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Keith Declan Fahey (born 15 January 1983) is an Irish former
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, who played most of his career with
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side St Patrick's Athletic, as well as English club
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. He played predominantly as a
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, but also occasionally as a winger. Fahey started his professional career as a trainee with
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. He played for
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, Bluebell United, St Patrick's Athletic and Drogheda United before his transfer to
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. With Birmingham City he won the 2011 League Cup in England, as well as helping the club gain promotion from the
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to the
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during the 2008–09 season. He left the club at the end of the 2012–13 season, and returned to St Patrick's Athletic for a third spell with the club. With the Republic of Ireland national team, Fahey gained 16
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. He was part of the squad that secured qualification for
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. Manager
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called Fahey into the Irish squad for the tournament, but he was later sent home due to injury.


Club career


Early career

Fahey started his professional career as a trainee with
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before signing for
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in April 2000 for a fee of £250,000. He played for Villa's youth and reserve teams, but never made a first-team appearance.


Return to Ireland

Having failed to settle in England, Fahey returned home in 2003. He initially played a few games in non-League football for Bluebell United, before a six-week trial at St Patrick's Athletic led to a contract. He made his
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debut and had a goal disallowed at Waterford United on 21 April. He contributed to St Pats's victory in the
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and scored a "stunning" free kick in
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of the semi-final replay against Bohemians to reach the
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final. However the final turned out to be very disappointing for both team and player, who was sent off for a "two-footed lunge" on Longford Town's Sean Prunty after 77 minutes as the Saints lost 2–0. He joined Drogheda United in exchange for Alan Reilly and a cash adjustment in July 2005. He was involved in Mark Leech's
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that won the Setanta Cup for Drogheda in April 2006, but a few months later was released, following a disagreement with manager Paul Doolin, and returned to St Pats.
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reported that "Danger man Fahey was quieter than usual" as Pats lost 2–0 to
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in the first round of the 2008–09 UEFA Cup, held at the Olympiastadion; however, in the second leg, despite Pats' "excellent performance" failing to overturn the deficit, an RTÉ feature picked out "Keith Fahey's control of the game, dictating almost every Pat's attack with that delicate but incisive right foot of his. Fahey stood head and shoulders above the many highly decorated full internationals in the Hertha team, showing the full range of his passing from deep and from close range, and generally showing a poise and guile on the ball that you would not expect from a League of Ireland player amongst such illustrious company." His performances for St Pats in 2008, in which he scored 11 goals in all competitions, earned Fahey the PFAI Player of the Year award. He also won '' Monday Night Soccers 2008 Goal of the Season. After Pats were beaten by Bohemians in the FAI Cup, Fahey declared that he wished to move to an English club to further his career.


Birmingham City

On 2 December 2008, Fahey signed a pre-contract agreement with
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side
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to join the club when the
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opened in January 2009. The Irish season having finished, Fahey joined up with Birmingham in mid-December for training, though manager
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suggested supporters should not "expect him to walk straight into the team" when he became eligible in January. Fahey made his Birmingham debut on 17 January 2009, coming on as a late substitute in a 1–1 draw against Cardiff City. He scored his first goal for the club, a "delicate lob" which the player admitted was meant to be a cross, to clinch a 2–0 home victory against
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on 14 February. His second goal gave the Blues a 1–0 home win over
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some weeks later. Fahey retained his place in the side for the rest of the season (keeping loan signings Scott Sinclair and Hamer Bouazza out of the starting eleven), and was a key player for Birmingham in their successful bid for promotion to the
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, scoring a goal and making a goal in a vital 2–1 win at Reading on the last day of the campaign. Fahey made his Premier League debut in the opening game of the 2009–10 season at
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, in the 1–0 defeat against
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. He made 34 appearances in his first Premier League season (18 of which he started), but failed to score all season, as Birmingham finished in ninth place, their highest ever position in the Premier League. In July 2010, Fahey's contract was extended to 2013, in recognition of his having "proved to cLeishthat he's a Premier League player". He was part of the starting eleven as Birmingham won the 2011 League Cup, defeating favourites Arsenal 2–1 at
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. The league season proved less successful for both player and club. Fahey made only 24 appearances, although he did score his first (and only) Premier League goal, and Birmingham finished 18th and were relegated on the last day of the season following a 2–1 defeat to
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. Following relegation, Barry Ferguson, Craig Gardner and Lee Bowyer left the club, giving Fahey the chance to establish himself in his preferred central position. After recovering from hernia surgery early in the 2011–12 season, he partnered Jonathan Spector in a solid midfield supporting two attacking wide players. Later in the season, he played a defensive support role alongside the more attacking Jordon Mutch, and manager Chris Hughton suggested he was "enjoying playing in that central role and he's enjoying the development he's had there all season". When he suffered a groin problem that caused him to miss the last few weeks of the season, Hughton called it "a real blow for us ... because he's a player that has been in really good form". He scored four goals during the season, including "a venomous left-foot drive from 20 yards" at
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and a goal he "couldn't have hit ... any sweeter first time, or with any more power" at home to Crystal Palace that earned him the club's Goal of the Season award. Fahey returned to the team in mid-September, and made seven appearances, four of which were starts. In November, he returned home to Ireland on indefinite compassionate leave for personal and family reasons. After two months away, Fahey took part in pre-season training with Shamrock Rovers, ahead of a full fitness assessment which preceded his return to training with Birmingham in mid-February. However, Fahey was ruled out for the rest of the season in April with a recurrence of a hip problem, having played just twice since his return from compassionate leave. At the end of the season, Fahey announced he was leaving Birmingham as the club had decided not to take up their option to extend his contract.


