Mark Byrnes
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| 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) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre Back | ||
| 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) |
| 2008–2013 | APIA Leichhardt Tigers | 83 | (6) |
| 2009 | → Gold Coast United (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 1999 | Australia U-17 | ||
| 2001 | Australia U-20 | ||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 October 2013 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 October 2009 | |||
Mark John Byrnes (born 8 February 1982) is an Australian footballer who plays for APIA Leichhardt Tigers in the New South Wales Premier League.
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
- ^ (in 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[permanent dead link]
- ^ Ellis: Leon sale has left us lacking cover[permanent dead link]
- ^ Bleiberg signs injury cover for Piorkowski Archived 8 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Use dmy dates from February 2011
- 1982 births
- Living people
- Sportsmen from New South Wales
- Australian people of Irish descent
- Association football defenders
- 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
- Veikkausliiga players
- FC Hämeenlinna players
- FC Red Bull Salzburg players
- Melbourne Victory FC players
- Parramatta Power players
- Perth Glory FC players
- Sydney Olympic FC players
- New South Wales Institute of Sport alumni
- Gold Coast United FC players
- Soccer players from Sydney
- Australian soccer players