Shaun Byrne (born 21 January 1981) is a former professional
footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...
who played as a
defender or a
midfielder
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. Born in England, he represented the Republic of Ireland internationally at youth level.
Club career
Byrne started as a trainee with
West Ham United
West Ham United Football Club is a professional Association football, football club based in Stratford, London, Stratford, East London, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football league system, English f ...
before moving to
Dublin City in 2004. After four games with Dublin City he quit the team, citing the difficult transition from London to Dublin as the reason. Once free from multiple transfer binds, he trialed at various teams and then moved to
Chesham United, initially on trial before joining permanently. He later played for
Burnham and before transferring to
Hemel Hempstead Town in March 2006 and
Slough Town on 7 March 2009.
International career
Byrne captained the Republic of
Republic of Ireland U16 national team to victory at the
1998 UEFA European Under-16 Championship
The 1998 UEFA European Under-16 Championship was the 16th edition of UEFA's UEFA European Under-17 Championship, European Under-16 Football Championship. Scotland hosted the championship, during 26 April – 8 May 1998. Players born on or after 1 ...
in Scotland in May 1998. He was also part of the
Republic of Ireland U21.
Honours
Republic of Ireland U16
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UEFA U-17 Championship:
1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...
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Living people
1981 births
Republic of Ireland men's association footballers
Men's association football defenders
Men's association football midfielders
Republic of Ireland men's under-21 international footballers
Republic of Ireland men's youth international footballers
Premier League players
English Football League players
League of Ireland players
West Ham United F.C. players
Bristol Rovers F.C. players
Swansea City A.F.C. players
Dublin City F.C. players
Chesham United F.C. players
Burnham F.C. players
Hemel Hempstead Town F.C. players
Slough Town F.C. players
Republic of Ireland expatriate men's association footballers
Irish expatriate sportspeople in England
Expatriate men's footballers in England
Irish expatriate sportspeople in Wales
Expatriate men's footballers in Wales
21st-century Irish sportsmen