Barry Ryan (footballer)

Barry Ryan

Personal information
Full name	Barry Ryan
Date of birth	(1978-08-28) 28 August 1978 (age 44)
Place of birth	Ennis, Ireland
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
	Cloughleigh Celtic
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996–2002	UCD	159	(0)
2003–2004	Shamrock Rovers	28	(0)
2004	Dublin City	14	(0)
2005–2008	St Patrick's Athletic	114	(0)
2009–2010	Galway United	67	(0)
2011–2014	Limerick	53	(0)
Total		435	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Barry Ryan (born 28 August 1978, in Ennis) is a retired Irish football goalkeeper who last played for Limerick in the League of Ireland Premier Division.

He made his League of Ireland debut for UCD away to Sligo Rovers on 15 February 1997. Barry's previous clubs include Dublin City, Shamrock Rovers and UCD.^{[ citation needed ]}

He made his Rovers debut on 11 April 2003 keeping a clean sheet against Drogheda United ^[1] but was sacked by Shamrock Rovers later that season after testing positive for cocaine. During his time with Rovers he made 4 European appearances keeping one clean sheet playing in the UEFA Intertoto-Cup and made a total of 28 appearances.^{[ citation needed ]}

After a 9-month ban he returned with Dublin City but could not forestall the Vikings' relegation and was dropped in favour of Robbie Horgan for the final handful of games. After Dublin City became extinct, he was signed by St. Patrick's Athletic.^{[ citation needed ]}

Ryan was released by St. Patrick's Athletic in January 2009, ^[2] and moved to Galway United.^{[ citation needed ]}

Ryan was out of contract with the west of Ireland club before the 2010 season, but his re-signing was announced on 2 February 2010. ^[3]

It was announced in December 2010 that Ryan will not be renewing his contract with Galway United but instead going to Limerick for the 2011 season.^{[ citation needed ]}

His younger brother Dave also plays in goal for Drogheda United.^{[ citation needed ]}

On 11 December 2014, Ryan announced his retirement from football.^{[ citation needed ]}

Honours

Club

UCD

• FAI Super Cup (1): 2000

Limerick

• League of Ireland First Division (1): 2012
• Munster Senior Cup (1): 2011-12

Individual

• SWAI Goalkeeper of the Year (1): 2002
• UCD Supporters' Player of the Year (2): 2001/02, 2002/03
• Galway United Supporters Trust Player of the Year (1): 2009

References

1. "Can't find that Page". www.shamrockrovers.ie. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
2. eleven-a-side.com ^{[ permanent dead link ]}
3. "United confirm new contracts | Galway United Football Club". Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 16 February 2010.

External links

• Barry Ryan @ stpatsfc.com