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Mark Byrnes Personal information Full name Mark John Byrnes Date of birth 8 February 1982 Place of birth Sydney, Australia Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Playing position Centre Back, Utility Club information Current club Gold Coast United Number 27 Youth career Concord High School Sydney Olympic 1998–1999 NSWIS Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1999–2000 Parramatta Power 22 (2) 2000–2001 Austria Salzburg 7 (0) 2001–2002 Vicenza Calcio 0 (0) 2002 Sydney Olympic 8 (0) 2003–2004 Perth Glory 44 (2) 2004 FC Hämeenlinna 11 (2) 2005–2007 Melbourne Victory 11 (2) 2007 Richmond SC 15 (1) 2008– APIA Leichhardt Tigers 63 (6) 2009 → Gold Coast United (loan) 1 (0) National team‡ 1999 Australia U-17 2001 Australia U-20 * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 01:36, 6 October 2009 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 01:36, 6 October 2009 (UTC)Mark John Byrnes (born 8 February 1982) is an Australian football (soccer) defender who currently plays for the APIA Leichhardt Tigers in the New South Wales Premier League.
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Club career
After a short stint with SV Salzburg in Austria, he won two NSL championship medals in a row with Perth Glory.
Due to the demise of the National Soccer League after the 2003/2004 season, in July of that year he signed with Finnish club, FC Hämeenlinna.[1] He returned to Australia to form part of Melbourne Victory's A-League 2005-06 squad,[2] but found his chances limited by the emergence of younger defenders Adrian Leijer and Daniel Piorkowski.[3][4][5] He was part of Melbourne's A-League championship winning side in 2006-2007. However at the end of the season, on 1 March 2007, he was released by the club.[6]
In 2007, he was announced as a short term signing for Victorian Premier League side Richmond Eagles for three matches.[7] In 2008, Byrnes went on trial with English lower league football clubs Port Vale and Luton Town. He impressed during an overseas pre-season tour to the extent that he would have been offered a contract had he not suffered a minor injury during the last tour match.[8][9]
On 23 September 2009 he was signed by Gold Coast United as a four-week injury replacement for Daniel Piorkowski.[10]
International career
He was captain of the Australian Under-17 team which reached the final of the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship.
Honours
With Australia:
- FIFA U-17 World Championship: 1999 (Runners-Up)
With Perth Glory:
NSL Championship: 2002-03, 2003–04
References
- ^ (Finnish) FC Hämeenlinna kohtaa MyPan
- ^ Schwarzer's cup pledge
- ^ Selection poser for Victory
- ^ Merrick undecided about Victory team
- ^ Form replaces rotation policy for Victory
- ^ Victory cool on Byrnes the second to go
- ^ New signings in Foxtel Cup
- ^ Blackwell widens search for Leon replacement
- ^ Ellis: Leon sale has left us lacking cover
- ^ Bleiberg signs injury cover for Piorkowski
External links
Australia squad – 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship 1 Turnbull • 2 Byrnes • 3 Madaschi • 4 Milicevic • 5 Kisnorbo • 6 Srhoj • 7 Elrich • 8 Owens • 9 Kennedy • 10 Carle • 11 McDonald • 12 Pantelis • 13 Edds • 14 Brain • 15 Wilkshire • 16 Vasilevski • 17 Gulesserian • 18 Vanstrattan • 20 McKain • Coach: PostecoglouGold Coast United FC – current squad 1 Moss · 2 Brillante · 3 Thwaite · 4 Anderson · 5 Rees · 6 Beekmans · 7 Mebrahtu · 8 Robson · 9 Porter · 10 Minniecon · 11 Barker-Daish · 13 Rožić · 14 Halloran · 15 Traoré · 16 Rigters · 17 Harold · 18 Brown · 19 Broadfoot · 20 Tyson · 21 Severino · 22 Jungschläger · 23 McGowan · 26 Tesfagabr · 27 Yosief · Coach: Bleiberg
Categories:- 1982 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Sydney
- Australian people of Irish descent
- Association football defenders
- Australian soccer players
- Australian expatriate soccer players
- Expatriate footballers in Austria
- Expatriate footballers in Italy
- Expatriate footballers in Finland
- A-League players
- National Soccer League (Australia) players
- Austrian Football Bundesliga players
- FC Hämeenlinna players
- FC Red Bull Salzburg players
- Melbourne Victory players
- Parramatta Power players
- Perth Glory FC players
- Sydney Olympic players
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