Gavin Kilkenny

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Gavin Kilkenny
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Kilkenny with AFC Bournemouth in 2021
Personal information
Full name Gavin Kilkenny [1]
Date of birth (2000-02-01) 1 February 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Dublin, Ireland
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) [2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Fleetwood Town
(on loan from AFC Bournemouth)
Number 8
Youth career
–2016 St Kevin's Boys
2016–2019 AFC Bournemouth
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019– AFC Bournemouth 15 (0)
2022–2023 → Stoke City (loan) 3 (0)
2023 → Charlton Athletic (loan) 8 (0)
2024 → Fleetwood Town (loan) 10 (1)
International career
2017 Republic of Ireland U18 3 (0)
2019–2022 Republic of Ireland U21 20 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:10, 16 March 2024 (UTC)

Gavin Kilkenny (born 1 February 2000) is an Irish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Fleetwood Town, on loan from AFC Bournemouth. [3]

Contents

Club career

Early life

Raised in Beaumont, a suburb of northern Dublin, Kilkenny started out his footballing career at St Kevin's Boys, a schoolboy team with several notable graduates, such as Damien Duff, Jeff Hendrick, Dara O'Shea, Robbie Brady and Ian Harte. Kilkenny left home at the age of 16 to join AFC Bournemouth, having excelled as a youngster at Gaelic football and hurling. [4]

AFC Bournemouth

Kilkenny joined AFC Bournemouth at the age of sixteen. He moved into the club's under-21 squad after serving a two-year scholarship in the under-18s and was quickly elevated to the first team in the summer of 2019, having signed his first professional contract in April 2018. [4] Kilkenny starred and scored in an impressive 3–0 pre-season friendly win over Lyon, being named man of the match. [5] He made his debut for the club starting in a 0–0 draw against Forest Green Rovers in the EFL Cup on 28 August 2019. [6] He then appeared in the following round, starting in a 2–0 away loss to Burton Albion. [7]

Kilkenny made his first appearance of the 2023-2024 season for Bournemouth in their 5-0 FA Cup defeat of Swansea on 25 January 2024, when he came on as a 57th minute substitute for the injured James Hill. [8]

Stoke City (loan)

On 2 July 2022, Kilkenny joined Stoke City on loan for the 2022–23 season. [9]

Charlton Athletic (loan)

On the 31st January 2023, Kilkenny joined Charlton Athletic on loan for the rest of the 2022–23 season. [10]

Fleetwood Town (loan)

On the 1st February 2024, Kilkenny joined Fleetwood Town on loan for the rest of the 2023–24 season. [11]

International career

Kilkenny is a youth international for the Republic of Ireland, having experience playing in the U18s squads and the U21s.

Career statistics

As of match played 16 March 2024
ClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
AFC Bournemouth 2019–20 [12] Premier League 000020—20
2020–21 [13] Championship 102010—40
2021–22 [14] Championship1402020—180
2022–23 [15] Premier League000000—00
2023–24 [16] Premier League001000—10
Total150505000250
Stoke City (loan) 2022–23 [15] Championship300010—40
Charlton Athletic (loan) 2022–23 [15] League One 80———80
Fleetwood Town (loan) 2023–24 [16] League One 101———101
Career total361506000471

Honours

AFC Bournemouth

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References

  1. ↑ "Notification of shirt numbers: AFC Bournemouth" (PDF). English Football League. p. 2. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  2. ↑ "Gavin Kilkenny". AFC Bournemouth. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  3. ↑ Gavin Kilkenny at Soccerway
  4. 1 2 "Gavin Kilkenny". AFC Bournemouth. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  5. ↑ "Feature: From Nandos and Love Island to scoring against Lyon". AFC Bournemouth. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  6. ↑ "AFC Bournemouth 0–0 Forest Green Rovers". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  7. ↑ "Burton Albion 2–0 AFC Bournemouth". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  8. ↑ "Bournemouth 5-0 Swansea: Five-goal Cherries hammer Swans to reach FA Cup fifth round". BBC Sport. 25 January 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  9. ↑ "Gavin Kilkenny: AFC Bournemouth loan midfielder to Stoke City". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  10. ↑ "DONE DEAL: GAVIN KILKENNY IS AN ADDICK". Charlton Athletic Official Site. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  11. ↑ "Midfielder Gavin Kilkenny joins on loan from AFC Bournemouth". Fleetwood Town Official Site. 2 February 2024. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
  12. ↑ "Games played by Gavin Kilkenny in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  13. ↑ "Games played by Gavin Kilkenny in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  14. ↑ "Games played by Gavin Kilkenny in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  15. 1 2 3 "Games played by Gavin Kilkenny in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  16. 1 2 "Games played by Gavin Kilkenny in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  17. ↑ "AFC Bournemouth 1–0 Nottingham Forest". BBC Sport. 3 May 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
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