Sean Patrick Roughan (born 14 March 2003) is an Irish professional
footballer
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who plays as a
defender for
Lincoln City.
Club career
Lincoln City
He signed his first professional contract on 28 July 2020 following a successful spell in the
Lincoln City academy. He would make his professional debut the following game starting the
EFL Cup
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tie on 5 September 2020 against
Crewe Alexandra
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. He then made his league debut for the Imps the following Saturday in a 2-0 home win against
Oxford United
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. In May 2021, he was spotted on trial at
Premier League
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clubs
Southampton
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and
Chelsea
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On 26 January 2022, he would join
Drogheda United
Drogheda United Football Club ( ga, Cumann Peile Dhroichead Átha Aontaithe) is a semi-professional Irish association football club based in Drogheda, County Louth playing in the League of Ireland Premier Division. They play their home matches ...
on loan for their upcoming 2022 season. An option was taken on his Lincoln City contract on 18 May 2022. He would return from his Drogheda United loan spelling following fifteen appearances.
He scored his first ever goal in the
EFL Trophy
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against
Everton U21 on 13 December 2022.
International career
He would be called up to the
Republic of Ireland U21 team for the first time on 25 May 2021 to play in games against Switzerland, Denmark and Australia. On 16 November 2021, Roughan scored on his debut for the
Republic of Ireland U19 team, a 2–0 win away to
Bulgaria U19 in a
2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualififier.
Career statistics
References
Living people
Republic of Ireland association footballers
Lincoln City F.C. players
Drogheda United F.C. players
Association football defenders
2003 births
English Football League players
League of Ireland players
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