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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Terence Martin McFlynn | ||
| Date of birth | 27 March 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Magherafelt, Northern Ireland | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 81⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Sydney FC | ||
| Number | 15 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Queens Park Rangers | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1997–2001 | Queens Park Rangers | 2 | (0) |
| 2001 | Woking | 10 | (1) |
| 2001–2003 | Margate | 63 | (11) |
| 2003–2005 | Morecambe | 35 | (5) |
| 2005– | Sydney FC | 96 | (6) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1998–2000 | Northern Ireland U-19 | 12 | (2) |
| 2001 | Northern Ireland U-21 | 3 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:47, 20 January 2010 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Terence Martin "Terry" McFlynn (born 27 March 1981) is a football (soccer) player from Swatragh, Northern Ireland. He currently plays as a central midfielder for the Australian A-League team Sydney FC. He is the current vice captain.
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McFlynn began his footballing career in England as an apprentice at Queens Park Rangers in 1996. McFlynn made only two first-team appearances in his five-year stay at the club - his first-team debut was made on 28 April 2001. He was released in 2001 and signed for Woking. Terry made 10 appearances for the West Surrey club scoring only once, in a short half year deal.
McFlynn moved to Margate, initially on a one month loan deal, but ended up being a useful three-year career, in November 2001. Terry quickly became a huge favourite with the Margate fans, helped by a stunning debut goal against Boston United. He made 63 appearances for the club and scoring a total of 11 goals. A hamstring injury late in 2002 saw McFlynn miss several key games and as a result was sold to Morecambe.
In 2003, McFlynn moved to Conference rivals Morecambe for £14,000 and, despite scoring on debut, he was unable to cement a spot in the team and was released in 2005, but made 35 appearances and scoring 5 goals in just 17 games.
Following the advice of former teammate and one-time New Zealand captain Chris Zoricich, McFlynn moved to Australia to play in the newly formed A-League and was signed by Sydney FC manager Pierre Littbarski after a successful trial in February 2005.[1]
In his first season with Sydney FC McFlynn made 21 appearances and proved to be a strong and determined player. He scored a memorable first goal for the club in round five of the 2005–06 season against the Queensland Roar in which he lobbed their goalkeeper, Tom Willis, from 30 meters out to round off a 3–1 victory to Sydney FC.
Sydney FC progressed to the inaugural A-League Grand Final, which was played at the Sydney Football Stadium on 5 March 2006. Terry McFlynn played the full 90 minutes as Sydney FC defeated the Central Coast Mariners 1–0 in front of 41,689 spectators to become the inaugural A-League champions.[2]
He failed to make an impact on the 2006–07 A-League season when he picked up a hamstring injury and as a result, only making 13 appearances, without scoring.
In the 2007–08 season he scored two more goals. One against Central Coast Mariners, in Sydney's 5–4 win and against Wellington Phoenix which Sydney won 2–0. Both of these goals were in the latter half of the season.
In February 2008 McFlynn signed a new contract with Sydney for a further two years. He scored his fourth goal in Sydney's fifth match in the A-League 2008-09, against Adelaide United in Sydney's 3–0 victory, with a volley from outside the box. Another goal for Sydney against F3 Freeway rivals Central Coast Mariners took his tally to five. In a match against Adelaide United at Hindmarsh Stadium in which he was given a straight red card he sustained five week knee injury. However, he returned to the bench in the third game against Adelaide United in their 2–0 loss at the Adelaide Oval. His sixth goal for the club came against rivals Central Coast Mariners, scoring the only goal in their 1–0. Speaking after the game McFlynn said it was his most memorable, as his first child had been born the week before, not to mention it was his first game after returning from a Thigh injury.[3]
In November 2009 Sydney FC held a press conference to inform the public that they had re-signed McFlynn on a further 3-year contract, up until 2013. This will mean by the end of this contract, McFlynn will have been with the habourside club for 8 years.[4] McFlynn further commented saying
I don't want to play football for any other clubs, either in Australia or anywhere else," he said "I've been at Sydney FC for five years and I couldn't be happier to be signing on for another three years. "I have grown to love the club, my family is here and I see Sydney as my home."
On February 26, 2010 it was announced that he had received permanent Australian residency, and hoped to gain Australian citizenship. As a result he will no longer be counted as one of the 5 allotted international players, but will still be able to represent Northern Ireland if the opportunity arises.[5]
McFlynn has played for the Northern Ireland Under-19 squad and the Northern Ireland Under-21 squad.
With Sydney FC:
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