Ryan Townsend
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ryan Townsend | ||
Date of birth | 2 September 1985 | ||
Place of birth | Manchester, England | ||
Height | Script error: No such module "person height". | ||
Position(s) | central defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team
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Mandurah City | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2004 | Burnley | 1 | (0) |
2005 | Wanneroo City | ? | (?) |
2005–2007 | Perth Glory | 3 | (0) |
2007–2008 | Persiba Balikpapan | ? | (?) |
2008–2011 | Mandurah City | ? | (?) |
International career‡ | |||
2005 | Australia U20 | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:53, 31 August 2007 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13:53, 31 August 2007 (UTC) |
Ryan Townsend (born 2 September 1985, Manchester, England) is an Australian footballer.[1]
Biography
Ryan was born in Manchester, in the United Kingdom, but was raised in Perth, Australia. After growing up in Australia he returned to the UK having earned a place in Burnley FC's youth development set-up. Ryan could have stayed at Burnley but they could not extend his contract due to ECU Joondalup (his club in Perth) demanding a large development fee.[2] Ryan instead returned to Perth where he started to train with Perth Glory before playing two games in 2005 on a short term contract. Ryan then joined Wanneroo City in the Football West State League, before he was offered a full-time contract with Perth Glory in place of Daniel Vasilevski for the A-League 2006-07 season. He was released four games before the end of the A-League season after a single appearance and then decided to play in Indonesia with Persiba Balikpapan until 2008.
Australian career
He has played for the Australian U20 side, the "Young Socceroos", three times. A highlight for Ryan was scoring against Japan the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship.
References
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- EngvarB from September 2014
- Use dmy dates from September 2014
- Pages using infobox football biography with height issues
- No local image but image on Wikidata
- 1985 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Manchester
- Australian soccer players
- Australian expatriate soccer players
- English footballers
- A-League players
- Burnley F.C. players
- Perth Glory FC players
- Persiba Balikpapan players
- Expatriate footballers in Indonesia
- Australian soccer biography stubs