Ryan Townsend

Football player infobox
playername= Ryan Townsend
fullname = Ryan Townsend
nickname =


dateofbirth = birth date and age|1985|9|2
cityofbirth = Manchester
countryofbirth = England
weight = 86kg
height = height|m=1.83}
currentclub = Mandurah City
clubnumber =
position = central defender
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 2004 2005 2005-2007 2007-2008
2008-
clubs = Burnley Wanneroo City Perth Glory Persiba Balikpapan
Mandurah City
caps(goals) = 1 (0)
? (?) 3 (0) ? (?)
? (?)
nationalyears = 2005
nationalteam = Australia U20
nationalcaps(goals) = 3 (0)
pcupdate = 13:53, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
ntupdate = 13:53, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

Ryan Townsend (born 2 September 1985, Manchester , England) is an Australian football (soccer) player. He is currently playing for Western Australia State League club Mandurah City.

Ryan was born in Manchester, in the United Kingdom, but was raised in Perth, Australia. After growing up in Australia he returned to the UK having earned a place in Burnley FC's youth development set-up. Ryan could have stayed at Burnley but they could not extend his contract due to ECU Joondalup (his club in Perth) demanding a large development fee. Ryan instead returned to Perth where he started to train with Perth Glory before playing two games in 2005 on a short term contract. Ryan then joined Wanneroo City in the Football West State League, before he was offered a full time contract with Perth Glory in place of Daniel Vasilevski for the A-League 2006-07 season. He was released four games before the end of the A-League season after a single appearance and then decided to play in Indonesia with Persiba Balikpapan until 2008.

Australian career

He has played for the Australian U20 side, the "Young Socceroos", three times. A highlight for Ryan was scoring against Japan the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship.

References

* [http://www.theworldgame.com.au/home/index.php?pid=st&cid=80194]