Mark Byrnes

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Mark Byrnes
Personal information
Full name Mark John Byrnes
Date of birth February 8, 1982 (1982-02-08) (age 26)
Place of birth    Sydney, Australia
Height 1.84 m (6 ft +1⁄2 in)
Playing position defender
Club information
Current club Richmond SC
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1999-2000
2000-2001
2001-2002
2002
2002-2004
2004
2005-2007
2007-		 Parramatta Power
Austria Salzburg
Vicenza Calcio
Sydney Olympic
Perth Glory
FC Hämeenlinna
Melbourne Victory
Richmond SC		 22 (2)
7 (0)
0 (0)
8 (0)
44 (2)
11 (2)
15 (1)
? (?)   
National team2
Australia U17

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 22 February 2007.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 06:21, 31 July 2007 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Mark John Byrnes (born February 8, 1982 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian football (soccer) player who most recently played as a central defender for the Melbourne Victory in the Hyundai A-League.


He was captain of the Australian Under-17 team which reached the final of the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship. He has also won a NSL championship medal with Perth Glory, two years after a short stint with Salzburg in Austria.

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 released by Melbourne Victory on 1 March 2007.

In 2007, Mark has been announced as a short term signing for Victorian Premier League side Richmond Eagles for three matches. January 2008, it was announced that Mark was on trial with British lower league football club Port Vale and Luton Town. Byrnes impressed during a an overseas pre-season tour to the extent that he would've been offered a contract had he not suffered a medial ligament strain during the last tour match.

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