There was a lot of love for Tallaght’s Robbie Keane last night
Tallaght’s Robbie Keane was inducted into the FAI Hall of Fame last night at the annual FAI Awards – with the striker being recognised for his huge contribution to Irish football.
The country’s all-time top scorer retired from international football last year having played in the green of Ireland 146 times.
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
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
Keane’s remarkable career was marked last night with a host of former team-mates and legends of the game, including Pele, sending messages of congratulations.
RTE’s own tribute to Keane featured his eldest son, Robert Junior making his way onto the Pearse Park pitch in Crumlin where his father scored many goals as a schoolboy after his move from Fettercairn YC.
Online, there was huge admiration for Keane, with thousands sending messages of congratulations to the Irish legend.
Here’s some of our favourites….
Robbie Keane is an Irish sporting legend
— NHS (@The_HSA) March 19, 2017
Robbie Keane,Irelands greatest ever player @ClaudineKeane1 #legend
— paul pollard (@paulpollard4) March 19, 2017
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
Some tribute to Robbie Keane there on RTE. Rightfully inducted into FAI Hall Of Fame #COYBIG #FaiAwards
— Fran (@Goobledygook29) March 19, 2017
Absolute legend. Wont see the likes of him again goalscoring wise #robbiekeane
— Steven Donegan (@Dono1983) March 19, 2017
Robbie Keane inducted into the hall of fame at the #FAIAwards tonight. So well deserved, a simply outstanding player, my all time favourite.
— Niall McGarry (@MrNiallMcGarry) March 19, 2017
#FAIawards Robbie Keane, what more can us as fans say, but Thank You, one of the greatest we’ve ever produced, #legend #OneOfAKind
— Peter Walsh (@peterwalsh27) March 19, 2017
Fantastic piece on Robbie Keane on the FAI awards. Great to see Robbie junior in the blue at Pearse Park where his dad scored so many goals
— Crumlin United (@crumlinunited) March 19, 2017
Ya know you’re good when @Pele is a fan #RobbieKeane #legend #FAIAwards
— Liam (@LiamDargan) March 19, 2017
You know you are football royalty when PELE is giving you personal tributes #RobbieKeane
— Stephen Elliott (@SleevesElliott) March 19, 2017
Almost 20 years on….re-live Robbie Keane’s first two senior goals – for Wolves – as part of this excellent video. Congrats Robbie! https://t.co/hO9o4AYWz0
— Wolves (@Wolves) March 19, 2017
Honoured to have grown up watching Robbie Keane. Would love to see him manage us one day.
Hero.
— Neil Fleming (@DixieFlem88) 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
#robbiekeane well deserved place in the hall of fame. We’ll be lucky to find another like him.#FAIAwards #halloffame #legend
— David Clarke (@thedavidclarke) March 19, 2017
No better man than Robbie Keane to be inducted into the fai hall of fame. What a hero
— Owen McNamara (@owenmcboley) March 19, 2017
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