Sean Kavanagh

Sean Kavanagh
Personal information
Full name Sean Kavanagh[1]
Date of birth (1994-01-24) 24 January 1994[2]
Place of birth Dublin, Ireland
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)[2]
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
 Fulham
Number 32
Youth career
0000–2011 Belvedere
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011– Fulham 21 (1)
2016 → Mansfield Town (loan) 7 (0)
National team
2014– Republic of Ireland U21 10 (2)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:11, 9 May 2016 (UTC).


Sean Kavanagh (born 24 January 1994) is an Irish footballer who plays for Fulham as a defender.

Career

Fulham

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 0–1 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] After an impressive breakthrough season, and reported interest from Barcelona, Kavanagh signed a new deal keeping him tied down with Fulham until 2018. Kavanagh later said in an interview, "Why would I play with Messi when I can play with Richard Stearman and Shaun Hutchinson?". [7] However, Kavanagh's season was later interrupted when he suffered injuries twice during the season: once with a thigh injury in November[8] and another with a knee injury in January.[9] Despite this, Kavanagh played a role when he provided assist for Ross McCormack[10] and then provided another assist for Matt Smith, in a 1-0 win over Blackpool.[11] Though playing in midfield under the management of Kit Symons, Kavanagh made ninteen appearance and scoring once for the 2014-15 season.

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] It wasn't until on 21 November 2015 when 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] Kavanagh signed on loan for Mansfield Town in League Two on 23 January 2016 until the end of the season.[15] On the same day, Kavanagh made his Mansfield Town debut later, playing in the left-back, in a 2-0 loss against Luton Town.[16] Kavanagh went on to make seven appearance for the club before returning to his club in May 2016.[17]

International Career

Kavanagh has represented Republic of Ireland's U16, U17[3] and U19[18] before representing U21.

Career statistics

As of match played 18 April 2015.
Club statistics
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Fulham 2014–15[19] Championship 171202000211
Career total 171202000211

    Personal Life

    Growing up in Dublin, Ireland, Kavanagh grew up supporting Liverpool and idolised 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.[20]

    References

    1. ↑ "The Football League Limited: Club list of registered players as at 16th May 2015" (PDF). The Football League. 16 May 2015. p. 19. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
    2. 1 2 "Sean Kavanagh". Fulham F.C. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
    3. 1 2 "Through The Ranks". Fulham F.C. 20 March 2012. Archived from the original on 14 June 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
    4. 1 2 "Bittersweet For Kavanagh". Fulham F.C. 21 August 2014. Archived from the original on 14 June 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
    5. ↑ "Fulham 0-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers". BBC Sport. 20 August 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
    6. ↑ "Sean Kavanagh earns Fulham a 1-0 win over Norwich City". Sky Sports. 18 October 2014.
    7. ↑ "Dubliner Sean Kavanagh signs new deal with Fulham". Hearld.ie. 21 January 2015.
    8. ↑ "Fulham star major doubt for Huddersfield clash". Get West London. 7 November 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
    9. ↑ "Fulham duo set to miss Reading clash". Get West London. 16 January 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
    10. ↑ "Fulham 2 Wigan 2: Gary Caldwell secures first point as Latics boss". Sky Sports. 11 April 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
    11. ↑ "Matt Smith earns Fulham crucial 1-0 win at Blackpool". Sky Sports. 18 April 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
    12. ↑ "Fulham defender's loan move on hold until new boss in place". Get West London. 13 November 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
    13. ↑ "MK Dons 1-1 Fulham: Managerless Fulham draw with Dons". Sky Sports. 21 November 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
    14. ↑ "Fulham 1-1 Preston: Ross McCormack earns point for Cottagers". Sky Sports. 28 November 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
    15. ↑ "Sean Kavanagh: Mansfield sign Fulham defender on loan". BBC Sport. 23 January 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
    16. ↑ "Loan Round-Up". Fulham F.C. 25 January 2016. Archived from the original on 14 June 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
    17. ↑ "Stags let loanee Kavanagh leave early". Mansfield and Ashfield Chad. 4 May 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
    18. ↑ "Academy Internationals". Fulham F.C. 12 May 2012. Archived from the original on 14 June 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
    19. ↑ "Games played by Sean Kavanagh in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
    20. ↑ "Fulham defender Kavanagh aims to emulate idol". Get West London. 21 August 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
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