Mick Byrne
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Michael Byrne | ||
| Date of birth | 14 January 1960 | ||
| Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1978–1981 | Bohemian | 45 | (8) |
| 1981–1984 | Shelbourne | 68 | (23) |
| 1984–1988 | Shamrock Rovers | 87 | (42) |
| 1988 | ADO Den Haag | 12 | (2) |
| 1988 | Shamrock Rovers | 0 | (0) |
| 1988–1990 | Huddersfield Town | 56 | (11) |
| 1989–1990 | → Shelbourne (loan) | 14 | (4) |
| 1990–1991 | Shamrock Rovers | 16 | (4) |
| 1991–1992 | Sligo Rovers | 27 | (4) |
| 1992 | Dundalk | 3 | (0) |
| 1992 | Shelbourne | 3 | (0) |
| 1992–1995 | Monaghan United | 83 | (25) |
| 1995 | → Dundalk(loan) | 8 | (4) |
| 1995–1996 | Dundalk | 16 | (3) |
| 1996 | St James's Gate | 1 | (0) |
| 1996 | Athlone Town | 1 | (0) |
| 1996–1997 | Shamrock Rovers | 1 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 1984 | League of Ireland XI | 1 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1996–1997 | St James's Gate F.C. | ||
| 1997–1999 | Shamrock Rovers | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Michael "Mick" Byrne (born 14 January 1960 in Dublin) was an Irish football player during the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s.
He made his Bohs debut in the 1979 FAI League Cup final win over Shamrock Rovers on 22 March 1979. He made his League of Ireland debut three days later.
He had a spell at Shelbourne, where he was Player of the Month in February 1982.
He attracted the interest of Manchester City during his time at Shels.
Byrne signed for Shamrock Rovers in the summer of 1984.
In each of his three seasons at Milltown he won the domestic double as well as representing the League in the Olympic qualifiers. He was the top scorer in the 1986–87 League of Ireland Premier Division season and made 6 appearances in European competition. Transfer talks with AS Saint-Étienne and Feyenoord didn't work out so after 72 goals in 146 games, in January 1988 Mick signed for FC Den Haag thus ending an extraordinarily successful period at Rovers.
He briefly re-signed for Rovers again in July 1988 but after 3 goals in 6 games he left for Huddersfield Town A.F.C. the following month for £20,000. After two seasons in which he scored 11 goals in 56 league games, he came back to Rovers for the club's first season in the RDS but left in January 1991 after 5 goals in 20 appearances for Sligo Rovers as the club had an abundance of strikers. At Sligo he scored 6 goals in 34 total appearances, 27 in the league.
During his time at Rovers he scored 46 league goals and 10 goals in the FAI Cup. He also played in 3 1988 Summer Olympics qualifiers, scoring twice.
He had two more spells at Shels and also represented Dundalk F.C., Monaghan United, St. James's Gate F.C. (one game) and Athlone Town during his career. With Monaghan he finished was the 1992–93 League of Ireland First Division top scorer and his 15 league goals helped them gain promotion.
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