{{short description|English footballer (born 1991)}} {{update|date=November 2022}} {{Use British English|date=October 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Jake Kean | image = Jake Kean Blackburn Rovers goalkeeper.jpg | image_size = 200 | fullname = Jacob Kendall Kean<ref name="Professional retain list & free transfers 2012/13">{{Cite web |title=Professional retain list & free transfers 2012/13 |url=http://www.football-league.co.uk/staticFiles/4e/bd/0,,10794~179534,00.pdf |publisher=The Football League |date=18 May 2013 |page=5 |access-date=2 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140802074454/http://www.football-league.co.uk/staticFiles/4e/bd/0%2C%2C10794~179534%2C00.pdf |archive-date=2 August 2014 }}</ref> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1991|2|4|df=y}}<ref name="11v11">{{cite web |title=Jake Kean |url=https://www.11v11.com/players/jake-kean-236566/ |publisher=11v11 |access-date=6 November 2017}}</ref> | birth_place = Derby, England | height = {{height|m=1.93}}<ref name="11v11"/> | position = Goalkeeper | currentclub = Burton Albion<br>(Head of Goalkeeping) | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = 2006–2009 | youthclubs1 = Derby County | years1 = 2009–2015 | clubs1 = Blackburn Rovers | caps1 = 37 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2010–2011 | clubs2 = → Hartlepool United (loan) | caps2 = 19 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2011 | clubs3 = → Rochdale (loan) | caps3 = 14 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2014 | clubs4 = → Yeovil Town (loan) | caps4 = 5 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2015 | clubs5 = → Oldham Athletic (loan) | caps5 = 11 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2015–2016 | clubs6 = Norwich City | caps6 = 0 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 2016 | clubs7 = → Colchester United (loan) | caps7 = 3 | goals7 = 0 | years8 = 2016 | clubs8 = → Swindon Town (loan) | caps8 = 3 | goals8 = 0 | years9 = 2016–2018 | clubs9 = Sheffield Wednesday | caps9 = 0 | goals9 = 0 | years10 = 2016–2017 | clubs10 = → Mansfield Town (loan) | caps10 = 19 | goals10 = 0 | years11 = 2018 | clubs11 = → Grimsby Town (loan) | caps11 = 3 | goals11 = 0 | years12 = 2018–2019 | clubs12 = Mansfield Town | caps12 = 0 | goals12 = 0 | years13 = 2019–2021 | clubs13 = Notts County | caps13 = 0 | goals13 = 0 | totalcaps = 114 | totalgoals = 0 | nationalyears1 = 2011 | nationalteam1 = England U20 | nationalcaps1 = 1 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | club-update = 17:07, 14 January 2019 (UTC) }} '''Jacob Kendall Kean''' (born 4 February 1991) is an English football coach and former professional footballer, who is head of goalkeeping at EFL League One side Burton Albion.
As a player, he was a goalkeeper who played for Blackburn Rovers, appearing as their first choice keeper for both the 2012–13 and 2013–14 seasons before picking up a knee injury. He has since had loan spells with Hartlepool United, Rochdale, and Yeovil Town and Oldham Athletic. He signed for Norwich City in 2015 but failed to make a first team appearance and instead spent time on loan with Colchester United and Swindon Town. He later took in spells with Sheffield Wednesday, Mansfield Town and Grimsby Town before joining Notts County as a player/coach. Kean has played internationally for England under-20s once.
==Career== ===Blackburn Rovers=== Born in Derby, Kean started his youth career at Derby County, before moving to Blackburn Rovers towards the end of the 2008–09 season. Kean joined Hartlepool United in September 2010 in a month-long loan deal.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rovers.co.uk/page/ReserveProfiles/0,,10303~1707390,00.html |title=Blackburn Rovers | Team | Reserves | Jake Kean |publisher=Rovers.co.uk |access-date=20 September 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hartlepoolunited.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10326~53302,00.html |title=Team | Profiles | Jake Kean |publisher=Hartlepool United |date=15 October 2007 |access-date=20 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101012185646/http://www.hartlepoolunited.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10326~53302,00.html |archive-date=12 October 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> This was later extended due to injuries to Scott Flinders and Andy Rafferty. Kean made his debut on 18 September in a 0–0 away draw with Brentford.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_div_2/8968117.stm |title=BBC Sport – Football – Brentford 0–0 Hartlepool United |publisher=BBC News |date=18 September 2010 |access-date=20 September 2010}}</ref> He kept ten clean sheets during his four-month spell at Victoria Park.
