Blackburn Rovers Born in
Derby, Kean started his youth career at
Derby County, before moving to
Blackburn Rovers towards the end of the 2008–09 season. Kean joined
Hartlepool United in September 2010 in a month-long loan deal. This was later extended due to injuries to
Scott Flinders and
Andy Rafferty. Kean made his debut on 18 September in a 0–0 away draw with
Brentford. He kept ten clean sheets during his four-month spell at Victoria Park. Kean signed for
Rochdale on loan for the entire 2011–12 season. His loan was cut short in November when Blackburn recalled him because of an injury to
Paul Robinson. Kean returned to Rovers because of the injury to first-choice Paul Robinson and was back up to
Mark Bunn for a few games, near to the end of the season he was permanently on the bench due to an injury to Bunn. On 13 May, he made his
Premier League debut away to
Chelsea in goal due to injuries to both Robinson and Bunn, this also meant both sides played second-choice goalkeepers with
Ross Turnbull deputising for
Petr Čech in the opposite goal. Blackburn lost the game 2–1 with goals for Chelsea scored by
John Terry and
Raul Meireles and
Yakubu scoring for Rovers. Midway through the
2012–13 Championship season, Kean took over the starting spot from Paul Robinson, keeping three clean sheets in wins over
Derby County,
Bristol City and
Ipswich Town, also playing a key role in Blackburn's shock 1–0 win against
Arsenal in the FA Cup 5th round, keeping a clean sheet and made crucial saves that kept Blackburn in the game. Kean started the
2013–14 season as first-choice until the beginning of December when he lost his first-team place to
Simon Eastwood. Kean slipped further down the pecking order in January with the return from injury of Paul Robinson, who was re-instated as number one. He was left on the sidelines for the most part of the
2014–15 season by Gary Bowyer and left the club by mutual consent on 31 July 2015. Kean joined
Yeovil Town on an initial one-month loan deal on 15 September 2014. On 30 January 2015, Kean joined
Oldham Athletic on loan for the remainder of the season.
Norwich City After being released by Blackburn, Kean signed a two-year contract with newly promoted Premier League side
Norwich City on 1 August 2015. He left the club by mutual consent on 18 July 2016.
Sheffield Wednesday Following his release by Norwich, Kean joined Championship side
Sheffield Wednesday. On 31 December 2016, Kean joined
League Two side
Mansfield Town on loan for the remainder of the season. On 5 January 2018 Kean signed for
Grimsby Town on loan for the rest of the 2017–18 season. His contract was not renewed at the end of his loan spell and was released from Sheffield Wednesday.
Mansfield Town In December 2018, Kean re-joined Mansfield Town on a short-term deal after their first choice goalkeeper,
Bobby Olejnik, suffered an injury. ==Coaching career==