Owen Garvan
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Owen Garvan | ||
| Date of birth | 29 January 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Crystal Palace | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1999–2004 | Home Farm | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2010 | Ipswich Town | 163 | (13) |
| 2010– | Crystal Palace | 68 | (10) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2007–2009 | Republic of Ireland U21 | 16 | (5) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 December 2012 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 August 2010 (UTC) | |||
Owen Garvan (born 29 January 1988 in Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish footballer who currently plays for Crystal Palace. He previously played for the Irish schoolboy team Home Farm, before moving to England to join Ipswich Town. Garvan plays as a central midfielder.
Family
Garvan comes from a notable Irish footballing family. His maternal grandfather, Con Martin, was an international during the 1940s and 1950s and captained both Ireland teams – the FAI XI and the IFA XI. His uncle, Mick Martin, also played for both the Republic of Ireland and Manchester United. Another uncle Con Martin Jr. and his own father, Gerry Garvan, both played in the League of Ireland.[1]
Playing career
Home Farm
Garvan was a member of the Home Farm U-14s team that played in the Dublin and District Schoolboy League. The team, which was coached by his father Gerry, went unbeaten for three years between 1999 and 2002. Along the way they won the Schoolboys FAI Cup twice. [2] [3] Garvan is just one of several players in the team who have since gone on to bigger things. Darren O'Dea, Diarmuid O'Carroll, Gary Walsh and Gareth Christie were all offered contracts by Celtic, while goalkeeper Shane Supple and defender Michael Synnott, like Garvan, were recruited by Ipswich Town. Another member of the team Chris McCann signed for Burnley.[4]
Ipswich Town
Garvan turned down offers from Celtic, Fulham and Nottingham Forest before joining Ipswich Town in November 2004. He subsequently became a regular in the Town team that won the FA Youth Cup in 2005. However he missed the second leg of final against Southampton after being rushed to hospital with a virus on the eve of the game. He made his senior debut for Town against Cardiff City on August 6, 2005 and during his debut season with the senior team, 2005–06, he made 31 league appearances and scored 3 goals. During the 2006–07 season he made a further 27 league appearances and scored 1 further goal.[5][6][7] During the 2007–08 season, Garvan formed a good partnership with Tommy Miller and scored three goals. However he eventually fell out of the side under Roy Keane's management, and became a fringe player.
Crystal Palace
Garvan moved to Crystal Palace in August 2010 for £250,000. He scored his first goal for Crystal Palace in a 4–3 defeat at Preston North End on 23 October 2010.[8] Garvan often played in the first half of the 2010-11 season, but with Palace playing poor in the league. The new manager Dougie Freedman used Garvan as a bench option. Palace managed to stay up at the end of the season.
Irish international
Garvan made his debut for the Republic of Ireland U21s on September 7, 2007 in a 2–0 defeat against Portugal U21 at Turner's Cross. This game was a European Under-21 Championship qualifier [9] He has previously represented the Republic at U15, U17 and U19 levels. Since his U21 debut he has also played in a friendly against Sweden U21 on October 12, 2007, which the Republic won 3–2, and in another qualifier against England U21 on October 16, 2007 which ended in 3–0 defeat. He was also included by Giovanni Trapattoni in his first senior squad as the Republic manager.
Club statistics
| Season | Club | Division | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Play-Offs | Total | Discipline | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists |  |
| |||
| 2005–06 | Ipswich Town | Championship | 32 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 34 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| 2006–07 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 29 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | ||
| 2007–08 | 43 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 45 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2008–09 | 37 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 39 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2009–10 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 28 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | 164 | 13 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 175 | 15 | 19 | 23 | 1 | ||
| 2010–11 | Crystal Palace | Championship | 26 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 28 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2011–12 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2012–13 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 22 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 68 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 73 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Career Total | 232 | 22 | 27 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 248 | 24 | 27 | 26 | 2 | ||
Honours
- Ipswich Town
- FA Youth Cup
- Winners 2005: 1
References
External links
- Owen Garvan at Soccerbase
- 1988 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Dublin (city)
- Association football midfielders
- Republic of Ireland association footballers
- Republic of Ireland under-21 international footballers
- Republic of Ireland expatriate association footballers
- Expatriate footballers in England
- Home Farm F.C. players
- Crystal Palace F.C. players
- Ipswich Town F.C. players
- The Football League players