Terry McFlynn
history
| cityofbirth = Magherafelt
| countryofbirth = Northern Ireland
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| currentclub = Sydney FC
| clubnumber = 15
| contractend = 2010
| position = Central Midfielder
| youthyears =
| youthclubs =
| years = 1997–2001
2001
2001–2003
2003-2005
2005–present
| clubs = Queens Park Rangers
Woking
Margate
Morecambe
Sydney FC
| caps(goals)= 2 (0)
10 (1)
63 (11)
35 (5)
55 (3)
| nationalyears =
| nationalteam = Northern Ireland U-19
Northern Ireland U-21
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| pcupdate = 17 December 2007
| ntupdate = 17 December 2007
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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.
Club career
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 3 year career, in November 2001. 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.
Sydney FC
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. »A visiting stopgap who's here to stay
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 5 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.
He failed to make an impact on the 2006/2007 A-League season when he picked up a hamstring injury and as a result, only making 13 appearances, and scoring 0 goals.
Since then he has scored 2 more goals. One against Central Coast Mariners, in Sydney's 5-4 win and against Wellington Pheonix which Sydney won 2-0. Both of these goals were in the latter half of the 2007/2008 season. In February 2008 McFlynn signed a new contract with Sydney for a further 2 years.
International career
Terry McFlynn has played for the Northern Ireland Under-19 squad and the Northern Ireland Under-21 squad. He has wished his desire to play for Northern Ireland but is probally unlikley unless he moves back to Europe, as selectors are unlikly to look for a player half way around the world.
Honours
With Sydney FC:
- A-League Championship: 2005-2006
- Oceania Club Championship: 2004-2005
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