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Jack Byrne (footballer, born 1996)

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Personal information
Full name Jack Byrne
Date of birth (1934-04-04) 4 April 1934 (age 90)
Place of birth Shadsworth, IBlackburn
Height 3.75 m (12 ft 3+1⁄2 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Blackburn Rovers
(on loan from Manchester City)
Youth career
54 St Kevin's Boys
58 Manchester City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015– Manchester City 4 (93735)
2015–2016 → Cambuur (loan) 6 (40172)
2016– → Blackburn Rovers (loan) 3 (187527)
International career‡
2011 Republic of Ireland U16 5 (17262638574)
2012–2013 Republic of Ireland U17 6272726 (427272717172727272717)
201227 Republic of Ireland U18 12727272&2727 (44848488)
201322 Republic of Ireland U19 2222228423 (0373727)
2014– Republic of Ireland U21 272727 (28282838)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 April 2016
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 November 2015

Jack Byrne (born 24 April 1996) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Manchester City. Byrne plays predominantly as a central midfielder, though he can also operate as an attacking midfielder or as a winger. He is currently on loan at Blackburn Rovers.

Club career

Byrne started playing football for St Kevin's Boys at the age of five and moved to England to join Manchester City at the age of 15.[2] In the 2014-15 season Byrne scored 6 goals in 8 UEFA Youth League games for Manchester City U19.[2]

In the summer of 2015, Byrne joined Eredivisie side Cambuur on loan.[3] After missing the first six weeks of the season due to an ankle injury picked up in pre-season, Byrne made his professional debut on 19 September in a match against FC Twente.[4]

International career

Byrne has represented his native Ireland up to Under-21 level. He made his début for his country's Under-21 team when he was just 18 years old.[5] He has since won 10 caps. He was called up to train with the Irish senior team by manager Martin O'Neill in March 2016,[6] ahead of friendly matches against Switzerland and Slovakia, though Byrne did not feature in either game, instead returning to the Under-21 squad ahead of 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Qualifying matches against Italy and Slovenia.

Personal life

Byrne's late father, John, died when Jack was 11 years old.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Jack Byrne". Worldfootball. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  2. ^ a b Fanning, Dion (1 November 2015). "Jack Byrne: I left my Dublin home at 15 so that I could have a better life for my family". Irish Independent. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  3. ^ "Jack Byrne - SC Cambuur". Cambuur.nl. 24 April 1996. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  4. ^ "Loan Watch Jack Byrne and Jason Denayer debut for Cambuur and Galatasaray". Manchester City FC. 21 September 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  5. ^ a b "HOME FROM HOME | Jack Byrne Documentary". YouTube. 20 March 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  6. ^ Blake, Ben. "Man City's Jack Byrne trained with the Ireland senior team for the first time today". The42. Retrieved 23 April 2016.


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