Aaron Flahavan

Aaron Adam Flahavan (* December 15, 1975 in Southampton, † August 5, 2001 in Bournemouth ) was an English football goalkeeper. His younger brother Darryl (* 1978 ) is also in professional football goalkeeper.

Career

Aaron Flahavan played during his school days for Southampton FC and joined the 18 -year-old local rivals Portsmouth FC at. In February 1994, he was at Portsmouth a professional contract and arrived on January 28, 1995 in Fourth Round of the FA Cup game against Leicester City on his competitive debut when he 20 minutes before the end of the game of the field referenced Alan Knight replaced. After he had remained in the 1995/96 season without obligation Stakes, he raced in the second division 1996/97 season as first-choice goalkeeper of the club. At the turn of 1996/1997 he lost his place in goal for experienced Knight, as a distinct form of loss was recognized. In the following season, there was Flahavan, who had good reflexes and an outstanding penalty area, with Knight in the competition and came both from season start to October and again in February, as he cemented his place in goal with four consecutive games without conceding a goal, used.

At the beginning of the 1998/99 season he was still first-choice goalkeeper, but again ensured power fluctuations that he supplanted by Knight in October and later on-loan Andy Petterson was preferred to him. On his return into the net in February 1999 he broke against Swindon Town in a collision with Iffy Onuora several ribs and the jaw and fell to season end. Flahavan suffered probably at Narcolepsy, he broke out on September 12, 1998 in a 5-2 win against Swindon without any external assistance during the game suddenly collapsed, the game ended but, about a year later occurred in a League Cup pairing against Blackburn Rovers again such an incident. Also due to its collapse against Blackburn he came early in the season 1999/2000 hardly used, with a coaching change by Alan Ball to Tony Pulis to the year change was with Russell Hoult also committed to a new goalie who got the nod for the remainder of the season. Only after Hoult was sold to West Bromwich Albion in January 2001, Flahavan returned to the port of Portsmouth and belonged to the end of the season for the core team that just as in previous years, secured the league in the First Division.

In the early morning hours of August 5, 2001 accident Flahavan deadly when he at high speed, lost control of his car near Bournemouth under heavy influence of alcohol (2.2 per thousand ). Overall, he had played 106 appearances for Portsmouth, both of Portsmouth and the Southampton FC forgave him honor not the jersey with the number 1 back for the season 2001 /02.