Aaron Flahavan
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Aaron Adam Flahavan | ||
Date of birth | 15 December 1975 | ||
Place of birth | Southampton, England | ||
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Place of death | Bournemouth, England | ||
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Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Youth career | |||
1992–1994 | Southampton | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1994–2001 | Portsmouth | 93 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Aaron Adam Flahavan (15 December 1975 – 5 August 2001) was an English football goalkeeper who played for Portsmouth.
Life and career
Flahavan played for the Southampton youth team[1] before turning professional with Portsmouth at age 18 in 1994. He had to wait until 1996 before making his first-team debut as he was understudy to long-serving Alan Knight.
In the late 1990s, Flahavan gradually began receiving increased playing time, and became the team's first-choice goalkeeper. Overall, he played 105 first-team matches for Portsmouth.
Flahavan twice had blackouts during matches; the first was attributed to a virus, and the second to a drop in his blood pressure.[2][3]
Death
Flahavan died in a car accident near Bournemouth in August 2001.[4] An inquest heard that Flahavan died as a result of a fractured skull, and his blood alcohol level was nearly three times over the legal limit when he lost control of his BMW sports car.[1]
Following his death, Portsmouth and Southampton retired his number 1 jersey for the 2001–02 season as a mark of respect.[5]
Family
Flahavan's younger brother, Darryl, is also a goalkeeper, and played for Championship club Bournemouth from June 2011 until May 2015. Darryl has a son named Aaron in memory of his brother.
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External links
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