# Mark Byrnes

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{{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](/source/Sydney), Australia
| height              = {{height|m=1.83}}
| position            = [Centre Back](/source/Defender_(association_football))
| currentclub         = 
| clubnumber          = 
|  youthyears1 =             
| youthyears2 =   
| youthyears3 =  1998–1999
|  youthclubs1 =            Concord High School 
| youthclubs2 =  [Sydney Olympic](/source/Sydney_Olympic) 
| youthclubs3 =  [NSWIS](/source/NSW_Institute_of_Sport)
|  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](/source/Parramatta_Power) 
| clubs2 =  [Austria Salzburg](/source/Austria_Salzburg) 
| clubs3 =  [Vicenza Calcio](/source/Vicenza_Calcio) 
| clubs4 =  [Sydney Olympic](/source/Sydney_Olympic) 
| clubs5 =  [Perth Glory](/source/Perth_Glory_FC) 
| clubs6 =  [FC Hämeenlinna](/source/FC_H%C3%A4meenlinna) 
| clubs7 =  [Melbourne Victory](/source/Melbourne_Victory) 
| clubs8 =  [Richmond SC](/source/Richmond_SC) 
| clubs9 =  [APIA Leichhardt Tigers](/source/APIA_Leichhardt_Tigers) 
| clubs10 =  → [Gold Coast United](/source/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](/source/Australia_national_under-17_football_team) 
| nationalteam2 =  [Australia U-20](/source/Australia_national_under-20_football_team)
| nationalcaps1 =     
| nationalgoals1 = 
| pcupdate =  10 October 2013
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Men's [football](/source/association_football)}}
{{MedalCountry|{{fb|AUS}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[FIFA U-17 World Championship](/source/FIFA_U-17_World_Cup)}}
{{Medal|RU|[1999 New Zealand](/source/1999_FIFA_U-17_World_Championship)|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[OFC U-19 Men's Championship](/source/OFC_U-19_Men's_Championship)}}
{{Medal|W|[2001 Cook Islands/New Caledonia](/source/2001_OFC_U-20_Championship)|}}
| ntupdate = 6 October 2009
}}

'''Mark John Byrnes''' (born 8 February 1982) is an Australian [footballer](/source/Football_(soccer)) who plays for [APIA Leichhardt Tigers](/source/APIA_Leichhardt_Tigers) in the [New South Wales Premier League](/source/NSW_Premier_League).

==Club career==
After a short stint with [SV Salzburg](/source/Austria_Salzburg) in [Austria](/source/Austria), he won two [NSL](/source/National_Soccer_League) championship medals in a row with [Perth Glory](/source/Perth_Glory_FC).

Due to the demise of the [National Soccer League](/source/National_Soccer_League) after the 2003/2004 season, in July of that year he signed with Finnish club, [FC Hämeenlinna](/source/FC_H%C3%A4meenlinna).<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](/source/Melbourne_Victory)'s [A-League 2005–06](/source/A-League_2005%E2%80%9306) 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](/source/Adrian_Leijer) and [Daniel Piorkowski](/source/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](/source/Victorian_Premier_League) side [Richmond Eagles](/source/Richmond_SC) 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](/source/Gold_Coast_United) as a four-week injury replacement for [Daniel Piorkowski](/source/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](/source/Australia_national_under-17_football_team) team which reached the final of the [1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship](/source/1999_FIFA_U-17_World_Championship).

==Honours==

'''Perth Glory'''
* [NSL Championship](/source/List_of_NSL_champions): 2002–03, 2003–04

'''Australia U-20'''
*[OFC U-19 Men's Championship](/source/OFC_U-19_Men's_Championship): [2001](/source/2001_OFC_U-20_Championship)<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](/source/FIFA_U-17_World_Championship): [1999](/source/1999_FIFA_U-17_World_Championship) (Runners-up)

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Players/B/BUS.html#ByrnesMark OzFootball profile]

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Category:1982 births
Category:Living people
Category:Sportsmen from New South Wales
Category:Australian people of Irish descent
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:Australian expatriate men's soccer players
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Austria
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Finland
Category:A-League Men players
Category:National Soccer League (Australia) players
Category:Austrian Football Bundesliga players
Category:Veikkausliiga players
Category:FC Hämeenlinna players
Category:FC Red Bull Salzburg players
Category:Melbourne Victory FC players
Category:Parramatta Power SC players
Category:Perth Glory FC players
Category:Sydney Olympic FC players
Category:New South Wales Institute of Sport alumni
Category:Gold Coast United FC players
Category:Soccer players from Sydney
Category:Australian men's soccer players
Category:21st-century Australian sportsmen

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