Ryan Griffiths (footballer)
Griffiths playing for Newcastle Jets in 2012
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| Full name | Ryan Alan Griffiths | ||||||||
| Date of birth | 21 August 1981 | ||||||||
| Place of birth | Sydney, Australia | ||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||
| Playing position | Left Winger, Striker | ||||||||
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Current team
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Western Sydney Wanderers | ||||||||
| Number | 29 | ||||||||
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| Sutherland Sharks | |||||||||
| Sydney United | |||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||
| 1999–2002 | Northern Spirit | 41 | (6) | ||||||
| 2002 | Manly-Warringah | 15 | (12) | ||||||
| 2002–2004 | Newcastle United Jets | 52 | (25) | ||||||
| 2004–2006 | Naţional Bucureşti | 35 | (15) | ||||||
| 2006–2009 | Rapid Bucureşti | 14 | (6) | ||||||
| 2007–2008 | → Liaoning (loan) | 36 | (11) | ||||||
| 2009 | → Beijing Guoan (loan) | 27 | (10) | ||||||
| 2010 | Beijing Guoan | 25 | (11) | ||||||
| 2011–2013 | Newcastle United Jets | 56 | (19) | ||||||
| 2013 | Beijing Baxy | 22 | (12) | ||||||
| 2014 | Adelaide United | 4 | (1) | ||||||
| 2014–2015 | Sarawak | 51 | (11) | ||||||
| 2016–2017 | South China | 14 | (4) | ||||||
| 2017– | Western Sydney Wanderers | 1 | (0) | ||||||
| National team‡ | |||||||||
| 2004 | Australia U23 | 9 | (6) | ||||||
| 2006–2009 | Australia | 8 | (1) | ||||||
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Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 February 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 February 2013 |
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Ryan Griffiths (born 21 August 1981 in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian football (soccer) player who plays for Western Sydney Wanderers in the A-League.
Griffiths Began his professional career at the bright age of 17 scoring 4 goals in his first 10 appearances for Northern Spirit. He then attracted interest from other Australian clubs and decided to sign for Newcastle United Jets for 2 years with his old youth team coach Ian Crook and Gary van Egmond. His performances at the club granted him a call up to the Olyroos Australian Olympic games team where he went on to play in the 2004 Athens Olympics. He then attracted attention from English clubs and was about to put pen to paper with Stoke City. Unfortunately he could not sign with the club due to not having the right credentials and family background status to live and work in the UK. Griffiths got picked up by National Bucharest in the Romanian Divizia A where he played for 2 seasons and attracted offers from some eastern European Giants.
Griffiths decided to sign for Rapid Bucureşti for 4.1 million Rupees transfer fee.
On 18 March 2007, Ryan scored his first goal for Liaoning in the 32nd minute, giving his team a 1-0 win over Shenyang Jinde. Griffiths went on to produce several notable performances for the Chinese Super League side.He went back to China and at the end of 2008 season he left Liaoning for Beijing Guoan.
On 8 June 2009 it was announced that he would join A-league club Gold Coast United at the conclusion of the 2009 Chinese Super League season, but he later returned to Beijing.
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