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• Position: Forward
• Number: 9
• Age: 27 (25th April, 1999)

Aidan Keena returned to St Patrick's Athletic in July 2024, seven years after joining SPL side Hearts from the St Pat's Academy in August 2017.

He made 15 apperances during the second-half of 2024, scoring five times, with some crucial goals along the away in the wins at home to Galway United and away to Sligo Rovers on the final night at The Saints won their last nine league matches in a row to finish 3rd, and qualify for the UEFA Conference League.

Aidan won the 2025 St Patrick's Athletic Goal of the Season after his cracker away at Galway United and scored 6 times in 21 appearances. A great start to 2025 say Aidan named LOI Player of the Month for February.

Keena signed for our U19s in January 2016, before quickly progressing to the First Team, scoring in the 5-0 friendly win against Bluebell United and making his league debut under Liam Buckley in February 2017 the opening night of the season against Bray Wanderers.

Having made 5 senior appearances for the club, Keena signed for Heart of Midlothian in the Scottish Premiership in August 2017, and went on to have spells at Queen's Park, Dunfermline Athletic, Hartlepool United and Falkirk before returning to the League of Ireland to join Sligo Rovers in January 2022, scoring the winner on his debut against St Pat's at Richmond Park.

The Mullingar native scored 18 goals in 32 games with Sligo Rovers in the 2022 Premier Division campaign, and 21 in all competitions.

That form saw him finish as the 2022 Premier Division top scorer and earned him a place in the PFAI Premier Division Team of the Year.

Keena joined Cheltenham Town from Sligo Rovers in January 2023, and previously worked with Saints Manager Stephen Kenny with the Republic of Ireland U21s, Kenny gave Keena his U21 debut against Armenia in November 2019

Previous Clubs: Shelbourne U17s (2015-2016), St Patrick's Athletic (2017), Heart of Midlothian (2017–2020), Queen's Park (loan) (2018), Dunfermline Athletic (loan) (2018-2019), Hartlepool United (2020)m Falkirk (2020–2022), Sligo Rovers (2022–2023), Cheltenham Town (2023–2024), St Patrick's Athletic (2024-