Owen Garvan

Owen Garvan (born January 29, 1988 in Dublin) is an Irish footballer who plays for Ipswich Town in the Championship. Garvan got a taste of the first team in the 2004/05 season, after being named as a substitute against Brighton. In the season of 2005/06 he made his first team debut and went on to gain 31 appearances. He is now considered a key member of the Ipswich first team, and is very highly rated, by staff and fans alike. He operates in the center of the park and he has been dubbed the Steven Gerrard of the future. Newspaper rumours linked Garvan with moves to Everton F.C and Charlton Athletic. If a valuation was appropiate he is woth approximately £1 million to Ipswich Town. He has been capped at various youth level for Ireland, but hasn't been capped by the senior Ireland squad, but Sir Bobby Robson has seen him play on a couple of occasions and has been impressed by what he has seen.

Garvan was also an intellectual player for the youth side of Ipswich Town. He was used reguarly in Town's Youth F.A Cup success in the season of 2004/05, but missed the decisive second leg of the final against Southampton due to injury.