Alex Byrne | |
Fullname: | Alex John Byrne[1] |
Birth Date: | 1997 2, df=y |
Birth Place: | Barnstaple, England |
Height: | 1.75m (05.74feet) |
Position: | Midfielder |
Years1: | 2015–2018 |
Clubs1: | Exeter City |
Caps1: | 2 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Years2: | 2015–2016 |
Caps2: | 27 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Years3: | 2017 |
Clubs3: | → Truro City |
Caps3: | 3 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Years4: | 2018–2019 |
Caps4: | 38 |
Goals4: | 1 |
Years5: | 2019– |
Clubs5: | Bideford |
Caps5: | 15 |
Goals5: | 2 |
Club-Update: | 23 August 2020 |
Alex John Byrne (born 5 February 1997) is an English footballer who plays for Bideford.
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.[2] He spent some of the 2016–17 season 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,[3] and made his second league appearance for Exeter as a late substitute on 11 November 2017.[4]
Byrne was released by Exeter at the end of the 2017–18 season.[5] 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.[6] On 10 October 2019 the club announced that Byrne had left the club.[7]