Ryan Townsend

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Personal information
Ryan Townsend
Full name	Ryan Townsend
Date of birth	September 2, 1985 (1985-09-02) (age 22)
Place of birth	Manchester, England
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)}
Playing position	central defender
Club information
Current club	Mandurah City
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2004 2005 2005-2007 2007-2008 2008-	Burnley Wanneroo City Perth Glory Persiba Balikpapan Mandurah City	1 (0) ? (?) 3 (0) ? (?) ? (?)
National team²
2005	Australia U20	3 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:53, 31 August 2007 (UTC). ² National team caps and goals correct as of 13:53, 31 August 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Ryan Townsend (born 2 September 1985, Manchester , England) is an Australian football (soccer) player. He is currently playing for Western Australia State League club Mandurah City.

Ryan was born in Manchester, in the United Kingdom, but was raised in Perth, Australia. After growing up in Australia he returned to the UK having earned a place in Burnley FC's youth development set-up. Ryan could have stayed at Burnley but they could not extend his contract due to ECU Joondalup (his club in Perth) demanding a large development fee. Ryan instead returned to Perth where he started to train with Perth Glory before playing two games in 2005 on a short term contract. Ryan then joined Wanneroo City in the Football West State League, before he was offered a full time contract with Perth Glory in place of Daniel Vasilevski for the A-League 2006-07 season. He was released four games before the end of the A-League season after a single appearance and then decided to play in Indonesia with Persiba Balikpapan until 2008.

[edit] Australian career

He has played for the Australian U20 side, the "Young Socceroos", three times. A highlight for Ryan was scoring against Japan the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship.