Ryan Townsend
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| Ryan Townsend | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ryan Townsend | |
| Date of birth | September 2, 1985 | |
| Place of birth | Manchester, England | |
| Height | 183cm | |
| Position | Central Defender | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Perth Glory | |
| Number | 2 | |
| Professional clubs* | ||
| Years | Club | Apps (goals) |
| 2004 2005- |
Burnley Perth Glory |
1 (0) 2 (0) |
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* Professional club appearances and goals |
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Ryan Townsend (born 2 September 1985, Manchester , United Kingdom) is an Australian football (soccer) player, who plays in central defence for the Perth Glory.
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 of stayed at Burnley but they could not extend his contract due to ECU Joondalup (his club in Perth) demanding a development fee. Ryan insted returned to Perth and where he has been training with Perth Glory. After playing two games last year as a replacement, Ryan was offered the squad place vacated by Daniel Vasilevski for the 2006/2007 A-League season. He currently plays for the Perth Glory in the A-League.
[edit] Australian Career
As of February 2006, he has played for the Australian youth side, the "Young Socceroos", three times. A higlight for Ryan was scoring against Japan in the World Youth Championships in 2005.
[edit] References
| Perth Glory FC - Current Squad |
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1 Petkovic | 2 Townsend | 3 Tarka | 4 Colosimo | 5 Harnwell | 6 Christie | 7 Saric | 8 Micevski | 9 Glavas | 10 Despotovski | 11 Lazaridis | 12 Bertos | 13 Kovacevic | 14 Coyne | 15 Robertson | 16 Webster | 17 Young | 18 Magdic | 19 Sekulovski | 20 Vrteski | 24 Pezos | 50 Tomich | Coach Smith |
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