Sean Kavanagh

Fulham

Born in Dublin, Ireland, Kavanagh started his youth career at Belvedere before joining Fulham in 2011. While making his progress at the club's academy, Kavanagh struggled with injuries, but managed to regain his fitness. After progressing the club's academy for the past three years, Kavanagh made his first team debut for Fulham in a 1–0 home loss on 20 August 2014 against Wolverhampton Wanderers at Craven Cottage. After the match, Kavanagh told the club's website that his debut for Fulham was a proud moment. Kavanagh scored his first goal for the club in the 1–0 win over Norwich City. However, Kavanagh's season was later interrupted when he suffered injuries twice during the season: once with a thigh injury in November and another with a knee injury in January. Despite this, Kavanagh played a role when he provided assist for Ross McCormack and then provided another assist for Matt Smith, in a 1–0 win over Blackpool. After a handful of first team appearances, he signed a contract extension with the club, keeping him until 2018. Though playing in midfield under the management of Kit Symons, Kavanagh made nineteen appearances 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. On 21 November 2015, Kavanagh made his first appearance of the season, playing 90…

Kavanagh has represented Republic of Ireland's U16, U17 and U19 before representing U21. At the U21 side, Kavanagh was called up for the first time in September 2014. He made his Republic of Ireland U21 debut, where he came on as a substitute in the second-half, in a 4–1 loss against Norway U21 on 9 October 2014. It wasn't until on 4 September 2015 when he scored his first goals, in a 4–1 win over Qatar U23. However, in a 3–1 loss against Lithuania U21 on 13 November 2015, Kavanagh was sent-off in the closing stage of the game for a foul on Deimantas Petravičius. Despite serving a three match suspension, he went on to make 11 appearances and scoring 2 times for the U21 side.

Growing up in Dublin, Ireland, Kavanagh grew up supporting Liverpool and idolized 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.

Shamrock Rovers

League of Ireland Premier Division: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 FAI Cup: 2019 President of Ireland's Cup: 2022, 2024