Terry McFlynn

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Personal information
Terry McFlynn
Full name	Terence Martin McFlynn
Date of birth	March 27, 1981 (1981-03-27) (age 27)
Place of birth	Magherafelt, Northern Ireland
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8+¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Central Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Sydney FC
Number	15
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1997–2001 2001 2001–2003 2003-2005 2005–present	Queens Park Rangers Woking Margate Morecambe Sydney FC	02 0(0) 10 0(1) 63 (11) 35 0(5) 54 0(3)
National team²
	Northern Ireland U-19 Northern Ireland U-21
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 December 2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 17 December 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Terence Martin "Terry" McFlynn (born 27 March 1981) is a football (soccer) player from Swatragh, Northern Ireland. He currently plays as a central midfielder for the Australian A-League team Sydney FC.

1 Club career
- 1.1 Sydney FC
2 International career
3 Honours
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Club career

McFlynn began his footballing career in England as an apprentice at Queens Park Rangers in 1996. McFlynn made only two first-team appearances in his five-year stay at the club - his first-team debut was made on 28 April 2001. He was released in 2001 and signed for Woking. Terry made 10 appearances for the West Surrey club scoring only once, in a short half year deal.

McFlynn moved to Margate, initially on a one month loan deal, but ended up being a useful 3 year career, in November 2001. He made 63 appearances for the club and scoring a total of 11 goals. A hamstring injury late in 2002 saw Mcflynn miss several key games and as a result was sold to Morecambe F.C.

In 2003 McFlynn moved to Conference rivals Morecambe for £14,000 and, despite scoring on debut, he was unable to cement a spot in the team and was released in 2005, but made 35 appearances and scoring 5 goals in just 17 games.

[edit] Sydney FC

Following the advice of former teammate and one-time New Zealand captain Chris Zoricich, McFlynn moved to Australia to play in the newly formed A-League and was signed by Sydney FC manager Pierre Littbarski after a successful trial in February 2005. ^[1]

In his first season with Sydney FC McFlynn made 21 appearances and proved to be a strong and determined player. He scored a memorable first goal for the club in round 5 of the 2005/06 season against the Queensland Roar in which he lobbed their goalkeeper, Tom Willis, from 30 meters out to round off a 3-1 victory to Sydney FC.

He failed to make an impact on the 2006/2007 A-League season when he picked up a hamstring injury and as a result, only making 13 appearances, and scoring 0 goals.

Since then he has scored 2 more goals. One against Central Coast Mariners, in Sydney's 5-4 win and against Wellington Pheonix which Sydney won 2-0. Both of these goals were in the latter half of the 2007/2008 season. In February 2008 McFlynn signed a new contract with Sydney for a further 2 years.

[edit] International career

Terry McFlynn has played for the Northern Ireland Under-19 squad and the Northern Ireland Under-21 squad. He has wished his desire to play for Northern Ireland but is probally unlikley unless he moves back to Europe, as selectors are unlikly to look for a player half way around the world.