Cliff Byrne

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Cliff Byrne
Personal information
Full name Clifford Byrne
Date of birth (1982-04-26) 26 April 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth Dublin, Ireland
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Position(s) Centre back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2003 Sunderland 0 (0)
2002-2003 → Scunthorpe United (loan) 13 (0)
2003–2012 Scunthorpe United 266 (9)
2012–2014 Oldham Athletic 38 (1)
2013 → Scunthorpe United (loan) 10 (0)
2014 Derry City 15 (1)
2014-2015 Alfreton Town 5 (1)
2015- Gainsborough Trinity 11 (1)
International career‡
2002–2003 Republic of Ireland U21 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:21, 12 December 2014 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:56, 6 October 2015 (UTC)

Clifford "Cliff" Byrne (born 26 April 1982) is a former Irish footballer, who is currently a youth team coach at Sunderland.

Byrne previously played for Sunderland. He took part in a UEFA 'B' coaching course in summer 2005.[1]

Following the departure of Izzy Iriekpen[2] Byrne was given the captaincy .

He scored two goals in the last two games of the 2008–2009 season; his 89th-minute goal against Tranmere Rovers was enough to help Scunthorpe seal the last playoff place.

After missing just under a year of action due to injury, Byrne made his first start of the 11/12 season on 26 November 2011, away to Notts County.

He was released by the club in May 2012.[3]

On 27 July 2012, it was announced that Byrne had signed for Oldham Athletic.[4] Byrne scored his first goal for Oldham against his old club Scunthorpe United in a 2–2 draw on 1 January 2013[5] He rejoined former club Scunthorpe on loan in September 2013.

On 17 January 2014, Cliff had his contract at Oldham Athletic cancelled by mutual agreement.[6]

In February 2014 Byrne signed for Roddy Collins at the Brandywell Stadium to play for Derry City for the 2014 League of Ireland season.[7]

He scored his first League goal on his third league appearance.[8]

On 19th February 2015 it was reported he had joined Gainsborough Trinity [9]

Career statistics

As of 3 February 2013.
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sunderland 1999–2000[10] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2000–01[11] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2001–02[12] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2002–03[13] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Scunthorpe United (loan) 2002–03[14] Division Three 13 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
Scunthorpe United 2003–04[15] Division Three 39 1 6 0 2 0 4[lower-alpha 1] 0 51 1
2004–05[16]
 League Two 29 1 3 0 0 0 1[lower-alpha 1] 0 33 1
2005–06[17]
 League One 32 1 4 0 1 0 3[lower-alpha 1] 0 40 1
2006–07[18]
 League One 24 0 3 0 1 0 2[lower-alpha 1] 0 30 0
2007–08[19]
 Championship 25 0 1 0 1 0 — 27 0
2008–09[20]
 League One 43 2 3 0 1 0 10[lower-alpha 2] 0 57 2
2009–10[21] Championship 36 2 2 0 2 0 — 40 2
2010–11[22] Championship 21 2 0 0 3 0 — 24 2
2011–12[23] League One 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
Total 276 9 25 0 11 0 20 0 332 9
Oldham Athletic 2012–13[24] League One 30 1 3 0 1 0 1[lower-alpha 1] 0 35 1
Career totals 306 10 28 0 12 0 21 0 367 10
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Appearances in Football League Trophy
  2. ↑ 7 appearances in Football League Trophy, 3 appearances in Football League One play-offs

References

  1. ↑ GiveMeSport
  2. ↑ http://www.scunthorpe-united.co.uk/page/Announcements/0,,10442~1497860,00.html
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  5. ↑ BBC Sport - Scunthorpe 2-2 Oldham
  6. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  7. ↑ http://www.derrycityfc.net/2014/02/cliff-byrne-signs/
  8. ↑ http://www.derrycityfc.net/match/7633/
  9. ↑ http://www.lincolnshireecho.co.uk/Gainsborough-Trinity-set-sign-Scunthorpe-United/story-26049127-detail/story.html
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