Shane Lowry (footballer)

Shane Lowry

Lowry playing for Millwall in 2012
Personal information
Full name Shane Thomas Lowry[1]
Date of birth (1989-06-12) 12 June 1989
Place of birth Perth, Western Australia
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
 Perth Glory
Number 4
Youth career
– ECU Joondalup
2005–2009 Aston Villa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2009–2012 Aston Villa 0 (0)
2009 → Plymouth Argyle (loan) 13 (0)
2010 → Leeds United (loan) 11 (0)
2011 → Sheffield United (loan) 17 (0)
2011–2012 → Millwall (loan) 9 (0)
2012–2014 Millwall 74 (2)
2014–2015 Leyton Orient 34 (0)
2015–2016 Birmingham City 1 (0)
2016– Perth Glory 12 (1)
National team‡
2006 Republic of Ireland U17 6 (0)
2008–2009 Republic of Ireland U21 2 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 April 2016.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21 August 2009

Shane Thomas Lowry (born 12 June 1989) is an Australian footballer who plays as a defender for Perth Glory. His previous clubs include Millwall, Aston Villa, Plymouth Argyle, Leeds United, Sheffield United, Leyton Orient and Birmingham City. Born in Perth, Western Australia, he represented the Republic of Ireland under-17s and under-21s before choosing to pursue his senior international career with Australia.

Club career

Aston Villa

Lowry started his youth career with Australian club ECU Joondalup. He signed for Aston Villa in February 2005 along with fellow Australian Chris Herd. Lowry made 9 appearances for Aston Villa Reserves in the 2006–07 season, mainly coming near the end of the campaign. Lowry was also part of the squad that won the HKFC International Soccer Sevens in May 2007. In June 2007, Lowry penned a 12-month deal to his contract.

Lowry made his professional debut in the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League in an away fixture at Rapid Vienna.[2]

On 17 September 2009, Lowry signed a three-month loan deal with Football League Championship side Plymouth Argyle.[3][4] He played 13 league games for Plymouth during his loan spell, where he impressed many and was recalled by Villa who required Lowry's services as cover after some injuries to defenders.

On 28 January 2010, Lowry agreed a deal which would take him on a loan to Leeds United until 13 March 2010, joining his fellow Australian international teammates Patrick Kisnorbo and Neil Kilkenny. He made his debut for Leeds against Colchester United, playing left back for Leeds. After an impressive debut, Lowry suffered a minor injury and had to be substituted and replaced by Bradley Johnson after 70 minutes. After missing the FA Cup replay against Tottenham Hotspur due to not being eligible, Lowry returned to the Leeds starting lineup in the following game against Hartlepool United.

Lowry started for Leeds in the Football League Trophy Northern Area Final, second leg game against Carlisle United, in which the game was lost with Lowry missing the decisive penalty in sudden death in the penalty shootout. After the game it appeared as though Lowry was attacked by a set of Carlisle supporters who had invaded the pitch.[5] After starting every game for Leeds Lowry was dropped from the Leeds squad for the match against Brentford after suffering an injury, before returning to Villa when his loan spell ended.

On 25 March 2010 Lowry re-signed for Leeds for a second loan spell, with his loan lasting until the end of the season. Lowry started at left back for Leeds against Norwich City on his return to the club, a match Leeds went on to lose 1–0 in injury time. Lowry didn't overley impress the Leeds fans in his loan spell at Leeds, with him being mostly played out of position at Left back for the entire spell, he was substituted for Jonathan Howson in the final game of the season against Bristol Rovers with 1–0 down at the time, but his loan spell ended on a high as Leeds were promoted in 2nd place after scoring two goals to go on and beat Bristol Rovers and secure promotion to The Championship.[6]

After Lowry's loan spell at Leeds was coming to an end, on 11 May he signed a new two-year contract extension at Aston Villa. It was a remarkable few days for Lowry, he was promoted with Leeds, received a call up to Australia's World Cup Squad and on the same day he signed a new two-year deal with Villa.

In January 2011, Lowry signed for Championship side Sheffield United until the end of the season[7] making his first start for the Blades away at Coventry City a day later. Lowry made eighteen appearances for the Blades but with the club in decline he was unable to prevent them from being relegated at the end of the season.[6]

Millwall

On 23 November 2011 Lowry was again loaned out to play in the Championship, this time to Millwall until 3 January 2012. He followed Aston Villa team-mate Nathan Baker who also signed on loan for Millwall two days earlier.[8] On 27 January 2012, Lowry signed a two-and-a-half-year permanent deal to Millwall for an undisclosed fee.[9] Lowry played in all matches in the run up to the Lions' FA Cup semi final against Wigan Athletic at Wembley. He "curled a superb, dipping free-kick" to score from 35 yards (32 m) as Millwall beat Charlton Athletic 2–0 at The Valley on 16 March 2013.[10]

Millwall confirmed that Lowry would leave the club when his contract expired at the end of the 2013–14 season.[11]

Leyton Orient

On 23 July 2014, Lowry signed for Football League One side Leyton Orient.[12] After Orient's relegation at the end of the season, Lowry expressed a desire to leave the club, and went on trial with Birmingham City before exercising a release clause in his Orient contract, leaving Brisbane Road on 28 August 2015.[13]

Birmingham City

On 9 September 2015, Lowry signed a deal with Championship club Birmingham City until the end of the 2015–16 season.[14] The form and fitness of centre-backs Michael Morrison and Jonathan Spector and left-back Jonathan Grounds restricted Lowry to a seat on the bench until mid-December. He eventually made his debut in the starting eleven for the home fixture against Cardiff City on 18 December, standing in for the injured Grounds at left back.[15] He appeared once more, in the FA Cup, before his contract was cancelled by mutual consent to enable him to return to Australia.[16]

Perth Glory

On 27 January 2016, Lowry signed a two-and-a-half-year deal with Perth Glory.[17] Lowry made his debut for the Glory on 30 January 2016, starting against Melbourne Victory FC.

