Calum Kavanagh handed Championship debut

The precocious talent has rejected offers to switch his allegiance to England and is fast-tracking through the Irish underage ranks.

DEBUT MAN: Middlesbrough striker #48 Calum Kavanagh during the English League Cup quarter-final football match between Port Vale and Middlesbrough. Pic: Oli SCARFF / AFP

Calum Kavanagh, son of ex-Ireland midfielder Graham, was today handed his Championship debut for Middlesbrough.

The 20-year-old striker came on for one of his Dad’s former clubs as Michael Carrick’s side slipped to defeat at basement side Rotherham United.