Darryl Flahavan

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Darryl Flahavan
Personal information
Full name	Darryl James Flahavan
Date of birth	November 28, 1978 (age 28)
Place of birth	Southampton, England
Height	5 ft 11 in
Nickname	Flavs
Position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Southend United
Number	1
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1996-1998 1998-2000 2000-	Southampton Woking Southend United	0 (0) 33 (0) 229 (0)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 01/10/2006.

Darryl James Flahavan [fla-haa-van] (born 28 November 1978 in Southampton) is an English football goalkeeper who currently plays for Southend United F.C.. He is renowned as one of the best goalkeepers in The Football League, winning the PFA League One player of the year and was named in the League One Team of the Year in 2005-06; he was also named Southend United Player's Player of the year in 2005-06. Though relatively short for a goalkeeper at 5'11", he makes up for this with his bravery, agility and suberb reflexes.

Flahavan began his career at Southampton, where he failed to break through to the first team. He was released by the Saints in 1998, and went on to make his name with Conference side Woking. He was signed by Southend in October 2000, and has played more than 250 games for the Shrimpers.

He is contracted to play for Southend United until 2008.

His older brother Aaron was also a professional goalkeeper, playing for Portsmouth before being killed in a car crash in 2001.

Southend United F.C. - Current Squad
1 Flahavan | 2 Francis | 3 Wilson | 4 Hunt | 5 Prior | 6 Barrett | 7 Gower | 8 Maher | 10 Eastwood | 11 Cole | 12 Bradbury | 13 Collis | 15 Clarke | 16 Sodje | 17 Campbell-Ryce | 18 Hammell | 19 Paynter | 20 Lawson | 21 Hooper | 24 Harrold | 25 Moussa | 26 McCormack | 27 Arnau | Manager: Tilson