Jack Byrne (footballer)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jack Byrne | ||
Date of birth | 24 April 1996 | ||
Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Wigan Athletic | ||
Number | 31 | ||
Youth career | |||
St Kevin's Boys | |||
Manchester City | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015–2017 | Manchester City | 0 | (0) |
2015–2016 | → Cambuur (loan) | 27 | (4) |
2016–2017 | → Blackburn Rovers (loan) | 4 | (0) |
2017– | Wigan Athletic | 2 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2011 | Republic of Ireland U16 | 1 | (0) |
2012–2013 | Republic of Ireland U17 | 6 | (4) |
2012 | Republic of Ireland U18 | 1 | (0) |
2013 | Republic of Ireland U19 | 2 | (0) |
2014– | Republic of Ireland U21 | 10 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:10, 1 February 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13:30, 6 January 2017 (UTC) |
Jack Byrne (born 24 April 1996) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Wigan Athletic. Byrne plays predominantly as a central midfielder, though he can also operate as an attacking midfielder or as a winger.
Club career
Byrne started playing football for St Kevin's Boys, Dublin, Ireland, at the age of five and moved to England to join Manchester City at the age of 15.[2] In the 2014–15 season Byrne scored six goals in eight UEFA Youth League games for Manchester City under-19.[2]
In the summer of 2015, Byrne joined Eredivisie side Cambuur on loan.[3] After missing the first six weeks of the season due to an ankle injury picked up in pre-season, Byrne made his professional debut on 19 September in a match against FC Twente.[4] On 29 June 2016, Byrne joined EFL Championship club Blackburn Rovers.[5] He went on to make 4 league appearances for the club before Blackburn cancelled his season long loan on 6 January 2017.[6]
Later that month Byrne joined Wigan Athletic for an undisclosed fee, signing a three-and-a-half year deal.[7] He made his debut for the club as a second half substitute in a 3-2 victory over Rotherham on the 8th April 2017.
International career
Byrne has represented his native Ireland up to Under-21 level. He made his début for his country's Under-21 team when he was just 18 years old.[8] He has since won 10 caps. He was called up to train with the Irish senior team by manager Martin O'Neill in March 2016,[9] ahead of friendly matches against Switzerland and Slovakia, though Byrne did not feature in either game, instead returning to the Under-21 squad ahead of 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Qualifying matches against Italy and Slovenia.
Career statistics
Club
- As of 6 January 2017.[10]
Club | Season | League | Cup[lower-alpha 1] | League Cup[lower-alpha 2] | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Manchester City | 2015–16 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2016–17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Cambuur (loan) | 2015–16 | Eredivisie | 27 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 28 | 4 | ||
Blackburn Rovers (loan) | 2016–17 | EFL Championship | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
Wigan Athletic F.C. | 2016-17 | EFL Championship | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Career total | 31 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 4 |
Personal life
Byrne's father, John, died when Jack was 11 years old.[8]
References
- ↑ "Jack Byrne". Worldfootball. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
- 1 2 Fanning, Dion (1 November 2015). "Jack Byrne: I left my Dublin home at 15 so that I could have a better life for my family". Irish Independent. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
- ↑ "Jack Byrne - SC Cambuur". Cambuur.nl. 1996-04-24. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
- ↑ "Loan Watch Jack Byrne and Jason Denayer debut for Cambuur and Galatasaray". Manchester City FC. 21 September 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
- ↑ "Rovers sign City starlet". Blackburn Rovers F.C. 29 June 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
- ↑ "Byrne returns to Man City". Blackburn Rovers F.C. 6 January 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
- ↑ "Manchester City midfielder Jack Byrne signs for Wigan Athletic". Wigan Athletic. Retrieved 2017-04-11.
- 1 2 "HOME FROM HOME | Jack Byrne Documentary". YouTube. 2016-03-20. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
- ↑ Blake, Ben. "Man City’s Jack Byrne trained with the Ireland senior team for the first time today". The42. Retrieved 2016-04-23.
- ↑ "Jack Byrne profile". Soccerway. 6 January 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
External links
- Jack Byrne at Soccerway