{{short description|English snooker player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Use British English|date=November 2018}} {{BLP sources|date=August 2015}} {{Infobox snooker player |name = Karl Broughton |image = |caption = |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|6|26|df=yes}} |birth_place = London, England |death_date = |death_place = | Sport country = {{ENG}} | Professional = 1991–2001 | High ranking = 41 (1997–98) | Official maximums = | Best finish = Quarter-final (x1) | Ranking wins = | World champ = }}
'''Karl Broughton''' (born 26 June 1971) is an English former professional snooker player.<ref name="CUESPORT">{{cite book |last1=Hayton |first1=Eric |last2=Dee |first2=John |date=2004 |title=The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker: The Complete Record & History |publisher=Rose Villa Publications |location=Lowestoft |isbn=9780954854904 |pages=247–249}}</ref>
==Career==
Broughton was born in 1971, turning professional in 1991. He entered the top 64 in the world rankings at the end of the 1995/1996 season, finishing it at 57th having enjoyed the best performance of his career at the 1996 International Open. There, Broughton defeated Mark O'Sullivan, Oliver King, Anthony Davies, Darren Morgan, Wayne Jones and Chris Small before losing his quarter-final match, 2–5 to John Higgins.<ref name="CUESPORT" />
The following season, Broughton reached the last 16 of the 1996 UK Championship, where he met Alain Robidoux and lost 8–9.<ref name="CUESPORT" />
Little success followed after Broughton reached his highest ranking of 41st<ref name="CUESPORT" /> for the 1997/1998 season, and he finished the 2000/2001 season 119th in the world, thereafter being relegated from the professional tour.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Williams top, O'Sullivan second in end of season rankings |magazine=Snooker Scene |date=June 2001 |pages=35–36}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{portal|Cue sports}} * {{snooker.org player|3255}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Broughton, Karl}} Category:English snooker players Category:1971 births Category:Living people Category:Snooker players from London