Barry Ryan (footballer)

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Personal information
Barry Ryan

Full name	Barry Ryan
Date of birth	August 28, 1978
Place of birth	County Clare, Ireland
Height	6 ft / 1.85 m
Nickname	Baz
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	St Patrick's Athletic
Number	1
Youth clubs
-	Cloughleigh Celtic
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1998-2003 2003-2004 2004 2004-	UCD Shamrock Rovers Dublin City St Patrick's Athletic	159 (-) 29 (-) ?? (?) ?? (?)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Barry Ryan (born August 28, 1978 in Co. Clare) is an Irish football player who currently plays for St. Patrick's Athletic F.C. in the eircom league Premier Division.

Barry is a goalkeeper and his previous clubs include Dublin City FC, Shamrock Rovers and UCD. He was sacked by Shamrock Rovers during the 2003 season after testing positive for cocaine. During his time with Rovers he kept a clean sheet playing in the UEFA_Intertoto-Cup. After a 9 month ban he returned with Dublin City but couldn't forestall the Vikings' relegation and was dropped in favour of Robbie Horgan for the final handful of games.

[edit] Honours

UCD

FAI Super Cup; 2000

Individual Awards

SWAI Goalkeeper of the Year; 2002
- Nominated for SWAI award in 2006

[edit] Trivia

Barry Ryan is the name of the Keeper for the Irish national team in the Harry Potter books.

[edit] External links

St Patrick's Athletic F.C. - Current Squad
1 Ryan \| 2 Brennan \| 3 Frost \| 4 Mulcahy \| 5 Maguire \| 6 C Foley \| 7 Kirby \| 8 Fahey \| 9 O'Neill \| 10 Rooney \| 11 M Quigley \| 12 Lynch \| 14 M Foley \| 15 Murphy \| 16 S Quigley \| 17 Fitzpatrick \| 18 Ndo \| 20 Clarke \| 21 O'Connor \| 22 Arkins \| 23 Guy \| Manager: McDonnell