Matthew Byrne

Matthew Byrne (born 5 June 1992) is an Australian soccer Midfielder last playing with Eastern Suburbs FC.

For the Canadian musician, see Matthew Byrne (musician).

Matt Byrne
Personal information
Full name Matthew Byrne
Date of birth (1992-06-05) 5 June 1992
Place of birth Brisbane, Australia
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Souths United
Youth career
Capalaba
Brisbane Force
2009–2011 Brisbane Roar
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011 Rochedale Rovers 2 (2)
2012–2013 Donji Srem 14 (0)
2013 → Teleoptik (loan) 5 (1)
2013–2015 Olympic FC 58 (5)
2016–2018 Moreton Bay United 71 (4)
2019 Eastern Suburbs 25 (2)
2020– Souths United 10 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 December 2020

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 was loaned to FK Partizan farm club, FK Teleoptik,[5] playing back in the second tier.[6]

In summer 2013 he returned to Australia and joined Olympic FC.[7] Having arrived from Serbia where he regularly played as right-back, during 2014, he made a big impression in the Olympic FC team as a central defender. His performances in the PlayStation 4 NPL Queensland have earned him a nomination for the Supporters’ Team of the Year, and, subsequently, Byrne was offered a new contract for the 2015 season, which he signed.[5] In October 2014, Byrne received the Olympic FC's Senior Awards dinner at The Greek Club the award of the most consistent senior team player.[8]

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. Byrne Re-Signs With Olympic at websites.sportstg.com, 10-10-2014, retrieved 27-11-2016
  6. Matthew Byrne at Soccerway
  7. NPL senior squad Archived 29 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine at Olympic FC official website, retrieved 25-10-2013
  8. Matt Byrnes Bright At Olympic Awards at websites.sportstg.com, 20-10-2014, retrieved 27-11-2016


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