Simon Lynch (footballer)

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Personal information
Simon Lynch
Date of birth	May 19, 1982 (1982-05-19) (age 26)
Place of birth	Montreal, Canada
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Queensland Roar
Number	9
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1999-2001 2002-2003 2003 2004 2005-2006 2006-2008	Celtic Preston North End → Stockport County (loan) → Blackpool (loan) Dundee Queensland Roar	03 0(3) 44 0(1) 09 0(3) 07 0(0) 33 (13) 33 0(6)
National team²
2002	Scotland U-21	10 0(6)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 December 2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 2 December 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Simon Lynch (born 19 May 1982 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Scottish professional footballer currently playing for Australian club Queensland Roar.

1 Club Career
- 1.1 Queensland Roar
  - 1.1.1 Season 2006-07
  - 1.1.2 Season 2007-08
2 International Career
3 External links

[edit] Club Career

Lynch, who was born in Canada but moved to Scotland as a child, started his career at Celtic and managed three goals in seven appearances (his father, Andy Lynch, captained Celtic in the 1970s). He turned down an improved contract offer from Celtic to join Preston North End in 2003 for £130,000. With just two goals in thirty-six appearances, Lynch had loan spells with Stockport County and Blackpool before returning to Scotland with Dundee in 2005. He managed 13 goals in 31 league appearances for the Dark Blues, but Dundee's financial problems meant he was unlikely to remain.

[edit] Queensland Roar

[edit] Season 2006-07

On 3 July 2006, it was revealed that Lynch had signed a two-year contract with Queensland Roar. Despite being unable to participate in the Pre-season Cup due to visa problems, Lynch wasted no time in making an impact for his new team and quickly made a name for himself in round 1 in his debut game scoring the first goal in Queensland's 3-nil win over Perth Glory. He continued his hot-form and was quickly becoming a crowd favourite of the Queensland Roar faithful when he scored the winner against the Newcastle Jets with just seconds remaining. He then made his tally to 3 from 4 against the now-gone New Zealand Knights and was quickly becoming one of the most feared strikers in the Hyundai A-league. He formed a deadly partnership with Reinaldo and Ante Milicic in the opening 9 rounds until he suffered a hamstring injury which kept him on the sidelines for a long period of the season and this huge blow sore the Roar lack in attack, spark and goals which slowly bought them down and out of the top four. His solid start to the season saw him come tied for 8th in the Johnny Warren Medal for Player of the year.

[edit] Season 2007-08

While the 2007-8 Season is quickly approaching, Lynch has showed impressive form scoring 3 times in 4 matches including a superb goal in Queensland Roar's 4-1 win over SuperSport United in a friendly at Suncorp Stadium. After having surgery during the off-season, Lynch has shown mountains of confidence and will look forward to continue his solid form come the start of only the third A-league season. Though come the end of the 07/08 season, after not getting much game time, Lynch ended up being released by Queensland, at season's end.