Two-time Ballon d'Or winner and ex-Man City boss Kevin Keegan dies aged 75

Football has lost another legend.

Six months after his family announced he had been diagnosed with stage-four cancer, Kevin Keegan lost his battle with this serious illness at the age of 75.

He made his first steps in professional football at Scunthorpe United, whose academy he came through, though his most prominent period was the one that followed, at Anfield.

Keegan played for Liverpool between 1971 and 1977, making 322 appearances, scoring 100 goals, and providing 88 assists. He won nine trophies during his six-year spell with the Reds, including three league trophies, an FA Cup, a European Cup, and two UEFA Cups.

Individually, the man from Doncaster was the most successful at Hamburger SV, where he won back-to-back Ballon d'Or awards in 1978 and 1979.

Following his spell in Germany, Keegan returned to England, where he played for Southampton and Newcastle, before ending his career in the Australian club Blacktown City.

For the Three Lions, he made 63 appearances and scored 21 goals.

Seven years after hanging up the boots, in 1992, Keegan embarked on a coaching career, though it wasn't as successful as his playing days.

He had two spells in charge of Newcastle United, with his greatest managerial achievement being promotion to the Premier League by winning England's second flight in 1992/93, a feat he repeated with Manchester City nine years later.

In addition to the Magpies and the Cityzens, Keegan also coached Fulham - guiding them to the third-tier title in 1999 - and briefly the England national team, spending 18 games in charge. He was named the Premier League Manager of the Month five times.

He finished his coaching career in 2008 and afterward occasionally worked as a pundit.

Kevin Keegan won countless battles on the football pitch, but cancer proved to be the one opponent he could not overcome.

Rest in peace, legend. Football fans will never forget you.