Joe Kavanagh

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Joe Kavanagh
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Personal information
Native name
Seosamh Caomhánach (Irish)
Born (1973-02-27) 27 February 1973 (age 53)
Turners Cross, Cork, Ireland
OccupationElectrician
Height5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Sport
SportGaelic Football
PositionCentre-forward
Club
Years Club Apps (scores)
1990-2010
 Nemo Rangers 78 (19-130)
Club titles
Cork titles 5
Munster titles 5
All-Ireland Titles 2
College
Years College
 Cork RTC
College titles
Sigerson titles 0
Inter-county
Years County Apps (scores)
1992-2002
 Cork 36 (7-61)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 5
All-Irelands 0
NFL 1
All Stars 1

Joe Kavanagh (born 27 February 1973[1]) is an Irish Gaelic football coach and former player. At club level he played with Nemo Rangers and was also a member of the Cork senior football team.

Early life

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Born and raised in Turners Cross, Kavanagh first played Gaelic football as a schoolboy with Coláiste Chríost Rí. He was just 16-years-old when he won a Corn Uí Mhuirí medal after a one-point final defeat of St Brendan's College in 1989.[2] Kavanagh also lined out for Chríost Rí in the subsequent All-Ireland colleges final replay defeat by St Patrick's College.[3] He later played on Cork Regional Technical College's inaugural Sigerson Cup team.

Club career

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Kavanagh began his club career playing in the street leagues at juvenile level with the Nemo Rangers club on the southside of Cork city.[4] He enjoyed a hugely successful underage career and won three successive Cork MAFC titles between 1989 and 1991. Kavanagh's final year in the minor grade also saw him won a Cork U21AFC medal after a defeat of Beara in the final.

By that stage Kavanagh had already joined the club's senior team, having made his debut in a quarter-final replay defeat of Imokilly in 1990. He claimed his first silverware three years later, when Nemo claimed the Cork SFC title after a 0-13 to 0-04 defeat of St Finbarr's in the 1993 final.[5][6] Kavanagh later collected a Munster Club SFC medal before scoring 2-02 in Nemo's defeat of Castlebar Mitchels in the 1994 All-Ireland club final.[7][8]

Kavanagh was a key member of the Nemo Rangers team that won three successive Cork SFC medals from 2000 to 2002.[9][10][11] These were subsequently converted into three successive Munster Club SFC titles, however, Nemo lost back-to-back All-Ireland club finals in 2001 and 2002.[12][13] Kavanagh claimed a second All-Ireland club winners' medal after Nemo's 0-14 to 1-09 defeat of Crossmolina Deel Rovers in the 2003 All-Ireland club final.[14]

Kavanagh won a fifth and final Cork SFC medal after a defeat of Muskerry in 2005.[15] After later winning a fifth provincial medal, he made his final senior appearance in the 2006 All-Ireland club semi-final defeat by St Gall's.[16] Kavanagh continued to line out with Nemo Rangers in the lower grade Cork PIFC, before bringing his 20-year club career to an end with Nemo's junior team in 2010.

Inter-county career

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Kavanagh began a two-year association with the Cork minor team in 1990.[17] He won a Munster MFC after a defeat of Kerry in his second and final season with the team.[18] Kavanagh later scored two points in Cork's 1991 All-Ireland minor final defeat of Mayo.[19] He was still in his last year with the minor team when he began his four-year tenure as a member of Cork's under-21 team.[20] Kavanagh won a Munster U21FC medal in his final year in the grade, before claiming an All-Ireland U21FC medal after a 1-12 to 1-05 defeat of Mayo in the 1994 All-Ireland under-21 final.[21][22]

Kavanagh was just out of the minor grade when he joined the senior team for the 1991–92 league. He made his championship debut in the 1992 Munster semi-final defeat by Kerry.[23] Kavanagh won his first Munster SFC in 1993 after beating Tipperary in the final.[24] He later scored 1-01 in the 1993 All-Ireland final defeat by Derry, but ended the year with an All-Star.[25][26] Kavanagh won further Munster SFC medals in 1994 and 1995 as Cork completed their second-ever three-in-a-row.

A period of Kerry dominance followed, however, Kavanagh claimed his first national silverware with Cork after a defeat of Dublin in the 1999 league final.[27] A fourth Munster SFC followed later that season, however, he was again at centre-forward when Cork suffered a 1-11 to 1-08 defeat by Meath in the 1999 All-Ireland final.[28][29]

Kavanagh served as team captain in 2001. He collected a fifth Munster SFC winners' medal after a defeat of Tipperary in the 2002 Munster final replay.[30] Kavanagh's last game for Cork was a subsequent All-Ireland semi-final defeat by Kerry.[31]

Inter-provincial career

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Kavanagh's performances at inter-county level resulted in a call-up to the Munster inter-provincial team. He spent four years with the team over a five-year period, culminating with the winning of a Railway Cup medal in 1999.[32]

Coaching career

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Kavanagh has been involved in coaching at all levels with Nemo Rangers.[33] He was a selector when the club's senior team beat st Finbarr's to win the Cork SFC title in 2017, before later claiming the Munster Club SFC title.[34][35] Nemo Rangers ended the season by being beaten by Corofin in the 2018 All-Ireland club final.[36]

Honours

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Player

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Coláiste Chríost Rí
Nemo Rangers
Cork
Munster

Management

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Nemo Rangers

References

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