Conan Byrne
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Conan Byrne | ||
| Date of birth | 10 July 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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St Patrick's Athletic | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Swords Rovers | |||
| Home Farm | |||
| River Valley Rangers | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2007 | UCD | 50 | (3) |
| 2008–2011 | Sporting Fingal | 105 | (36) |
| 2011–2012 | Shelbourne | 51 | (15) |
| 2013– | St Patrick's Athletic | 135 | (47) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Conan Byrne (born 10 July 1985 in Dublin), is an Irish footballer who plays as a winger for Airtricity League club St Patrick's Athletic.
From Swords, Dublin, Byrne began his schoolboy days with local sides Swords Rovers and River Valley Rangers before joining UCD in 2005. With immediate effect Byrne scored prolifically for UCD's Under-21 side and eventually made his way into the UCD starting line-up as a forward. He made his League of Ireland debut in the Carlisle Grounds on 16 September 2005. In spite of scoring UCD's equaliser in his second game their 2005 League Cup final defeat to Derry City he could not replicate his underage scoring level for the senior team and drifted out of the team. He was remodelled as a right winger during the 2007 season and re-established himself in that berth since Patrick Kavanagh's departure to Birmingham City. In this role he was named UCD's Player of the Season in 2007.
In January 2008 Byrne departed UCD to sign for newly formed League of Ireland First Division side Sporting Fingal where he also took up the position as Marketing Manager for the club. He finished his first season with 9 goals from midfield having played every game for the club and was voted the Supporters Player of the Season for the second year in succession.
In the 2009 season Byrne finished top scorer in the First Division with 21 goals and Sporting Fingal's top scorer with an outstanding 28 goals from 45 league and cup appearances. Byrne capped off a successful 2009 season securing promotion to the Premier Division with Sporting Fingal via the Play-offs and securing an FAI Cup winners medal after Sporting's 2–1 victory over Sligo Rovers in the final. He had another successful season in 2010 as Sporting Fingal finished 4th in their first season in the Premier Division and participated in Fingal's UEFA Europa League ties against Portuguese Primeira Liga side C.S. Marítimo.
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