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Alex John Byrne (born 5 February 1997) is an English footballer who plays for Bideford.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Alex John Byrne[1] | ||
Date of birth | 5 February 1997 | ||
Place of birth | Barnstaple, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015–2018 | Exeter City | 2 | (0) |
2015–2016 | → Weston-super-Mare | 27 | (0) |
2017 | → Truro City | 3 | (0) |
2018–2019 | Weston-super-Mare | 38 | (1) |
2019– | Bideford | 15 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 August 2020 |
Byrne began his career with Exeter City and made his professional debut for the Grecians on 13 August 2016 in a 2–1 defeat against Hartlepool United. He had spent the previous season on loan at Weston-super-Mare.[3] He spent some of the 2016–17 season on loan at Truro City.
He made his second overall appearance for the Grecians first team came almost a year later in Exeter's 1–2 EFL Cup loss to Charlton Athletic,[4] and made his second league appearance for Exeter as a late substitute on 11 November 2017.[5]
Byrne was released by Exeter at the end of the 2017–18 season.[6] He re-joined Weston-super-Mare in August 2018 following a successful trial, making his debut in the Seagulls' loss to Wealdstone on the opening day of the 2018–19 season.[7] On 10 October 2019 the club announced that Byrne had left the club.[8]
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