Ryan Townsend
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 2 September 1985 | ||
Place of birth | Manchester, England | ||
Position(s) | Central defender | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | 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 | ? | (?) |
National team‡ | |||
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) is an Australian footballer.[1]
Biography
Townsend was born in Manchester, in the United Kingdom, but was raised in Perth, Western Australia. His father was a former professional footballer, George Townsend. After growing up in Australia he returned to the UK having earned a place in Burnley's youth development set-up. Townsend 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] Townsend instead returned to Perth where he started to train with Perth Glory before playing two games in 2005 on a short-term contract. Townsend 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 Townsend was scoring against Japan in the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship.
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