{{Short description|Welsh footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Keenan Patten |image = |caption = |fullname = Keenan Ieuan Patten<ref> {{cite web|url=https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/gc-media-assets.gc.eflservices.co.uk/9b015b30-e880-11ef-8abf-f91ad331f5ec.pdf|title=SQUAD LIST 2024/25 & U21 REGISTERED CONTRACT PLAYERS|publisher=English Football League|date=11 February 2025|accessdate=24 July 2025}}</ref> |birth_date = {{birth date and age|2001|4|7|df=y}} |birth_place = Cardiff, Wales |height = 1.86m |position = Midfielder |currentclub = Newport County |clubnumber = 29 |youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2022 |youthclubs1 = Cardiff City |years1 = 2019–2022 |clubs1 = Cardiff City |caps1 = 0 |goals1 = 0 |years2 = 2019–2020 |clubs2 = → Penybont (loan) |caps2 = 2 |goals2 = 1 |years3 = 2021–2022 |clubs3 = → Hereford (loan) |caps3 = 15 |goals3 = 0 |years4 = 2022–2023 |clubs4 = AFC Fylde |caps4 = 8 |goals4 = 0 |years5 = 2023–2025 |clubs5 = Barry Town United |caps5 = 43 |goals5 = 8 |years6 = 2025– |clubs6 = Newport County |caps6 = 6 |goals6 = 0 |years7 = 2026 |clubs7 = → Barry Town United |caps7 = 7 |goals7 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 2018 | nationalteam1 = Wales U17 | nationalcaps1 = 2 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalyears2 = 2019–2020 | nationalteam2 = Wales U19 | nationalcaps2 = 4 | nationalgoals2 = 1 | club-update = 16:58, 2 May 2026 (UTC) | nationalteam-update = 20:17, 2 February 2026 (UTC) }} '''Keenan Ieuan Patten''' (born 7 April 2001) is a Welsh footballer who plays as a midfielder for {{English football updater|NewportC}} club Newport County. He is a former Wales under 19 international.
==Career== ===Cardiff City=== Patten joined the Cardiff City academy aged nine, progressing through the ranks to sign a scholarship in February 2017.<ref> {{cite web|url=https://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/news/2017/february/academy--apprenticepro-contract-offers|title=ACADEMY {{!}} APPRENTICE/PRO-CONTRACT OFFERS|website=www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk|date=8 February 2017|accessdate=24 July 2025}}</ref> In March 2021, he signed a new one-year deal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/news/evans-patten-extend-deals-bakare-signs|title=Evans & Patten extend deals; Bakare signs | Cardiff|website=www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk}}</ref> He departed the club at the end of the 2021–22 season.<ref> {{cite web|url=https://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/news/202122-retained-list|title=2021/22 Retained List|website=www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk|date=10 June 2022|accessdate=24 July 2025}}</ref>
===AFC Fylde=== In August 2022, Patten joined National League North side AFC Fylde on an initial one-year deal with the option to extend.<ref> {{cite web|url=https://www.afcfylde.co.uk/news/2022/august/02/keenan-patten-joins-on-a-permanent-deal|title=Keenan Patten Joins On A Permanent Deal|website=www.afcfylde.co.uk|date=2 August 2022|accessdate=24 July 2025}}</ref>
===Newport County=== On 4 February 2025, Patten joined League Two club Newport County on an eighteen-month deal for an undisclosed fee.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cn4zgkkkjjno|title=Newport County: Kieron Evans faces spell out as Keenan Patten signs|date=4 February 2025|website=BBC Sport}}</ref> On 8 February 2025, he made his debut in a 3–0 victory over Crewe Alexandra.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/c2k58307klwt|title=Crewe Alexandra 0-3 Newport County: Exiles impress as they claim third straight win|website=BBC Sport}}</ref> In July 2025, he suffered a broken leg during a pre-season friendly against Bristol City, needing to undergo surgery.<ref> {{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/clylyep5epyo|title=Keenan Patten: Newport County midfielder suffers broken leg|publisher=BBC Sport|date=24 July 2025|accessdate=24 July 2025}}</ref> On 2 February 2026 Patten joined Cymru Premier club Barry Town United on loan for the remainder of the 2025-26 season.<ref>[https://www.newport-county.co.uk/news/keenan-patten-joins-barry-town-loan Patten Barry loan]</ref>
== References == {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{Soccerway|515556}}
{{Newport County A.F.C. squad}} {{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Patten, Keenan}} Category:Living people Category:2001 births Category:Welsh men's footballers Category:Penybont F.C. players Category:Cardiff City F.C. players Category:Hereford F.C. players Category:AFC Fylde players Category:Barry Town United F.C. players Category:Newport County A.F.C. players Category:Cymru Premier players Category:English Football League players Category:National League (English football) players Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:21st-century Welsh sportsmen Category:Wales men's youth international footballers