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Keogh spent a seven game loan spell with Carlisle from Bristol City last season, in which the Blues conceded a disappointing 11 goals. He then returned to Ashton Gate in early January before going to Cheltenham for another temporary spell until the end of the season where he made ten starts for the Whaddon Road outfit.
With fellow centre-half Josh Gowling sidelined for three months after suffering a broken nose in the reserves, Keogh will be a timely addition to the United squad as far as strength in depth in the defensive ranks is concerned. Carlisle signing Keogh this lunchtime after the 22-year old had failed to earn a deal with Doncaster Rovers, where he had been on trial during the summer.
The Harlow-born defender started his career in the Potteries where he came through the Stoke City academy, Keogh spending a loan spell away from the Midlands in Iceland with Knattspyrnufélagið Víkingur in the 2004-05 season. Having not made a first-team appearance for Stoke though the 22-year old was released by the Brittannia Stadium outfit at the end of that campaign.
Keogh was then snapped up by then Bristol City boss Brian Tinnion at Ashton Gate in the summer of 2005, where he made 34 starts and 20 substitute appearances while scoring five goals for the Robins in the process. A regular first-team spot at in-form City was hard to find for Keogh in the last two seasons though and he has also spent loan spells at Wycombe Wanderers and Huddersfield Town.
The versatile defender making two starts and one substitute appearance for the Chairboys in late 2005, and ten starts, while scoring one goal, in his temporary spell with the Terriers before he came to United in November 2007 for his seven match loan spell.
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