| Dylan Gavin | |
| Fullname: | Dylan John Gavin[1] |
| Birth Date: | 16 January 2003 |
| Birth Place: | Athlone, Ireland |
| Position: | Striker |
| Currentclub: | Elgin City |
| Youthyears1: | 2016–2017 |
| Youthclubs1: | Athlone Town |
| Youthyears2: | 2017–2020 |
| Youthclubs2: | Charlton Athletic |
| Years1: | 2020–2023 |
| Clubs1: | Charlton Athletic |
| Caps1: | 0 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2022 |
| Clubs2: | → Billericay Town (loan) |
| Caps2: | 16 |
| Goals2: | 6 |
| Years3: | 2022–2023 |
| Clubs3: | → Tonbridge Angels (loan) |
| Caps3: | 12 |
| Goals3: | 2 |
| Years4: | 2023 |
| Clubs4: | → Welling United (loan) |
| Caps4: | 5 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2023 |
| Clubs5: | → Dulwich Hamlet (loan) |
| Caps5: | 4 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2023 |
| Clubs6: | → Welling United (loan) |
| Caps6: | 4 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Years7: | 2023–2024 |
| Clubs7: | Athlone Town |
| Caps7: | 20 |
| Goals7: | 2 |
| Years8: | 2024– |
| Clubs8: | Elgin City |
| Caps8: | 0 |
| Goals8: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 17:10, 29 June 2024 (UTC) |
Dylan John Gavin (born 16 January 2003) is an Irish footballer who plays as a striker for club Elgin City.
Gavin started his schoolboy football days in Ireland, with Athlonetown club St Peters FC. At the age of 14, he moved to St Francis; both clubs playing in the Athlone district schoolboy/girls league. It was at this time Dylan was selected for the Athlone District Emerging Talent Programme (E.T.P.), this allowed for his selection into the Athlone Schoolboys Kennedy cup team.
Gavin was also a very talented Gealic football player and played his club football at Athlone GAA. Whilst playing Gaelic football with local secondary school The Marist College, Dylan went on to win a junior Leinster GAA schools title.
Coming to the end of his time at local school football. Dylan made his move to the Airtricity League of Ireland with Athlone Town In the 2016/17 season he went on to win the Airtricity League of Ireland title at under 15 against St Patrick's Athletic F.C. Gavin scored a rebound from the penalty spot to equalize at 1-1 and went on to score the winner in the last minute of the game earning himself Man of the match and a major junior title with Athlone Town FC. He was now developing a serious eye for the goal and proven to have great power and accuracy when it came to free-kicks.
Gavin was capped for the Republic of Ireland national football team under 16s but great interest in the young man came in from London side Charlton Athletic.
Due to strong interest in what Charlton Athletic had to offer. Dylan departed Athlone Town for a two-year scholarship with Charlton. Throughout his early days he made a very good impression and with his great vision, strength and proven scoring ability he became a regular name on the score sheet for the club at youth level. In 2021, Dylan was offered his first Professional contract with the Charlton Athletic Academy professional player development.
He made his debut for Charlton Athletic on 10 November 2020 in a 3–1 EFL Trophy victory over Leyton Orient coming on as a second-half substitute.[2]
On 13 May 2023, it was announced that Gavin would leave the club when his contract expired in June.[3]
On 21 January 2022, Gavin joined non-league Billericay Town on a one month loan.[4]
On 22 February 2022, it was confirmed that Gavin's loan had been extended for a further month.[5]
On 24 March 2022, it was confirmed that Gavin's loan had been extended until the end of the season.[6]
On 12 April 2022, Gavin scored the winning goal for Billericay Town in the Essex Senior Cup final giving his side a 1-0 victory over Bowers & Pitsea.[7]
On 19 August 2022, Gavin joined his second non-league side, Tonbridge Angels, until January 2023.[8]
On 14 January 2023, Gavin joined his third non-league side by signing for Welling United until 11 February 2023.[9]
On 21 February 2023, Gavin joined his fourth non-league side by signing for Dulwich Hamlet until 20 March 2023.[10]
On 24 March 2023, Gavin re-joined Welling United for his fifth non-league loan.[11]
On 21 July 2023, Gavin returned to Athlone Town, the club he spent a year as a youth player.[12]
On 28 June 2024, Gavin joined Scottish League Two side Elgin City.[13]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Charlton Athletic | 2020–21 | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2021–22 | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23 | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlton Athletic total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Billericay Town (loan) | 2021–22 | National League South | 16 | 6 | — | — | 2 | 3 | 18 | 9 | |||
| Tonbridge Angels (loan) | 2022–23 | National League South | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | ||
| Welling United (loan) | 2022–23 | National League South | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||||
| Dulwich Hamlet (loan) | 2022–23 | National League South | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||||
| Welling United (loan) | 2022–23 | National League South | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||||
| Athlone Town | 2023 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 15 | 2 | |||
| 2024 | League of Ireland First Division | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |||
| Athlone Town total | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 | |||
| Elgin City | 2024–25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 61 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 65 | 13 | |||
Billericay Town
2021–22[14]
Charlton Athletic U21s
2022–23[15]
● https://www.westmeathindependent.ie/2021/02/07/i-just-wanted-to-go-over-and-follow-my-dream }● https://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/league-of-ireland/jubilant-scenes-as-athlone-strike-late-to-win-inaugural-under-15-title-36353242 }● http://athlonegaaclub.com● https://www.stfrancisfc.ie● http://www.soccer-ireland.com/westmeath-football-clubs/st-peters-fc