International career

Lowry was born in Australia to Irish parents, and began his international career with the Republic of Ireland under-17 team. He represented that country up to under-23 level before, in September 2009, opting to make himself available to the Australia national team for his senior career.[18]

Lowry received his first call-up to the full Australia squad for a friendly against the Netherlands in Sydney and the Asian Cup qualifier against Oman in Melbourne in October.[19] He did not play in either match.[20][21] On 11 May 2010 he was selected as part of Pim Verbeek's 30-man provisional squad for the 2010 World Cup,[22] and travelled to South Africa, but was not included in the final 23-man World Cup squad.[23] Lowry was named in Han Berger's 18-man squad for an August 2010 friendly against Slovenia, but he did not appear in the match.[24][25]

Though he played no games or received call-ups since 2011, Lowry said he made the right decision to switch.[26]

Club statistics

As of match played 9 January 2016
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Aston Villa 2009–10[27] Premier League0010002[lower-alpha 1]030
2010–11[28] Premier League0000000000
2011–12[29] Premier League0000000000
Total 0010002030
Plymouth Argyle (loan) 2009–10[27] Championship130———130
Leeds United (loan) 2009–10[27] League One 110——1[lower-alpha 2]0120
Sheffield United (loan) 2010–11[28] Championship170———170
Millwall (loan) 2011–12[29] Championship900000—90
Millwall 2011–12[29] Championship1311000—141
2012–13[30] Championship3915010—451
2013–14[31] Championship2201000—230
Total 8327010—912
Leyton Orient 2014–15[32] League One34010104[lower-alpha 2]0400
Birmingham City 2015–16[33] Championship101000—20
Career total 159210020701782
  1. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. 1 2 Appearance in Football League Trophy

Honours

Leeds United

References

  1. ↑ "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/06/2010 and 30/06/2010" (PDF). The Football Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 June 2011. Retrieved 2010-07-19.
  2. ↑ "Lowry: Mixed Feelings". Aston Villa F.C. 20 August 2009. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
  3. ↑ "Lowry Loan". Aston Villa F.C. 17 September 2009. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
  4. ↑ "Villa youngster moves to Plymouth". BBC Sport. 17 September 2009. Retrieved 17 September 2009.
  5. ↑ "Carlisle 2–3 Leeds Utd (4–4 agg)". BBC Sport. 9 February 2010. Retrieved 9 February 2010.
  6. 1 2 "Switch of shirts now has Lowry facing new challenge". The Yorkshire Post. 19 March 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  7. ↑ "Another defender signed". Sheffield United F.C. 14 January 2011. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
  8. ↑ "Lowry joins Lions on Loan". Sky Sports. 23 November 2011. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
  9. ↑ "Lowry seals permanent Lions switch". Yahoo! UK. 27 January 2012. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
  10. ↑ "Charlton 0–2 Millwall". BBC Sport. 16 March 2013. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
  11. ↑ "Sky Bet Championship: Millwall release four players". Sky Sports. 10 May 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
  12. ↑ http://www.fourfourtwo.com/au/news/itchy-feet-lowry-seals-league-one-move
  13. ↑ "Lowry leaves Orient". East London Advertiser. 28 August 2015.
  14. ↑ "Shane Lowry: Birmingham City sign ex-Aston Villa defender". BBC Sport. 9 September 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  15. ↑ Dick, Brian (18 December 2015). "Birmingham City 1 Cardiff City 0". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
  16. ↑ "Shane Lowry leaves Blues". Birmingham City F.C. 27 January 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  17. ↑ "Perth Glory sign Aussie defender". Football Federation Australia. 27 January 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  18. ↑ "Central defender Shane Lowry commits international future to Australia". Fox Sports Australia. AFP. 11 September 2009. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  19. ↑ Jackson, Ed (2 October 2009). "Lowry ecstatic after Socceroos call-up". ninemsn. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  20. ↑ "Australia vs. Netherlands 0–0". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  21. ↑ "Cahill the hero for Aussies in tight win over Oman". Soccerway. Perform Group. 14 October 2009. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  22. ↑ "Pim just can't decide". Australian FourFourTwo. 11 May 2010. Archived from the original on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2010.
  23. ↑ "Final 23-man squad for 2010 FIFA World Cup announced". Football Federation Australia. 3 June 2010. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  24. ↑ "Oar, Burns named for Slovenia friendly". ABC News. 3 August 2010. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  25. ↑ "Slovenia vs. Australia 2–0". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  26. ↑ "Shane Lowry: I've no Roo regrets" (25 october 2013). fourfourtwo.com. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  27. 1 2 3 "Games played by Shane Lowry in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  28. 1 2 "Games played by Shane Lowry in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  29. 1 2 3 "Games played by Shane Lowry in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  30. ↑ "Games played by Shane Lowry in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  31. ↑ "Games played by Shane Lowry in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  32. ↑ "Games played by Shane Lowry in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  33. ↑ "Games played by Shane Lowry in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 January 2016.

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