Town 19 (0)
2014 Shelbourne 15 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Keith Quinn (born 22 September 1988)[1] is a footballer who played for several League of Ireland clubs, including Shelbourne and Longford Town. A midfielder, he is the younger brother of Alan and Stephen Quinn. He was jailed in 2021 for drug trafficking.

Playing career

Along with his brother Stephen, Keith Quinn followed his eldest brother Alan to England when he transferred to Sheffield United. Having captained the youth team at Sheffield United,[2] he progressed to the reserve team.[3] In March 2009, Quinn was loaned to Central Coast Mariners in Australia's A League. However, the A League was not in season during Quinn's loan, and Quinn could not play in the Asian Champions League as he registered too late.[4] After failing to make a first team appearance for Sheffield United, he was released at the end of the 2008–09 season.[5]

Quinn returned to Ireland to continue his career with Leinster Senior League side Bluebell United,[citation needed] before signing professionally with League of Ireland club Sporting Fingal in January 2010.[1]

He signed for First Division side Waterford United in December 2010, to play for the 2011 season.[6]

He joined Monaghan United in the summer transfer window and made 13 appearances in all competitions, scoring 1 goal.[7] In December he agreed to stay on at the club in 2012. On 18 June 2012, the club announced their withdrawal from the League of Ireland and all of their playing staff were released by the club.[8]

In August 2012, Quinn signed for Cork City.[9] After just four league appearances for Cork, he signed for Longford Town in January 2013.[6] He was released by Longford after one season. His last League of Ireland club was Shelbourne, which he joined in February 2014.[6] He later returned to Bluebell United in the Leinster Senior League.[2]

Outside football

In August 2020, Quinn was arrested along with Bluebell United manager Andrew Noonan during an investigation into trafficking of heroin.[10] Quinn was convicted of trafficking in April 2021 and sentenced to seven and half years imprisonment, with three years suspended.[11] In December 2021, upon appeal from the state, Quinn's sentence was increased to eight years in jail with the last 18 months suspended.[12]

References

Notes

  1. ^ Quinn made a further eight league appearances (no goals) for Monaghan United during the 2012 League of Ireland Premier Division; however these matches were expunged when the club withdrew from the league before the end of the season

Sources

  1. ^ a b Fallon, John (28 February 2010). "Keith Quinn". sportingfingal.ie. Archived from the original on 12 August 2010. Keith Quinn – Midfielder. Born: 22-Sept-1988 [..] signd [sic] for Fingal in January [2010] for the campaign ahead, making his first appearance in the pre-season friendly
  2. ^ a b Pyne, Anthony (24 August 2017). "'I can only wish I had the careers Stephen & Alan had' - Bluebell's Keith Quinn dreaming of FAI Cup glory". rte.ie. RTÉ. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  3. ^ "Sheffield United : Squad : Academy : Profiles : Development Squad – 2006–2007". Archived from the original on 2 July 2007.
  4. ^ Hassett, Sebastian (21 March 2009). "Simon says goals will start flowing now drought is over". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2 June 2009.
  5. ^ "Blackwell begins reshaping Blades". BBC. 28 May 2009. Retrieved 1 June 2009.
  6. ^ a b c "Keith Quinn". extratime.com. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  7. ^ "Republic of Ireland - K. Quinn - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
  8. ^ Davey, Christopher. "Monaghan United withdraw from league". extratime.ie. Archived from the original on 23 June 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
  9. ^ "Keith Quinn Signs for Cork City". thecork.ie. 9 August 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  10. ^ Schiller, Robin (7 August 2020). "Two men involved with Irish football to appear in court charged over €3m heroin seizure". Irish Independent. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  11. ^ Hoban, Brion (14 April 2021). "Former League of Ireland footballer Keith Quinn jailed for four years". The Irish Times. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  12. ^ Doyle, Peter (10 December 2021). "Ex-professional footballer caught moving heroin worth €2.7m has jail time increased". irishexaminer.com. Irish Examiner. Retrieved 28 April 2022.