Alex Byrne (footballer, born 1997)

Alex John Byrne (born 5 February 1997) is an English footballer.

Alex Byrne
Personal information
Full name Alex John Byrne[1]
Date of birth (1997-02-05) 5 February 1997
Place of birth Barnstaple, England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2]
Playing 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)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 August 2019

Career

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 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]

References
  1. "EFL Released and Retained List 2016–17" (PDF). English Football League. p. 78. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  2. Alex Byrne at Soccerway. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  3. "Exeter 1-2 Hartlepool". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  4. "City 1 Charlton Athletic 2". Exeter City FC. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  5. Strange, Ben (11 November 2017). "City 2 Grimsby Town 0". Exeter City FC official site. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  6. "Troy Archibald-Henville: Exeter City defender among seven released by club". BBC Sport. 5 June 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  7. "Wealdstone FC vs Weston super Mare". Weston-super-Mare AFC official website. 4 August 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  8. PLAYER MOVEMENT AT THE OPTIMA, westonsmareafc.co.uk, 10 October 2019
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