Karlan Laughton Ahearne-Grant (born 18 September 1997) is an English professional

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who plays as a

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for club

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on loan from West Bromwich Albion. He has represented England at youth level and is also eligible to represent Scotland.

Club career

Charlton Athletic

Grant was top scorer for Charlton Athletic U18s during the 2012–13 and 2013–14 seasons while still a schoolboy. Less than a week after his 17th birthday, on 23 September 2014, Grant signed a three-year contract with Charlton. He made his professional debut shortly after on 30 September 2014, as an 89th-minute substitute in a 1–0 victory against

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. He later made his first start on 18 October 2014 in a 1–0 loss against

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. He scored his first competitive goal for the Addicks first team in a 4–1

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win over

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. On 26 September, he scored his first league goal for Charlton in a 2–1 loss to

Loan to Cambridge United

On 16 January 2016, Grant signed for

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club

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on a one-month loan deal.

Loan to Crawley Town

On 30 January 2018, Grant joined

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on loan until the end of the 2017–18 season. He made an immediate impact at the West Sussex club, scoring 8 goals in his first 9 appearances for them. He made 15 appearances in total for Crawley, scoring 9 goals.

Huddersfield Town

On 30 January 2019, Grant joined

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for an undisclosed fee, signing a contract until the summer of 2022 with the club. He made his debut for the Yorkshire club three days later in a 5–0 away loss to

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where he came on as a substitute. On 9 February 2019, Grant scored his first Huddersfield goal on his second Town appearance in a 2–1 home loss against

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West Bromwich Albion

On 15 October 2020,

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announced the signing of Grant on a six-year contract for an undisclosed fee, reported to be £15 million. On 26 October 2020, Grant scored his first league goal for Albion in a 1–1 away draw against

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. In an

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tie, against

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, Grant was substituted on, scored the winning goal, got injured and was resubstituted 15 minutes later.

International career

In February 2014, Grant represented England U17 in the Algarve tournament. On 6 November 2014, Grant was called up to the England U18 squad for a double header against Poland. He played for England U19 in September 2015, against Croatia. Grant is also eligible to play for Scotland through his Scottish mother.

Personal life

In June 2018, whilst on holiday in

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, Grant was arrested for suspicion of privacy invasion and teammate Reeco Hackett-Fairchild was arrested on suspicion of a

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on a 19-year-old woman. In the summer of 2018, he dropped the Ahearne part of his surname, to become known as Karlan Grant.

Career statistics

References

External links

Profile
at the West Bromwich Albion F.C. website * {{DEFAULTSORT:Grant, Karlan 1997 births Living people Footballers from the Royal Borough of Greenwich English men's footballers England men's youth international footballers Men's association football forwards Charlton Athletic F.C. players Cambridge United F.C. players Crawley Town F.C. players Huddersfield Town A.F.C. players West Bromwich Albion F.C. players Cardiff City F.C. players English Football League players Premier League players Black British sportsmen English people of Scottish descent