{{short description|Australian footballer|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Mark Byrnes | image = Mark Byrnes.jpg | image_size = 150 | fullname = Mark John Byrnes | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1982|2|8}} | birth_place = Sydney, Australia | height = {{height|m=1.83}} | position = Centre Back | currentclub = | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = | youthyears2 = | youthyears3 = 1998–1999 | youthclubs1 = Concord High School | youthclubs2 = Sydney Olympic | youthclubs3 = NSWIS | years1 = 1999–2000 | years2 = 2000–2001 | years3 = 2001–2002 | years4 = 2002 | years5 = 2003–2004 | years6 = 2004 | years7 = 2005–2007 | years8 = 2007 | years9 = 2008–2013 | years10 = 2009 | clubs1 = Parramatta Power | clubs2 = Austria Salzburg | clubs3 = Vicenza Calcio | clubs4 = Sydney Olympic | clubs5 = Perth Glory | clubs6 = FC Hämeenlinna | clubs7 = Melbourne Victory | clubs8 = Richmond SC | clubs9 = APIA Leichhardt Tigers | clubs10 = → Gold Coast United (loan) | caps1 = 22 | caps2 = 7 | caps3 = 0 | caps4 = 8 | caps5 = 44 | caps6 = 11 | caps7 = 11 | caps8 = 15 | caps9 = 83 | caps10 = 1 | goals1 = 2 | goals2 = 0 | goals3 = 0 | goals4 = 0 | goals5 = 2 | goals6 = 2 | goals7 = 2 | goals8 = 1 | goals9 = 6 | goals10 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 1999 | nationalyears2 = 2001 | nationalteam1 = Australia U-17 | nationalteam2 = Australia U-20 | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 = | pcupdate = 10 October 2013 | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's football}} {{MedalCountry|{{fb|AUS}}}} {{MedalCompetition|FIFA U-17 World Championship}} {{Medal|RU|1999 New Zealand|}} {{MedalCompetition|OFC U-19 Men's Championship}} {{Medal|W|2001 Cook Islands/New Caledonia|}} | ntupdate = 6 October 2009 }}
'''Mark John Byrnes''' (born 8 February 1982) is an Australian footballer who plays for APIA Leichhardt Tigers in the New South Wales Premier League.
==Club career== After a short stint with SV Salzburg in Austria, he won two NSL championship medals in a row with Perth Glory.
Due to the demise of the National Soccer League after the 2003/2004 season, in July of that year he signed with Finnish club, FC Hämeenlinna.<ref>{{in lang|fi}} [http://www.mtv3.fi/urheilu/arkisto.shtml/arkistot/futis/2004/07/306710 FC Hämeenlinna kohtaa MyPan]</ref> He returned to Australia to form part of Melbourne Victory's A-League 2005–06 squad,<ref>[https://www.theage.com.au/news/Soccer/Schwarzers-cup-pledge/2005/01/20/1106110874475.html Schwarzer's cup pledge]</ref> but found his chances limited by the emergence of younger defenders Adrian Leijer and Daniel Piorkowski.<ref>[https://www.theage.com.au/news/soccer/selection-poser-for-victory/2005/10/01/1127804695332.html Selection poser for Victory]</ref><ref>[https://www.theage.com.au/news/soccer/merrick-undecided-about-victory-team/2005/10/07/1128562999215.html Merrick undecided about Victory team]</ref><ref>[https://www.theage.com.au/news/soccer/form-replaces-rotation-policy-for-victory/2005/10/08/1128563036159.html Form replaces rotation policy for Victory]</ref> He was part of Melbourne's A-League championship winning side in 2006–2007. However at the end of the season, on 1 March 2007, he was released by the club.<ref>[https://www.theage.com.au/news/soccer/victory-cool-on-byrnes-the-second-to-go/2007/03/01/1172338795087.html Victory cool on Byrnes the second to go]</ref>
In 2007, he was announced as a short term signing for Victorian Premier League side Richmond Eagles for three matches.<ref>[http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/soccer/new-signings-in-foxtel-cup/story-e6frfg8x-1111113654399 New signings in Foxtel Cup]</ref> In 2008, Byrnes went on trial with English lower league football clubs Port Vale and Luton Town. He impressed during an overseas pre-season tour to the extent that he would have been offered a contract had he not suffered a minor injury during the last tour match.<ref>[https://archive.today/20070813171133/http://www.bedfordtoday.co.uk/luton-sport?articleid=3068779 Blackwell widens search for Leon replacement]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dunstabletoday.co.uk/luton-sport?articleid=3063477 |title=Ellis: Leon sale has left us lacking cover |access-date=6 October 2009 |archive-date=16 July 2007 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070716200225/http://www.dunstabletoday.co.uk/luton-sport?articleid=3063477 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
On 23 September 2009 he was signed by Gold Coast United as a four-week injury replacement for Daniel Piorkowski.<ref>[http://www.goldcoastunited.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=29492 Bleiberg signs injury cover for Piorkowski] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110308095921/http://www.goldcoastunited.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=29492 |date=8 March 2011 }}</ref>
==International career== He was captain of the Australian Under-17 team which reached the final of the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship.
==Honours==
'''Perth Glory''' * NSL Championship: 2002–03, 2003–04
'''Australia U-20''' *OFC U-19 Men's Championship: 2001<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tableso/oc-u20-01.html|title=Oceania U-20 World Cup 2001 Qualifiers|access-date=March 13, 2025}}</ref>
'''Australia U-17:''' * FIFA U-17 World Championship: 1999 (Runners-up)
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Players/B/BUS.html#ByrnesMark OzFootball profile]
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