Ryan Townsend

Ryan Townsend (born 2 September 1985) is an Australian footballer.[1]

Ryan Townsend
Personal information
Date of birth (1985-09-02) 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)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:53, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13:53, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

Biography

Townsend was born in Manchester, in the United Kingdom, but was raised in Perth, Western Australia. 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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