Return to St. Patrick's Athletic

After a few months out of the game, Fahey trained with Sheffield United in October 2013. Following this, he returned to Ireland, where he rejoined his old club St Patrick's Athletic on 23 December 2013. Commenting on his move back to
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, he said "Both the fans and the club have always been great to me, and the stability of the club behind the scenes really made me want to come back and play my football in Inchicore again." He made his third debut for the club in a 2–1 victory over
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on 17 February 2014 in a Leinster Senior Cup match, scoring a free kick. On 2 March 2014, Fahey scored the only goal as St Patrick's Athletic became the first team to win the FAI President's Cup, defeating
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in the process. His goal drew praise from Republic of Ireland manager
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and from Sligo Rovers' Alan Keane, who stated "A wonder goal won it, it was a great strike. No keeper in the world could have saved that." Fahey started the first day of the season in the 1–1 away draw against
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. In the 1–1 draw away to
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in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League, his through ball found Ian Bermingham who crossed for Christy Fagan's goal that gave Pats the lead. He started the return leg in Tallaght in which Pats lost 5–0. Fahey scored his first goal of the season against UCD in a 3–2 win. Overall Fahey made 26 league appearances scoring two goals throughout the season.


Shamrock Rovers

On 11 November 2014, Fahey switched to Shamrock Rovers. He announced his retirement in August 2015 having failed to recover from knee surgery. His last ever game of professional football was the 2–1
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loss to his old club St Patrick's Athletic at
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as he was substituted off with his knee injury.


Return to Bluebell United

In 2017, Fahey returned to senior football and linked up with his former club Bluebell United in the Leinster Senior League Senior Division. Fahey played three games for Bluebell, a 3–0 FAI Cup First Round win over Sheriff YC, a 1–0 win over
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side Cabinteely in the next round of the cup (Fahey was sent off in the last minute making him miss the
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Quarter final away to Shamrock Rovers) and his final appearance in football came in a 5–1 defeat of Firhouse Clover in a top-of-the-table Leinster Senior League clash. Fahey retired from football in November 2017 after twisting his knee in training once again, later stating that "I'm glad now that it's (his career) finished. I am at the right place now, 100 percent."


International career

Fahey played for the
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at the 2000 UEFA European Under-16 Football Championship and scored against their English counterparts. He also played at the
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, where he contributed to Ireland topping their group to reach the knockout stages. In the second round match against Colombia under-20, he came on as a late substitute to assist Kevin Doyle's goal and help turn the game around, coming back from a two-goal deficit only to lose on the
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. On 25 May 2010, Fahey won his first senior
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for the
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in a 2–1 win against
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at the RDS Arena, replacing Damien Duff in the 77th minute. He made his first start against
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on 12 August, in the first international match at the new
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. Fahey scored his first goal for the Republic of Ireland eight minutes into his competitive debut, coming off the bench to score the only goal in a Euro 2012 qualifying win over
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in
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on 3 September 2010. On his first competitive start, in a 1–1 draw against
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in
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on 12 October, Fahey delivered the free kick that led to Ireland's goal, scored by Sean St. Ledger. In February 2011, he scored his second goal for Ireland in a 3–0 defeat of
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in the 2011 Nations Cup, and his third came in March 2011, a penalty against
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. Fahey was part of the squad that clinched victory in the inaugural Nations Cup with a 1–0 win over
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on 29 May 2011 at the Aviva Stadium. He was called into the
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squad but withdrew due to injury before the tournament.


Career statistics


Club


International


International goals


Honours

St Patrick's Athletic *
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: 2003 * President's Cup:
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* Leinster Senior Cup:
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*
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:
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Drogheda United * Setanta Sports Cup:
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Birmingham City *
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: 2010–11 *
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runner-up: 2008–09 Republic of Ireland * Nations Cup:
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Individual * PFAI Players' Player of the Year:
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* Monday Night Soccer Goal of the Season: 2008 *
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Goal of the Season: 2011–12 (vs Crystal Palace) * St Patrick's Athletic Player of the Year (3): 2004, 2007, 2008


References

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, St Patrick's Athletic, Drogheda United,
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: *Republic of Ireland under-20: *
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Fahey's second coming of age
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