Mark Byrnes

Mark Byrnes

Personal information
Full name	Mark John Byrnes
Date of birth	(1982-02-08) 8 February 1982 (age 42)
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
*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

1. (in Finnish) FC Hämeenlinna kohtaa MyPan
2. Schwarzer's cup pledge
3. Selection poser for Victory
4. Merrick undecided about Victory team
5. Form replaces rotation policy for Victory
6. Victory cool on Byrnes the second to go
7. New signings in Foxtel Cup
8. Blackwell widens search for Leon replacement ^{[ permanent dead link ]}
9. Ellis: Leon sale has left us lacking cover ^{[ permanent dead link ]}
10. Bleiberg signs injury cover for Piorkowski Archived 8 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• OzFootball profile