Garbhan Coughlan

Garbhan Coughlan (born 24 January 1993) is an Irish footballer who plays as a striker for New Zealand team Cashmere Technical.

Garbhan Coughlan

Personal information
Date of birth	(1993-01-24) 24 January 1993 (age 32)
Place of birth	Limerick, Ireland
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Cashmere Technical
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2014	Limerick	26	(4)
2013	→ Athlone Town (loan)	22	(5)
2014	Limerick	2	(0)
2015	Athlone Town	15	(4)
2016–2017	Limerick	26	(7)
2017–2020	Southern United	47	(29)
2020–2021	Canterbury United	14	(6)
2022–	Cashmere Technical	64	(101)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Early life

Coughlan was born in 1993 in Ireland, where he also attended university.^[1] He grew up in Limerick, Ireland.^[2]

Career

Coughlan started his career with Irish side Limerick. In 2013, he was sent on loan to Irish side Athlone Town.^[3]

Style of play

Coughlan mainly operates as a striker. He is known for his speed.^[4]

Personal life

Coughlan has worked as a youth manager. He is the brother of Irish footballer Ronan Coughlan.^[5]

Career statistics

As of match played 3 May 2025^[6]

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Limerick	2010	LOI First Division	8	2	2	0	0	0	—		10	2
	2011		12	1	2	1	3	2	0	0	17	4
	2012		7	1	1	0	2	2	0	0	10	3
	2013	LOI Premier Division	0	0	1	0	0	0	1[a]	0	2	0
	2014		2	0	0	0	1	0	1[a]	0	4	0
	Total		29	4	6	1	6	4	2	0	43	9
Athlone Town (loan)	2013	LOI First Division	22	5	0	0	0	0	—		22	5
Athlone Town	2015	LOI First Division	15	5	1	2	1	0	1[b]	0	18	7
Limerick	2016	LOI First Division	19	5	1	0	3	0	2[a]	2	21	7
	2017		7	2	2	2	1	0	1[a]	0	11	4
	Total		26	7	3	2	4	0	3	2	32	11
Southern United	2017–18	Premiership	13	8	—		—		—		13	8
	2018–19		18	13	—		—		—		18	13
	2019–20		16	8	—		—		—		16	8
	Total		47	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	47	29
Canterbury United	2020–21	Premiership	14	6	—		—		—		14	6
Cashmere Technical	2019	Premier League	14	13	3	5	3[c]	6	4[d]	6	24	30
	2020		11	12	—		3[c]	1	1[e]	2	15	15
	2021		10	12	7	13	2[c]	3	—		30	38
	2021	National League	11	10
	2022		22	33	3	3	3[c]	6	—		28	42
	2023		26	39	4	3	4[c]	3	—		34	45
	2024		18	34	0	0	3[c]	2	—		21	36
	2025		4	6	0	0	0	0	—		18	34
	Total		116	159	17	24	18	19	5	8	170	240
Career total			269	215	27	29	29	25	11	10	346	307

1. Appearances and goals in Munster Senior Cup
2. Appearance in Leinster Senior Cup
3. Appearances and goals in English Cup
4. Appearances and goals in Southern Football League
5. Appearances and goals in South Island Championship

Honours

Limerick

• League of Ireland First Division: 2012, 2016

Cashmere Technical

• Mainland Premier League: 2019, 2020, 2021
• South Island Football Championship: 2020
• Southern League: 2021, 2024
• Chatham Cup: 2021
• English Cup: 2019, 2021, 2022

Individual

• Mainland Football Mens Golden Boot: 2019,^[7] 2022^[8]
• Mainland Football Mens Striker of the Year: 2021,^[9] 2022^[8]
• Mainland Football Mens Player of the Year: 2021,^[9] 2022^[8]
• Southern League top scorer: 2021,^[10] 2022, 2024^[11]
• Southern League MVP: 2023^[12]
• New Zealand National League top scorer: 2022, 2023,^[13] 2024^[14]
• New Zealand National League MVP: 2023^[15]
• New Zealand National League team of the season: 2022,^[16] 2023,^[17] 2024^[18]
• Steve Sumner Medal: 2022