| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Darryl James Flahavan | ||
| Date of birth | 28 November 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | Southampton, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Bournemouth | ||
| Number | 23 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Southampton | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1996–1998 | Southampton | 0 | (0) |
| 1998–2000 | Woking | 43 | (0) |
| 2000–2008 | Southend United | 296 | (0) |
| 2008–2010 | Crystal Palace | 2 | (0) |
| 2009 | → Leeds United (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2009 | → Oldham Athletic (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2010 | → Oldham Athletic (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Portsmouth | 0 | (0) |
| 2011– | Bournemouth | 12 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:08, 9 October 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Darryl James Flahavan [fla-haa-van] (born 28 November 1978) is an English footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bournemouth. He most recently played for Portsmouth. He has spent most of his career 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.
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Flahavan began his career at Southampton, where he failed to break through to the first team.[1] 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. Flahavan played for Southend during two spells and in total made 328 appearances for the club. Flahavan put in a man of the match display against Manchester United in the League Cup on 7 November 2006, making a string of saves. Southend won the game 1–0 with a Freddy Eastwood free kick.
Flahavan signed for Championship side Crystal Palace in early July 2008 on a Bosman ruling free transfer, signing a three year contract to be understudy to first-choice goalkeeper Julián Speroni. He rejected Southend's offer of a one year deal. Flahavan made his debut in Palace's 2–1 League Cup win over Hereford United in August 2008. Flahavan also played in the next round against Leeds United, but Palace lost the game 4–0. Flahavan's only league appearance of that season came against Cardiff City and despite saving a penalty, Palace lost the game 2–1. The following season saw Flahavan remain at the club despite speculation linking him with a move away, and he made a first home league appearance for the Eagles in the 0–2 home defeat to Newcastle United, with Speroni ruled out through injury. This proved to be his last appearance for the Eagles, however.
On 26 March 2009, he joined Leeds United on loan until the end of the 2008–09 season. Leeds United had goalkeepers Casper Ankergren, David Lucas and Alan Martin already at the club. Flahavan did not make an appearance.
Oldham Athletic signed Flahavan on a month emergency loan. Flahavan made his Oldham debut in the FA Cup loss against his former club Leeds United. His loan was later extended until the end of the season, when his contract at Palace was due to expire. He was not offered a new deal by new manager George Burley.
On 8 August 2010, Flahavan started training with Portsmouth ahead of a possible move to the club his older brother Aaron played for. On 27 August, Portsmouth signed Flahavan on a one month deal. He was given the number 37 jersey.[2] Flahavan signed a new one-month deal at Fratton Park on 23 September[3] and then did so again on 26 October.[4] He later extended his contract until the end of the season. Flahavan did not play a single match in the 2010-11 season, as Jamie Ashdown played the full 90 minutes in all 50 of Portsmouth's matches. He was released upon the expiration of his contract in June.
On 28 June 2011, Flahavan signed a one year deal with Bournemouth with a further one year extension in the club's favour.[5]
Flahavan's older brother Aaron was also a professional football goalkeeper. He played for Portsmouth before being killed in a car crash in 2001. Darryl has a son named Aaron in memory of his brother.
| Club | Season | League | Cup[6] | Play-offs | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Woking | 1998–99 | 13 | 0 | - | - | 13 | 0 | ||
| Woking | 1999–00 | 24 | 0 | - | - | 24 | 0 | ||
| Woking | 2000–01 | 6 | 0 | - | - | 6 | 0 | ||
| Total | 1998–2001 | 43 | 0 | - | - | 43 | 0 | ||
| Southend United | 2000–01 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | 33 | 0 | |
| Southend United | 2001–02 | 41 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | 46 | 0 | |
| Southend United | 2002–03 | 41 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | 46 | 0 | |
| Southend United | 2003–04 | 37 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | 42 | 0 | |
| Southend United | 2004–05 | 31 | 0 | - | - | 31 | 0 | ||
| Southend United | 2005–06 | 43 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | 45 | 0 | |
| Southend United | 2006–07 | 46 | 0 | 8 | 0 | - | 54 | 0 | |
| Southend United | 2007–08 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| Total | 2000–2008 | 294 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 328 | 0 |
| Crystal Palace | 2008–09 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | |
| Crystal Palace | 2009–10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 2008–2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | 4 | 0 | |
| Leeds United (loan) | 2008–09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| Oldham Athletic (loan) | 2009–10 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 8 | 0 | |
| Total | 2009 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 8 | 0 | |
| Portsmouth | 2010–11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 2010-2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| Career totals | 346 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 383 | 0 | |
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