James Keene (footballer)
Duncan James Keene ( born December 26, 1985 in Wells ) is an English footballer. The striker spent much of his career in Sweden.
Career
Years of travel in England
Keene comes from the youth work of Portsmouth. After he had successfully played for the reserve team, he was appointed to the senior squad of the club in the summer of 2004. He first came under manager Harry Redknapp is not used, so that he was loaned in the autumn of the year at Kidderminster Harriers in the Football League Two. After he had come up to his return to Fratton Park in late November to five stakes, he had to wait until May of the following year before he was allowed to play in the Premier League. On May 7, he appeared as a substitute in the 1-1 draw against Bolton Wanderers in the 60th minute for the game Diomansy Kamara. After a further application in the first division of the returned in the summer Redknapp planned again without him.
In September 2005, the Portsmouth Keene decided to lend again. By the end he ran for the AFC Bournemouth on in the third-tier Football League One, scoring against Colchester United and FC Brentford each a goal. At the end of the loan period, he moved on loan to the club again. This time he played under coach Steve Evans for Boston United in the fourth division Football League Two. He came in his two-month stay at the club for six stakes, in which he scored his only goal in the 1-1 draw against Rochdale AFC.
Moving to Sweden
In March 2006, Keene moved on loan to Swedish club GAIS tradition, in which he signed a valid until 31 December of the year the loan agreement. In the Allsvenskan, he established himself at once as a regular player and was distinguished by his eye for goal. For the Gothenburg club he scored ten goals this season. As simplistic internal scorer, he helped the club to relegation than Tabellenelfter.
Consequently, Keene made interesting not only for continued employment with GAIS, but also with domestic rivals Helsingborgs IF and IF Elfsborg. Ultimately, he opted for the club from Borås. At the reigning champion, he signed a five-year contract. With his first competitive goal he led his new employer on 31 March 2007 to win the first edition of Supercupen. Still, he could not prevail finally, since only reach him in his first year for IFE four goals. In January 2008, he injured his cruciate ligament, so that he missed much of the 2008 season. After his return in the fall, he scored three goals in nine games and then returned to the root formation of the club. In qualifying for the UEFA Europa League 2009/10 he wore with two goals in against the Portuguese club Sporting Braga to progress until he failed in the next round with the club at Lazio. With eight goals this season in the Allsvenskan until the end of the season he was ultimately best simplistic internal scorer. In the 2010 no longer permanently root strength, he nevertheless extended at the beginning of the following year alongside the young players Oscar Hiljemark and Niklas Hult his contract until the end of 2014.
In the first half of the 2011 Keene came 14 times only as a substitute for use. Therefore, the club gave him shortly before the end of the transfer window on 31 August to the Norwegian club Fredrikstad FK. There he contributed with two Torerfolgen the relegation of the trained by Tom Freddy Aune team to Tarik Elyounoussi, Hans Erik Ramberg, Andreas Landgren and Celso Borges.
At the beginning of the following season Keene was awarded, this time he joined for the season 2012, coached by Magnus Pehrsson team Djurgårdens IF.