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Dylan Gavin
Personal information
Full name Dylan John Gavin[1]
Date of birth (2003-01-16) 16 January 2003 (age 21)
Place of birth Athlone, Ireland
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
2016–2017 Athlone Town
2017–2020 Charlton Athletic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2023 Charlton Athletic 0 (0)
2022 → Billericay Town (loan) 16 (6)
2022–2023 → Tonbridge Angels (loan) 12 (2)
2023 → Welling United (loan) 5 (0)
2023 → Dulwich Hamlet (loan) 4 (0)
2023 → Welling United (loan) 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:00, 10 May (UTC)

Dylan John Gavin (born 16 January 2003) is an Irish footballer who plays as a striker. He is currently a free agent.

Career

Early career

Gavin started his schoolboy football days in Ireland, with Athlonetown club St Peters FC. At the age of 14, he moved to St Francis; both clubs playing in the Athlone district schoolboy/girls league. It was at this time Dylan was selected for the Athlone District Emerging Talent Programe (E.T.P.), this allowed for his selection into the Athlone Schoolboys Kennedy cup team.

Gavin was also a very talented Gealic football player and played his club football at Athlone GAA. Whilst playing Gaelic football with local secondary school The Marist Collage, Dylan went on to win a junior Leinster GAA schools title.

Coming to the end of his time at local school football. Dylan made his move to the Airtricity League of Ireland with Athlone Town In the 2016/17 season he went on to win the Airtricity League of Ireland title at under 15 against St Patrick's Athletic F.C. Gavin scored a rebound from the penalty spot to equalize at 1-1 and went on to score the winner in the last minute of the game earning himself Man of the match and a major junior title with Athlone Town FC. He was now developing a serious eye for the goal and proven to have great power and accuracy when it came to free-kicks.

Charlton Athletic

Gavin was capped for the Republic of Ireland national football team under 16s but great interest in the young man came in from London side Charlton Athletic.

Due to strong interest in what Charlton Athletic had to offer. Dylan departed Athlone Town for a two-year scholarship with Charlton. Throughout his early days he made a very good impression and with his great vision, strength and proven scoring ability he became a regular name on the score sheet for the club at youth level. In 2021, Dylan was offered his first Professional contract with the Charlton Athletic Academy professional player development.

He made his debut for Charlton Athletic on 10 November 2020 in a 3–1 EFL Trophy victory over Leyton Orient coming on as a second-half substitute.[2]

On 13 May 2023, it was announced that Gavin would leave the club when his contract expired in June.[3]

Billericay Town (loan)

On 21 January 2022, Gavin joined non-league Billericay Town on a one month loan.[4]

On 22 February 2022, it was confirmed that Gavin's loan had been extended for a further month.[5]

On 24 March 2022, it was confirmed that Gavin's loan had been extended until the end of the season.[6]

On 12 April 2022, Gavin scored the winning goal for Billericay Town in the Essex Senior Cup final giving his side a 1-0 victory over Bowers & Pitsea.[7]

Tonbridge Angels (loan)

On 19 August 2022, Gavin joined his second non-league side, Tonbridge Angels, until January 2023.[8]

Welling United (loan)

On 14 January 2023, Gavin joined his third non-league side by signing for Welling United until 11 February 2023.[9]

Dulwich Hamlet (loan)

On 21 February 2023, Gavin joined his fourth non-league side by signing for Dulwich Hamlet until 20 March 2023.[10]

Welling United (second loan)

On 24 March 2023, Gavin re-joined Welling United for his fifth non-league loan.[11]

Career statistics

As of match played 10 April 2023[12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Charlton Athletic 2020–21 League One 0 0 0 0 0 0 1[a] 0 1 0
2021–22 League One 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022–23 League One 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Charlton Athletic total 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Billericay Town (loan) 2021–22 National League South 16 6 — — 2[b] 3 18 9
Tonbridge Angels (loan) 2022–23 National League South 12 2 0 0 — 1[c] 0 13 2
Welling United (loan) 2022–23 National League South 5 0 — — — 5 0
Dulwich Hamlet (loan) 2022–23 National League South 4 0 — — — 4 0
Welling United (loan) 2022–23 National League South 4 0 — — — 4 0
Career total 41 8 0 0 0 0 4 3 45 11
  1. ^ One appearance in the EFL Trophy
  2. ^ Two appearances in the Essex Senior Cup
  3. ^ One appearance in the FA Trophy

Honours

Billericay Town

Charlton Athletic U21s

References

  1. ^ "Club list of registered players: As at 23rd June 2020: Charlton Athletic" (PDF). 23 June 2020. p. 9. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  2. ^ "PAPA JOHN'S TROPHY REPORT : Charlton 3 Leyton Orient 1". www.cafc.co.uk. Charlton Athletic Official Website. 10 November 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  3. ^ "RETAINED LIST : SQUAD UPDATE". Charlton Athletic Official Site. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
  4. ^ "Squad Update! And finally, please welcome Dylan Gavin! The forward joins from @CAFCofficial on a 1-month loan". Billericay Town Official Twitter Feed. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  5. ^ "We're delighted to announce the extension of Dylan Gavin's loan from @CAFCofficial for another month!". Billericay Town Official Twitter Feed. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  6. ^ "We're delighted to confirm that @dylan_gavin9's loan from Charlton has been extended until the end of the season!". Billericay Town Official Twitter Feed. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  7. ^ "Gavin screamer sees Billericay beat Bowers in Essex Senior Cup final". Yahoo Sport. 12 April 2022. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
  8. ^ "DYLAN GAVIN JOINS TONBRIDGE ANGELS ON LOAN". Charlton Athletic Official Site. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  9. ^ "DYLAN GAVIN JOINS WELLING ON LOAN". Charlton Athletic Official Site. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
  10. ^ "DYLAN GAVIN JOINS DULWICH HAMLET ON LOAN". Charlton Athletic Official Site. 21 February 2023. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  11. ^ "DYLAN GAVIN REJOINS WELLING UNITED ON LOAN". Charlton Athletic Official Site. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  12. ^ Dylan Gavin at Soccerway. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  13. ^ "BLUES LIFT ESSEX SENIOR CUP". Billericay Town official site. 12 April 2022. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
  14. ^ "U21S WIN LONDON SENIOR CUP". Charlton Athletic official site. 2 May 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2023.

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