Simon Lynch (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Simon George Lynch | ||
| Date of birth | 19 May 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2001 | Celtic | 4 | (3) |
| 2002–2003 | Preston North End | 44 | (1) |
| 2003 | → (loan) | 9 | (3) |
| 2004 | → Blackpool (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | Dundee | 33 | (12) |
| 2006–2008 | Queensland Roar | 36 | (5) |
| 2008–2009 | Airdrie United | 33 | (10) |
| 2009 | Dumbarton | 1 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | East Stirlingshire | 33 | (13) |
| 2010–2011 | Stenhousemuir | 17 | (4) |
| Total | 218 | (52) | |
| National team | |||
| 2002–2003 | Scotland U21 | 13 | (5) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Simon George Lynch (born 19 May 1982) is a Scottish former professional footballer, who played for clubs in Scotland, England, and Australia.
Lynch, who was born in Montreal but moved to Scotland as a child, started his career at Celtic and managed three goals in five appearances (his father, Andy Lynch, captained Celtic in the 1970s). A highlight was scoring a brace in a 4-1 win at Hearts in April 2002. He turned down an improved contract offer from Celtic to join Preston North End in January 2003 for £130,000. Lynch scored just two goals in forty-five appearances, his goals coming against Wimbledon in the league and Mansfield Town in the Football League Cup. Lynch had loan spells with and Blackpool before returning to Scotland with Dundee in 2005. He managed 13 goals in 31 league appearances for the Dark Blues, but Dundee's financial problems meant he was unlikely to remain.
On 3 July 2006, it was revealed that Lynch had signed a two-year contract with Queensland Roar. Despite being unable to participate in the pre-season cup due to visa problems, Lynch wasted no time in making an impact for his new team and quickly made a name for himself in round 1 in his debut game scoring the first goal in Queensland's 3-nil win over Perth Glory. He continued his hot-form and was quickly become a crowd favourite of the Queensland Roar faithful when he scored the winner against the Newcastle Jets with just seconds remaining.
He then took his tally to three from four against New Zealand Knights. He formed a deadly partnership with Reinaldo and Ante Milicic in the opening nine rounds until he suffered a hamstring injury which kept him on the sidelines for a long period of the season and this huge blow saw the Roar lack in attack, spark and goals which slowly brought them down and out of the top four. His solid start to the season saw him come tied for 8th in the Johnny Warren Medal for Player of the Year.
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