# Karl Broughton

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{{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](/source/1997%E2%80%9398_snooker_season))
| Official maximums = 
| Best finish  = Quarter-final (x1)
| Ranking wins = 
| World champ  = 
}}

'''Karl Broughton''' (born 26 June 1971) is an [English](/source/English_people) former professional [snooker](/source/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](/source/1996_International_Open). There, Broughton defeated Mark O'Sullivan, Oliver King, [Anthony Davies](/source/Anthony_Davies), [Darren Morgan](/source/Darren_Morgan), [Wayne Jones](/source/Wayne_Jones_(snooker_player)) and [Chris Small](/source/Chris_Small) before losing his quarter-final match, 2–5 to [John Higgins](/source/John_Higgins).<ref name="CUESPORT" />

The following season, Broughton reached the last 16 of the [1996 UK Championship](/source/1996_UK_Championship_(snooker)), where he met [Alain Robidoux](/source/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==
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==External links==
{{portal|Cue sports}}
* {{snooker.org player|3255}}

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Category:English snooker players
Category:1971 births
Category:Living people
Category:Snooker players from London

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