Matthew Byrne

Matt Byrne
Personal information
Full nameMatthew Byrne
Date of birth5 June 1992
Place of birthBrisbane, Australia
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing positionMidfielder
Club information
Current team
Olympic FC
Number4
Youth career
Capalaba
Brisbane Force
2009–2011Brisbane Roar
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2011Rochedale Rovers2(2)
2012Donji Srem14(0)
2013Teleoptik5(1)
2013–Olympic FC36(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19.9.14.
† Appearances (Goals).

Matthew Byrne (born 5 June 1992) is an Australian soccer midfielder playing with Olympic FC.

Career

Born in Brisbane, he played with Mt Gravatt Hawks FC, Capalaba, Brisbane Force and Brisbane Roar youth teams[1] In 2011 Byrne joined Rochdale Rovers[2] and played with them in the 2011 Brisbane Premier League[3] In January 2012 he came to Serbia for trials and signed with FK Donji Srem.[4] At the end of the season Donji Srem got promotion to the 2012–13 Serbian SuperLiga. Byrne played the first half of the season in the Serbian top tier having played 5 matches, and during the winter break he moved to FK Partizan farm club, FK Teleoptik, playing back in the second tier.[5] In summer 2013 he returned to Australia and joined Olympic FC.[6]

References

  1. Matt Byrne at Rochdale Rovers official website
  2. Rovers forced to share points with Olympic FC at TheReporter.com, 14-3-2011, retrieved 4-4-2013
  3. Matthew Byrne at socceraust.co.uk
  4. Matthew Byrne at Srbijafudbal
  5. Matthew Byrne at Soccerway
  6. NPL senior squad at Olympic FC official website, retrieved 25-10-2013

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