Rhyan Grant
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rhyan Bert Grant | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Central Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Sydney FC | ||
| Number | 23 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2007–2008 | NSWIS | ||
| 2008 | AIS | ||
| 2008–2009 | Sydney FC | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008– | Sydney FC | 48 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2009–2011 | Australia U-20 | 23 | (0) |
| 2011– | Australia U-23 | 2 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 March 2012 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:30, 4 December 2011 (UTC) | |||
Rhyan Grant (born 26 February 1991) is an Australian football (soccer) player who currently plays for A-League club Sydney FC as well as Australia's U-20 team.
Club career
Sydney FC
In June 2008, Rhyan Grant received an invitation to take up a scholarship at the AIS in Canberra where he was selected despite not fitting into the age criteria for the 2008 scholarship program. After impressing during his three months in the nation’s capital, he was signed as a member of Sydney FC's inaugural National Youth League squad in September 2008.[1]
On 21 December 2008, Rhyan Grant made his senior debut for Sydney FC against Perth Glory at the Sydney Football Stadium, appearing as a 78th minute substitute for Antony Golec. The game was won 4-1 by Perth Glory.[2] He was an unused substitute as Sydney FC lost 3-2 to Melbourne Victory at the Telstra Dome on 27 December 2008.[3] Grant then appeared as a 71st minute substitute for Shannon Cole as Sydney FC lost 2-0 to Adelaide United at the Adelaide Oval on 3 January 2009.[4] On 11 January 2009, Rhyan Grant made his starting debut against Wellington Phoenix at the Sydney Football Stadium, and played the full 90 minutes as Sydney FC won 1-0.[5]
He also played a full game in Sydney FC's 3-1 defeat by Queensland Roar at Suncorp Stadium on 17 January 2009, and provided the cross from which Kofi Danning scored in the 25th minute.[6] Rhyan Grant also started Sydney FC's final game of the A-League season, a 4-0 win over the Newcastle Jets at the Sydney Football Stadium on 25 January 2009. He was replaced in the 86th minute by Terry McFlynn.[7]
Rhyan Grant finished the A-League 2008-09 season with five senior appearances. He wore shirt number 34 in these five matches.[8] He has been given shirt number 23 for the A-League 2009-10 season.[9]
Rhyan Grant was a member of the National Youth League squad who finished as champions for the 2008-09 season. He made 15 appearances for the National Youth League team during the season, scoring one goal.[10] After they had clinched the National Youth League minor premiership by winning 13 and drawing two of their 18 regular season games,[11] Sydney FC progressed to the Grand Final where they met Adelaide United at Hindmarsh Stadium in Adelaide on 21 February 2009. Rhyan Grant played the full 90 minutes as Sydney FC triumphed 2-0.[12]
After a successful start to his senior career, Grant is looking to cement a permanent first team spot in the 2009-10 season after impressing early in Sydney's undefeated run of pre-season trials.[13]
He signed a new 2-year contract with Sydney FC on 27 August 2010.[14]
He scored his first goal in for Sydney FC and in senior football against the Central Coast Mariners in a 1-1 during the 2010-11 A-League season.[15]
International career
He was selected for the training squad for Australia's 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup team.[16] Grant then went on to play in several competitions with the Qantas Young Socceroos in the Netherlands, one of which they won.
A-League statistics
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Asia | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | ||
| Sydney FC | 2008-09 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009-10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2010-11 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2011-12 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sydney FC total | 45 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 1 | 1 | |
| Career total | 45 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 1 | 1 | |
Honours
With Australia:
- AFC U-19 Championship: 2010 (Runners-Up)
- International Cor Groenewegen Tournament : 2009
With Sydney FC:
A-League Premiership: 2009-2010- A-League Championship: 2009-2010
- National Youth League Championship: 2008-2009
References
- ^ Stars in his eyes
- ^ No Glory for Sydney in luckless clash with Perth
- ^ Dramatic Melbourne fight-back denies Sydney victory
- ^ Desperate Sydney repelled by Reds
- ^ Sydney scores vital win in SFS clash with Wellington
- ^ Van Dijk triple bursts Sydney’s finals bubble
- ^ Sydney finishes in style by shooting down the Jets
- ^ Rhyan Grant Soccernet profile
- ^ Sydney FC Profile
- ^ Sydney FC Youth Stats
- ^ 2008-09 National Youth League final ladder
- ^ Junior Sky Blues take Youth League title
- ^ Sydney Maintain Unbeaten Run
- ^ "Grant signs two-year deal with Sydney FC". Sydney Morning Herald. 27 August 2010. Retrieved 27 August 2010.
- ^ Sygall, David (29 August 2010). "Reddy off as penalty rocks Sydney". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 30 August 2010.
- ^ Young Socceroos 25-man Squad Named