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Full name
  
Mark John Byrnes

Years
  
Team

Playing position
  
Defender

1998–1999
  
NSWIS

Height
  
1.83 m


Number
  
27

Role
  
Footballer

Place of birth
  
Sydney, Australia

Name
  
Mark Byrnes

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Date of birth
  
(1982-02-08) 8 February 1982 (age 33)

Profiles


Current team
  
Gold Coast United FC

Mark John Byrnes (born 8 February 1982) is an Australian footballer who plays for APIA Leichhardt Tigers in the New South Wales Premier League.

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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. He returned to Australia to form part of Melbourne Victory's A-League 2005-06 squad, but found his chances limited by the emergence of younger defenders Adrian Leijer and Daniel Piorkowski. 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.

In 2007, he was announced as a short term signing for Victorian Premier League side Richmond Eagles for three matches. 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.

On 23 September 2009 he was signed by Gold Coast United as a four-week injury replacement for Daniel Piorkowski.

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

    Mark Byrnes Wikipedia


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