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Personal information | |||
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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 | ||
*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.
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]
He was captain of the Australian Under-17 team which reached the final of the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship.
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