Kean signed for Rochdale on loan for the entire 2011–12 season.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rochdaleafc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10441~2407799,00.html |title=Kean Joins Dale |publisher=Rochdale AFC |date=2 August 2011 |access-date=2 August 2011}}</ref> His loan was cut short in November when Blackburn recalled him because of an injury to Paul Robinson. Kean returned to Rovers because of the injury to first-choice Paul Robinson and was back up to Mark Bunn for a few games, near to the end of the season he was permanently on the bench due to an injury to Bunn. On 13 May, he made his Premier League debut away to Chelsea in goal due to injuries to both Robinson and Bunn, this also meant both sides played second-choice goalkeepers with Ross Turnbull deputising for Petr Čech in the opposite goal. Blackburn lost the game 2–1 with goals for Chelsea scored by John Terry and Raul Meireles and Yakubu scoring for Rovers.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/17973169 |title=Chelsea 2–1 Blackburn |publisher=BBC Sport |date=13 May 2012 |access-date=16 May 2012}}</ref> Midway through the 2012–13 Championship season, Kean took over the starting spot from Paul Robinson, keeping three clean sheets in wins over Derby County, Bristol City and Ipswich Town, also playing a key role in Blackburn's shock 1–0 win against Arsenal in the FA Cup 5th round, keeping a clean sheet and made crucial saves that kept Blackburn in the game. Kean started the 2013–14 season as first-choice until the beginning of December when he lost his first-team place to Simon Eastwood. Kean slipped further down the pecking order in January with the return from injury of Paul Robinson, who was re-instated as number one. He was left on the sidelines for the most part of the 2014–15 season by Gary Bowyer and left the club by mutual consent on 31 July 2015. Kean joined Yeovil Town on an initial one-month loan deal on 15 September 2014.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/29206297 |title=Jake Kean: Yeovil sign goalkeeper on one-month loan from Blackburn |publisher=BBC Sport |date=15 September 2014 |access-date=15 September 2014}}</ref> On 30 January 2015, Kean joined Oldham Athletic on loan for the remainder of the season.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/31060481 |title=Jake Kean: Oldham bring in Blackburn goalkeeper on loan |publisher=BBC Sport |date=30 January 2015 |access-date=30 January 2015}}</ref>
===Norwich City=== After being released by Blackburn, Kean signed a two-year contract with newly promoted Premier League side Norwich City on 1 August 2015.<ref>{{cite web |title=CANARIES COMPLETE JAKE KEAN DEAL |url=http://www.canaries.co.uk/news/article/norwich-city-jake-kean-joins-2585816.aspx |publisher=Norwich City Football Club |access-date=3 August 2015 |date=1 August 2015}}</ref> He left the club by mutual consent on 18 July 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.canaries.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/norwich-city-jake-kean-leaves-3191858.aspx |title=Jake Kean leaves by mutual consent |publisher=Norwich City FC |date=18 July 2016}}</ref>
===Sheffield Wednesday=== Following his release by Norwich, Kean joined Championship side Sheffield Wednesday.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.swfc.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/jake-kean-completes-owls-switch-3192809.aspx |title=Jake Kean completes Owls switch |publisher=Sheffield Wednesday FC |date=18 July 2016}}</ref> On 31 December 2016, Kean joined League Two side Mansfield Town on loan for the remainder of the season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.swfc.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/kean-agrees-mansfield-switch-3493831.aspx|title=Kean agrees Mansfield switch}}</ref> On 5 January 2018 Kean signed for Grimsby Town on loan for the rest of the 2017–18 season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.grimsby-townfc.co.uk/news/2018/january/town-sign-championship-goalkeeper-on-loan/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180106063732/https://www.grimsby-townfc.co.uk/news/2018/january/town-sign-championship-goalkeeper-on-loan/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=6 January 2018|title=Town Sign Championship Goalkeeper on Loan}}</ref> His contract was not renewed at the end of his loan spell and was released from Sheffield Wednesday.<ref>{{cite web |title=Owls announce 2017/18 retained list |url=https://www.swfc.co.uk/news/2018/may/owls-announce-201718-retained-list/ |publisher=Sheffield Wednesday F.C. |date=1 May 2018 |access-date=3 May 2018}}</ref>
=== Mansfield Town === In December 2018, Kean re-joined Mansfield Town on a short-term deal after their first choice goalkeeper, Bobby Olejnik, suffered an injury.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46567231|title=Jake Kean: Mansfield Town sign goalkeeper following Bobby Olejnik injury|date=14 December 2018|website=BBC Sport}}</ref>
==Coaching career== In August 2019, at the age of 28 Kean joined Notts County as goalkeeping coach and signed on as back-up player to provide back up for Sam Slocombe and Ross Fitzsimons.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.nottscountyfc.co.uk/teams/backroom-staff/staff/jake-kean/| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200924232951/https://www.nottscountyfc.co.uk/teams/backroom-staff/staff/jake-kean/| archive-date = 2020-09-24| title = Jake Kean - Goalkeeper Coach - Backroom staff - Notts County FC}}</ref>
On 19 November 2021, it was announced that Kean had joined Burton Albion as the club's Head of Goalkeeping.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.burtonalbionfc.co.uk/news/2021/november/1911-kean/ |title=JAKE KEAN JOINS BURTON ALBION AS HEAD OF GOALKEEPING |publisher=Burton Albion FC |date=19 November 2021 |accessdate=25 August 2023}}</ref>
==International career== Following an impressive four-month loan spell for Hartlepool United, Ray Clemence was spotted scouting Kean during a 4–0 defeat to Peterborough United, and on 9 February 2011 he played 83 minutes for Brian Eastwick's England Under-20 side during a 2–1 defeat to France at Shrewsbury Town's New Meadow.
