Graham Kavanagh

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Personal information
Graham Kavanagh
Full name	Graham Kavanagh
Date of birth	02/12/1973
Place of birth	Dublin, Ireland
Nickname	Kav
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Sunderland
Number	28
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1990-1991 1991-1996 1996 1996-2001 2001-2005 2005-2006 2006-	Home Farm Middlesbrough → Stoke City (loan) Stoke City Cardiff City Wigan Athletic Sunderland	000 0(0) 035 0(3) 003 0(1) 202 (33) 142 (28) 048 0(0) 014 0(1)
National team²
1998-	Ireland	016 0(1)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:35, 2 January 2007 (UTC). ² National team caps and goals correct as of 16/09/2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Graham Kavanagh (born December 2, 1973 in Dublin) is an Irish international football player for Sunderland, having also played for Home Farm F.C., Middlesbrough, Stoke City and Wigan Athletic.

Kavanagh is well known for his hard tackling abilities as well as being able to add a creative dimension to his play. Nicknamed the 'Silver Fox' he has recently operated in a holding central midfield role, a slight contrast to his previous role at Cardiff, where he operated a more advanced attacking role as well as being club captain. He currently has 16 Irish caps the last of which he picked up on 16/08/2006 against Holland. He suffered an international exile between May 1999 and November 2003 but he is now seen to occupy an important role in future plans for a post Roy Keane Ireland midfield. On 31st August 2006, he signed a 3-year deal with Keane's Sunderland for £500,000.

[edit] External links

Graham Kavanagh career stats at Soccerbase

Sunderland A.F.C. - Current Squad
2 Wright \| 3 Simpson \| 4 Evans \| 5 Cunningham \| 7 Edwards \| 8 Whitehead \| 9 Stokes \| 10 Elliott \| 11 Murphy \| 12 Nosworthy \| 13 Ward \| 14 T. Miller \| 15 Collins \| 16 Hysén \| 17 Welsh \| 18 Mocquet \| 19 Arnau \| 20 John \| 22 Clarke \| 23 Leadbitter \| 24 Carson \| 27 Varga \| 28 Kavanagh \| 29 Hartley \| 30 Richardson \| 31 Connolly \| 32 Fülöp \| 33 Wallace \| 34 Yorke \| 36 L. Miller \| Manager: Keane