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Seán Kavanagh

Seán Kavanagh (born 20 January 1994) is an Irish footballer who plays for Shamrock Rovers as a defender.

Seán Kavanagh
Personal information
Full name Seán Kavanagh[1]
Date of birth (1994-01-20) 20 January 1994 (age 30)[2]
Place of birth Dublin, Ireland
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Shamrock Rovers
Number 11
Youth career
0000–2011 Belvedere
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2018 Fulham 21 (1)
2016 → Mansfield Town (loan) 7 (0)
2017 → Hartlepool United (loan) 9 (0)
2018– Shamrock Rovers 124 (5)
2020 → Shamrock Rovers II (loan) 2 (0)
International career
2014–2016 Republic of Ireland U21 11 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:20, 17 October 2024 (UTC)

Career

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Fulham

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Born in Dublin, Ireland, Kavanagh started his youth career at Belvedere before joining Fulham in 2011.[3] While making his progress at the club's academy, Kavanagh struggled with injuries, but managed to regain his fitness.[4]

After progressing the club's academy for the past three years, Kavanagh made his first team debut for Fulham in a 1–0 home loss on 20 August 2014 against Wolverhampton Wanderers at Craven Cottage.[5] After the match, Kavanagh told the club's website that his debut for Fulham was a proud moment.[4]

Kavanagh scored his first goal for the club in the 1–0 win over Norwich City.[6] However, Kavanagh's season was later interrupted when he suffered injuries twice during the season: once with a thigh injury in November[7] and another with a knee injury in January.[8] Despite this, Kavanagh played a role when he provided assist for Ross McCormack[9] and then provided another assist for Matt Smith, in a 1–0 win over Blackpool.[10]

After a handful of first team appearances, he signed a contract extension with the club, keeping him until 2018.[11] Though playing in midfield under the management of Kit Symons, Kavanagh made nineteen appearances and scoring once for the 2014–15 season.[citation needed]

In the 2015–16 season, Kavanagh struggled to be in the first team, having spent most of the time being on the substitute bench and was limited even further following the arrivals of James Husband and Luke Garbutt.[12] On 21 November 2015, Kavanagh made his first appearance of the season, playing 90 minutes, in a 1–1 draw against MK Dons.[13] He made another appearance in the next game against Preston North End.[14][15] Kavanagh went on to make seven appearances for the club before returning to his parent club in May 2016.[16]

In the 2016–17 season, Kavanagh featured twice for Fulham, both coming from the EFL Cup.[17] After being told by the club that he would be loaned out, he joined League Two side Hartlepool United until the end of the season.[18] He made his Hartlepool United debut, where he started the whole game, in a 1–0 loss against Grimsby Town on 7 January 2017.[19] Kavanagh then quickly established himself in the starting eleven, playing in the left-back position.[20] However, he suffered injuries that kept him out on two occasions.[21] As a result, his loan spell at Hartlepool United ended on 7 April 2017.[22] His last appearance for Hartlepool United came on 4 March 2017, where he played 39 minutes, in a 3–1 win over Exeter City.[23]

Shamrock Rovers

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After appearing once for Fulham in the 2017–18 season,[24] Kavanagh returned to Republic of Ireland, where he joined Shamrock Rovers for an undisclosed fee.[25] Kavanagh had been set to join Derry City but joined Shamrock Rovers at the last moment.[26] He also said that he took 'unbelievable' pay cut to join the club, saying: "the football here will suit me rather than trying to hang around the lower leagues in England."[27]

Kavanagh made his Shamrock Rovers' debut, starting the whole game, in a 0–0 draw against Dundalk in the opening game of the 2018 League of Ireland Premier Division season.[28] In the next two matches, he scored two goals in two matches, which both matches were a win against Bray Wanderers and Derry City.[29] Since making his debut, Kavanagh quickly established himself in the starting eleven for the side.[30] However, he was sent-off in the 84th minutes for a foul on Billy Dennehy, in a 1–0 win over Limerick.[31] After serving a one match ban, he returned to the first team from suspension, playing 90 minutes, in a 1–0 win over Sligo Rovers on 30 March 2018.[32]

International career

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Kavanagh has represented Republic of Ireland's U16, U17[3] and U19[33] before representing U21.

At the U21 side, Kavanagh was called up for the first time in September 2014.[34] He made his Republic of Ireland U21 debut, where he came on as a substitute in the second-half, in a 4–1 loss against Norway U21 on 9 October 2014.[35] It wasn't until on 4 September 2015 when he scored his first goals, in a 4–1 win over Qatar U23.[36] However, in a 3–1 loss against Lithuania U21 on 13 November 2015, Kavanagh was sent-off in the closing stage of the game for a foul on Deimantas Petravičius.[37] Despite serving a three match suspension, he went on to make 11 appearances and scoring 2 times for the U21 side.

Personal life

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Growing up in Dublin, Ireland, Kavanagh grew up supporting Liverpool and idolized full-back John Arne Riise, who was at Fulham when Kavanagh was at the club's academy. Riise left the club, months before Kavanagh made his Fulham debut.[38]

Career statistics

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As of match played 27 September 2024[39]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Fulham 2014–15[40] Championship 19 1 2 0 2 0 — — 23 1
2015–16[41] Championship 2 0 0 0 0 0 — — 2 0
2016–17[42] Championship 0 0 0 0 2 0 — — 2 0
Total 21 1 2 0 4 0 — — 27 1
Mansfield Town (loan) 2015–16[41] League Two 7 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 7 0
Hartlepool United (loan) 2016–17[42] League Two 9 0 0 0 — — 0 0 9 0
Shamrock Rovers 2018 LOI Premier Division 30 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 33 2
2019 LOI Premier Division 27 3 5 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 37 4
2020 LOI Premier Division 7 0 3 0 — 1 0 — 11 0
2021 LOI Premier Division 11 0 1 0 — 1 0 0 0 13 0
2022 LOI Premier Division 19 0 2 0 — 6 0 0 0 27 0
2023 LOI Premier Division 18 0 1 0 — 3 0 1 0 23 0
2024 LOI Premier Division 12 0 1 0 — 1 0 1 0 15 0
Total 124 5 14 1 1 0 18 0 2 0 159 6
Shamrock Rovers II (loan) 2020 LOI First Division 2 0 — — — — 2 0
Career total 163 6 16 1 5 0 18 0 2 0 204 7

Honours

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Shamrock Rovers

References

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