==Career statistics== {{updated|match played 6 January 2018}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|FA Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="7"|Blackburn Rovers |2009–10<ref>{{Soccerbase season|56649|2009|name=Jake Kean|access-date=6 November 2017}}</ref> |Premier League |0||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0 |- |2010–11<ref>{{Soccerbase season|56649|2010|name=Jake Kean|access-date=6 November 2017}}</ref> |Premier League |0||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0 |- |2011–12<ref name="11/12 appearances"/> |Premier League |1||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||1||0 |- |2012–13<ref>{{Soccerbase season|56649|2012|name=Jake Kean|access-date=4 October 2014}}</ref> |Championship |18||0||5||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||24||0 |- |2013–14<ref>{{Soccerbase season|56649|2013|name=Jake Kean|access-date=4 October 2014}}</ref> |Championship |18||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||18||0 |- |2014–15<ref name="14/15 appearances">{{Soccerbase season|56649|2014|name=Jake Kean|access-date=4 October 2014}}</ref> |Championship |0||0||0||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||1||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !37!!0!!5!!0!!2!!0!!colspan="2"|—!!44!!0 |- ||Hartlepool United (loan) |2010–11<ref>{{Soccerbase season|56649|2010|name=Jake Kean|access-date=4 October 2014}}</ref> |League One |19||0||4||0||colspan="2"|—||2<ref group=lower-alpha name=FLT>Appearances in Football League Trophy</ref>||0||25||0 |- ||Rochdale (loan) |2011–12<ref name="11/12 appearances">{{Soccerbase season|56649|2011|name=Jake Kean|access-date=4 October 2014}}</ref> |League One |14||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||1<ref group=lower-alpha name=FLT/>||0||15||0 |- ||Yeovil Town (loan) |2014–15<ref name="14/15 appearances"/> |League One |5||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||5||0 |- ||Oldham Athletic (loan) |2014–15<ref name="14/15 appearances"/> |League One |11||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||11||0 |- ||Norwich City |2015–16<ref name="15/16 appearances">{{Soccerbase season|56649|2015|name=Jake Kean|access-date=18 July 2016}}</ref> |Premier League |0||0||colspan="2"|—||1||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0 |- ||Colchester United (loan) |2015–16<ref name="15/16 appearances"/> |League One |3||0||2||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||5||0 |- ||Swindon Town (loan) |2015–16<ref name="15/16 appearances"/> |League One |3||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||3||0 |- |rowspan="3"|Sheffield Wednesday |2016–17<ref name="16/17 appearances">{{cite web |title=Games played by Jake Kean in 2016/2017 |url=http://www.soccerbase.com/players/home.sd?search=jake+kean&type=playerAll |publisher=Soccerbase |access-date=18 July 2016}}</ref> |Championship |0||0||0||0||1||0||0||0||0||0 |- |2017–18<ref name="JK17">{{soccerbase season|56649|2017|accessdate=5 November 2017}}</ref> |Championship |0||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0 |- ||Mansfield Town (loan) |2016–17<ref name="16/17 appearances"/> |League Two |19||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||2<ref group=lower-alpha name=EFT>Appearances in EFL Trophy</ref>||0||21||0 |- |Grimsby Town (loan) |2017–18<ref name="JK17"/> |League Two |3||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||1||0 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !112!!0!!11!!0!!2!!0!!5!!0!!130!!0 |}
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==External links== *{{Soccerbase}}
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