Shawn Maurice Barry (born April 23, 1990) is a Puerto Rican former professional footballer who played as a defender.

Shawn Barry
Barry with LASK Linz in 2014
Personal information
Full name Shawn Maurice Barry
Date of birth (1990-04-23) April 23, 1990 (age 33)
Place of birth Miramar, Florida, United States
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2009 Virginia Cavaliers 45 (0)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010 Fort Lauderdale Schulz Academy 3 (0)
2010–2012 LASK Juniors 31 (4)
2011–2015 LASK 86 (8)
2015–2017 FSV Frankfurt 56 (2)
2017 Korona Kielce 5 (0)
2018 Real Salt Lake 4 (0)
2018Real Monarchs (loan) 1 (0)
2019 Tampa Bay Rowdies 15 (1)
International career
2018–2019 Puerto Rico 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Professional edit

Barry made three appearances in the USL Premier Developmental League for Fort Lauderdale Schulz Academy in mid-2010. Barry joined LASK Linz in July 2010. He made his full debut on May 22, 2011, in a 1–0 loss to Wacker Innsbruck. After winning the three league championships in Austria in five years, 2015 saw Barry move to Germany's 2nd division as he signed for FSV Frankfurt.[1]

On July 8, 2017, he signed a contract with Korona Kielce.[2]

He was released during the winter break and returned to his native United States with Real Salt Lake ahead of the 2018 Major League Soccer season.[3] Barry was released by Salt Lake at the end of their 2018 season.[4]

On February 1, 2019, Barry signed his first professional contract with a team in his home state of Florida by joining the Tampa Bay Rowdies.[5]

International edit

In August 2018, Barry was called up by new head coach Amado Guevara to the Puerto Rico national football team for the CONCACAF Nations League qualifying against St. Kitts and Nevis.[6] He got his first international cap on September 9, 2018.[7]

References edit

  1. ^ "Wacker Innsbruck vs. LASK - 22 May 2011 - Soccerway". Soccer Way. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
  2. ^ "Nowi zawodnicy w Koronie" (in Polish). 90minut. July 8, 2017. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
  3. ^ "RSL signs defender Shawn Barry". RSL. MLS. January 17, 2018. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
  4. ^ "Real Salt Lake Exercises Options on Six Players for 2019 | Real Salt Lake".
  5. ^ "Rowdies Sign Florida Native Shawn Barry". Rowdies Soccer. Retrieved February 1, 2019.
  6. ^ "Convocada la Selección de Puerto Rico para la Liga de Naciones". Noticias El Huracan Azul PR. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
  7. ^ Torres, Publicado por Javier. "Puerto Rico cae 1-0 ante St. Kitts & Nevis".

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