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

Matt Byrne
Personal information
Full name Matthew Byrne
Date of birth (1992-06-05) 5 June 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Brisbane, Australia
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+12 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team 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)
2013Teleoptik (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)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 December 2020

Career

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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

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  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. ^ a b 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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