Mark Byrnes
Personal information
Full name Mark John Byrnes
Date of birth (1982-02-08) 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.

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:

With Perth Glory:

References

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