{{short description|Irish footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}} {{Use Irish English|date=January 2021}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Karl Gannon | fullname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1974|9|11|df=y}} | birth_place = Dublin, Ireland | death_date = | height = | position = Striker | youthyears1 = 19??–1991 | youthclubs1 = St. Kevins Boys | years1 = 1991–1994 | years2 = 1994–1996 | years3 = 1996–1997 | years4 = 1998–2000 | clubs1 = Home Farm | clubs2 = Shamrock Rovers | clubs3 = Home Farm | clubs4 = Waterford United | caps1 = 69 | caps2 = 58 | caps3 = 38 | caps4 = 67 | goals1 = 26 | goals2 = 11 | goals3 = 9 | goals4 = 11 | totalcaps = 232 | totalgoals = 57 }} '''Karl Gannon''' (born 11 September 1974) is an Irish former footballer.
==Career== He made his League of Ireland debut for Home Farm at Waterford United on 6 October 1991. He was the top scorer in the 1993–94 League of Ireland First Division with 16 goals.<ref name="rsssftop">{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/iertops.html |title=Ireland - List of Topscorers |accessdate=6 July 2016 |url-status=live |website=RSSSF |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406093820/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/iertops.html |archivedate= 6 April 2012 }}</ref>
He signed for Shamrock Rovers in 1995 where he stayed for two seasons making two appearances in European competition before signing for Waterford United.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/millwall/3080792.stm|title = Injury forces Sadlier to quit|date = 4 September 2003}}</ref>
His father, Mick Gannon, played for Shamrock Rovers in the 1970s.{{fact|date=January 2021}}
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{{League of Ireland First Division top scorers}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Gannon, Karl}} Category:Republic of Ireland men's association footballers Category:Home Farm F.C. players Category:Shamrock Rovers F.C. players Category:Waterford F.C. players Category:League of Ireland players Category:Association footballers from Dublin (city) Category:1974 births Category:Living people Category:Drumcondra F.C. players Category:Men's association football forwards
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