Terry McFlynn

Football player infobox
playername = Terry McFlynn
fullname = Terence Martin McFlynn


dateofbirth = birth date and age|1981|3|27
cityofbirth = Magherafelt
countryofbirth = Northern Ireland
height = height|m=1.74
currentclub = Sydney FC
clubnumber = 15
contractend = 2010
position = Central Midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1997–2001
2001
2001–2003
2003-2005
2005–"present"
clubs = Queens Park Rangers
Woking
Margate
Morecambe
Sydney FC
caps(goals)= 02 0(0)
10 0(1)
63 (11)
35 0(5)
55 0(4)
nationalyears =
nationalteam = Northern Ireland U-19
Northern Ireland U-21
nationalcaps(goals)=
pcupdate = 17 December 2007
ntupdate = 17 December 2007

Terence Martin "Terry" McFlynn (born 27 March 1981) is a football (soccer) player from Swatragh, Northern Ireland. He currently plays as a central midfielder for the Australian A-League team Sydney FC.

Club career

McFlynn began his footballing career in England as an apprentice at Queens Park Rangers in 1996. McFlynn made only two first-team appearances in his five-year stay at the club - his first-team debut was made on 28 April 2001. He was released in 2001 and signed for Woking. Terry made 10 appearances for the West Surrey club scoring only once, in a short half year deal.

McFlynn moved to Margate, initially on a one month loan deal, but ended up being a useful 3 year career, in November 2001. He made 63 appearances for the club and scoring a total of 11 goals. A hamstring injury late in 2002 saw Mcflynn miss several key games and as a result was sold to Morecambe.

In 2003 McFlynn moved to Conference rivals Morecambe for £14,000 and, despite scoring on debut, he was unable to cement a spot in the team and was released in 2005, but made 35 appearances and scoring 5 goals in just 17 games.

ydney FC

Following the advice of former teammate and one-time New Zealand captain Chris Zoricich, McFlynn moved to Australia to play in the newly formed A-League and was signed by Sydney FC manager Pierre Littbarski after a successful trial in February 2005. [ [http://www.smh.com.au/news/football/a-visiting-stopgap-whos-here-to-stay/2005/10/06/1128562942432.html A visiting stopgap who's here to stay] ]

In his first season with Sydney FC McFlynn made 21 appearances and proved to be a strong and determined player. He scored a memorable first goal for the club in round 5 of the 2005/06 season against the Queensland Roar in which he lobbed their goalkeeper, Tom Willis, from 30 meters out to round off a 3-1 victory to Sydney FC.

He failed to make an impact on the 2006/2007 A-League season when he picked up a hamstring injury and as a result, only making 13 appearances, and scoring 0 goals.

Since then he has scored 2 more goals. One against Central Coast Mariners, in Sydney's 5-4 win and against Wellington Pheonix which Sydney won 2-0. Both of these goals were in the latter half of the 2007/2008 season. In February 2008 McFlynn signed a new contract with Sydney for a further 2 years.He scored his 4th goal in Sydney's 5th match in the A-League 2008-09, against Adelaide United in Sydney's 3-0 victory, in whith a volley from outside the box.

International career

McFlynn has played for the Northern Ireland Under-19 squad and the Northern Ireland Under-21 squad.

Honours

With Sydney FC:
* A-League Championship: 2005-2006
* Oceania Club Championship: 2004-2005

References

External links

* [http://www.sydneyfc.com/default.aspx?s=sydfc_playerprofile_item&pid=769 Sydney FC profile]
* [http://sportal.com.au/soccer.asp?i=news&id=69999 Sportal profile]

Persondata
NAME = McFlynn, Terry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
SHORT DESCRIPTION = Northern Irish footballer
DATE OF BIRTH = 27 March 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH = Magherafelt, Northern Ireland
DATE OF DEATH =
PLACE OF DEATH =