Brendan Renaud (born 21 August 1973) is an Australian

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Biography

He made his debut for Sydney FC coming on in the second half against

Adelaide United FC Adelaide United Football Club is a professional soccer club based in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. The club participates in the A-League Men under licence from Australian Professional Leagues (APL). The club was founded in 2003 to f ...

which Sydney won 3-1. He has previously played for

Blacktown City Blacktown City Council is a local government area in Western Sydney, situated on the Cumberland Plain, approximately west of the Sydney central business district, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Established in 1906 as the Blackt ...

, Marconi and

Parramatta Power Parramatta Power Soccer Club were a professional association football club who were based in the Western Sydney city of Parramatta. They played in the National Soccer League from season 1999-00 until the league folded in 2004. The Power were ...

. He signed a short-term contract with Sydney FC in 2007 to help with cover in defense due to injuries to starting players, at the time he was part of the Sydney FC Coaching and Development staff in the role of Development Officer. Brendan scored his first goal for Sydney during the

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against their 3/4 play-offs against

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. After some excellent build up play, he took a shot that fired into the top right corner from around 30 yards out, The world class strike was not enough to save Sydney who went down 2-1. Renaud is rumoured to be considering or have already retired from professional football, but still works for Sydney FC as a Development officer.

External links

Oz Football profile

Sydney FC profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Renaud, Brendan 1973 births Living people Australian men's soccer players Marconi Stallions FC players Parramatta Power SC players Sydney FC players Blacktown City FC players Parramatta FC players Australian people of French descent Men's association football defenders Men's association football midfielders Place of birth missing (living people)