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Graham Kavanagh
File:Graham Kavanagh.jpg
Kavanagh pictured in 2013
Personal information
Full name Graham Anthony Kavanagh[1]
Date of birth (1973-12-02) 2 December 1973 (age 50)[1]
Place of birth Dublin, Ireland[1]
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1991 Home Farm
1991–1996 Middlesbrough 35 (3)
1994 → Darlington (loan) 5 (0)
1996 → Stoke City (loan) 3 (1)
1996–2001 Stoke City 202 (33)
2001–2005 Cardiff City 142 (28)
2005–2006 Wigan Athletic 48 (0)
2006–2009 Sunderland 14 (1)
2007 → Sheffield Wednesday (loan) 7 (1)
2008 → Sheffield Wednesday (loan) 16 (1)
2008–2009 → Carlisle United (loan) 14 (3)
2009–2012 Carlisle United 50 (4)
Total 536 (75)
International career‡
1992–1993 Republic of Ireland U21 5 (0)
1998–2006 Republic of Ireland 16 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:05, 6 May 2012 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:39, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

Graham Anthony Kavanagh (born 2 December 1973) is a Irish former footballer.

Kavanagh had a 19-year long career and played for Middlesbrough, Stoke City, Cardiff City, Wigan Athletic, Sunderland, Sheffield Wednesday and Carlisle United. He has also played and scored for the Republic of Ireland national football team.[1]

Club career

Kavanagh began his career at Home Farm, before joining Middlesbrough in 1991 but struggled to ever hold down a first team place and was sold to Stoke City in 1996, after a short loan spell at the club, for £250,000. In 1996–97 he made 41 appearances scoring four goals including the final goal at the Victoria Ground against West Bromwich Albion.[1] Kavanagh also had the honour of scoring Stoke's first goal at the Britannia Stadium in a League Cup match against Rochdale. He scored 10 goals in 1997–98 as Stoke suffered relegation to the third tier. In 1998–99 he top-scored with 13 goals as failed mount a sustained promotion challenge under Brian Little in 1998–99.[1] In 1999–2000 Kavanagh scored 10 goals as Stoke reached the play-offs where they lost to Gillingham.[1] He also played and scored in the 2000 Football League Trophy final as Stoke beat Bristol City 2–1. He was again a regular in 2000–01 as Stoke again failed in the play-offs this time losing to Walsall.[1] He left Stoke in the summer of 2001 after making 244 appearances scoring 45 goals.[1]

He joined Cardiff City in July 2001 for £1 million, and went on to score fifteen times in his first season at the club and help them to promotion the following year when they beat Queens Park Rangers in the Second Division play-off final. He scored one of Cardiff's goals as they memorably knocked out then Premiership Leeds United in the FA Cup third round in 2002.[2]

During the 2004–05 season Cardiff chairman Sam Hammam revealed that the club was in serious financial trouble and as such a number of players left the club to attempt to regain losses, including Kavanagh who signed for Wigan Athletic for a fee close to £400,000.[3] Whilst at Wigan he started in the 2006 Football League Cup Final. On 31 August 2006, he signed a three-year deal with Roy Keane's Sunderland for £500,000. During that season he played 14 games, scoring one goal against Leeds,[4] before he was ruled out for the majority of games due to lingering injury problems.

He joined Sheffield Wednesday on 21 September 2007 on a loan deal to regain his fitness[5] where he played seven games, scoring one goal against Watford on 2 October.[6] On 29 December, Leicester City made a bid for Kavanagh, together with Márton Fülöp.[7] However, on 31 January 2008 Kavanagh again joined Wednesday on a loan deal until the end of the season.

Kavanagh joined League One side Carlisle United on a month's loan on 10 October 2008.[8] This loan was extended for a further month on 7 November.[9] It was again extended on 18 December and would expire on 3 January 2009.[10] On 9 January, Kavanagh was released by Sunderland and returned to Carlisle on a permanent basis as a player-coach.[11] In April 2013, Kavanagh continued his post as Assistant Manager at the end of the 2012–13 season, after signing a new one year deal.

International career

Kavanagh has 16 international caps for the Republic of Ireland, the last of which he picked up on 16 August 2006 against the Netherlands.

Career statistics

Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other[A] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Middlesbrough 1992–93 Premier League 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1993–94 First Division 11 2 1 1 1 0 4 0 17 3
1994–95 First Division 7 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 10 0
1995–96 Premier League 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1
Total 35 3 4 1 1 0 6 0 46 4
Darlington (loan) 1993–94 Third Division 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Total 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Stoke City 1996–97 First Division 38 4 1 0 2 0 0 0 41 4
1997–98 First Division 43 5 0 0 5 5 0 0 48 10
1998–99 Second Division 36 11 2 0 2 1 2 1 42 13
1999–2000 Second Division 45 7 1 0 4 1 9 2 59 10
2000–01 Second Division 43 7 2 0 5 0 4 1 54 8
Total 205 34 6 0 18 7 15 4 244 45
Cardiff City 2001–02 Second Division 41 13 4 2 1 0 2 0 48 15
2002–03 Second Division 43 5 4 1 2 0 3 0 52 5
2003–04 First Division 30 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 32 7
2004–05 Championship 28 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 32 3
Total 142 28 11 3 5 0 5 0 164 34
Wigan Athletic 2004–05 Championship 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
2005–06 Premier League 35 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 42 0
2006–07 Premier League 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Total 48 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 55 0
Sunderland 2006–07 Championship 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 1
Total 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 1
Sheffield Wednesday (loan) 2007–08 Championship 23 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 25 2
Total 23 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 25 2
Carlisle United 2008–09 League One 34 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 36 6
2009–10 League One 29 2 4 0 1 0 5 3 39 5
2010–11 League One 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Total 64 7 7 1 1 0 5 3 77 11
Career Total 536 75 31 5 31 7 31 7 629 94
A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Anglo-Italian Cup, Football League play-offs, and Football League Trophy.

Honours

With Stoke City

With Cardiff City

With Wigan Athletic

With Sunderland

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Stoke City 101 Golden Greats. Desert Islands Books. 2002. ISBN 1-874287554.
  2. ^ "Cardiff stun Leeds". BBC Sport. 6 January 2002. Retrieved 6 September 1309. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  3. ^ "Wigan complete Kavanagh signing". BBC Sport. 4 March 2005. Retrieved 21 September 2007.
  4. ^ "Leeds 0–3 Sunderland". BBC Sport. 13 September 2006. Retrieved 6 September 2009.
  5. ^ "Owls sign Kavanagh on loan deal". BBC Sport. 21 September 2007. Retrieved 21 September 2007.
  6. ^ "Watford 2–1 Sheff Wed". BBC Sport. 2 October 2007. Retrieved 6 September 2009.
  7. ^ "Leicester bid for Sunderland pair". BBC Sport. 29 December 2007. Retrieved 30 December 2007.
  8. ^ "Kavanagh eager to prove his worth". BBC Sport. 14 October 2008. Retrieved 17 November 2008.
  9. ^ "Kavanagh extends Carlisle spell". BBC Sport. 7 November 2008. Retrieved 17 November 2008.
  10. ^ "Carlisle agree Kavanagh extension". BBC Sport. 18 December 2008. Retrieved 31 December 2008.
  11. ^ "Kavanagh takes up Carlisle role" BBC Sport Retrieved on 9 January 2009
Sporting positions
Preceded by Cardiff City Captain
2001–2005 		Succeeded by

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