Last night in Dublin, the Irish football community were ‘keen’ (poor pun, I know – moving on..) to show their appreciation for Robbie Keane at the FAI awards and in doing so inducted him into their Hall of Fame.
The 2017 inductee to the FAI Hall of Fame is the one, the only, Robbie Keane! 👏🏻 #FAIAwards pic.twitter.com/csWKX4MjQa
? FAIreland (@FAIreland) March 19, 2017
The pride of Tallaght, the pride of Ireland – Robbie Keane enters the Hall of Fame at the #faifootballawards https://t.co/cIlBxNDRdu pic.twitter.com/SPuUnwIvkr
? RTÉ Soccer (@RTEsoccer) March 19, 2017
Robbie, now 36-years-old applied his trade for Tottenham Hotspur on two occasions (2002 – 2008 and 2009 – 2011) making 238 appearances, scoring 91 goals. Not only that he`s Ireland’s record goalscorer having bagged 68.
Congrats to Special Olympics Ambassador Robbie Keane who was inducted in to the FAI Hall of Fame last night #FAIAwards @ClaudineKeane1 pic.twitter.com/Sjq796Ehti
? Special Olympics Irl (@SOIreland) March 20, 2017
Former Republic of Ireland manager Mick McCarthy made the following RTE Sport message.
Mick McCarthy sends his best wishes to the new Hall of Famer pic.twitter.com/GhM4G4lRxl
? RTÉ Soccer (@RTEsoccer) March 19, 2017
WATCH: Dimitar Berbatov pays tribute to Robbie Keane’s Hall of Fame win https://t.co/yf47a3VV9n pic.twitter.com/b8HrSOPCdM
? Newstalk Sport (@NewstalkSport) March 20, 2017
Steven Gerrard, Michael Carrick, a certain bloke by the name of Dimitar Berbatov and living legend, Pele lead the Keano tributes!
‘Remember, you and me, on the pitch,’ Berbatov said.
Steven Gerrard, Michael Carrick, Dimitar Berbatov and some bloke called Pele lead the Keano tributes! #faifootballawards #RTEsoccer pic.twitter.com/EF0EKNBTFe
? RTÉ Soccer (@RTEsoccer) March 19, 2017
Robbie Keane receives his Hall of Fame Award with wife Claudine and sons Hudson & Robert Jnr at the Three FAI International Soccer Awards. pic.twitter.com/gEBnvop31d
? Sportsfile (@sportsfile) March 19, 2017
Congratulations, Robbie and thanks for the memories.