Ryan Griffiths (footballer)

Griffiths as a player the Jets (2012 )

Ryan Griffiths ( born August 21, 1981 in Sydney ) is an Australian football player. Griffiths played in the course of his professional career already for clubs in Romania and China and came as his two older brothers, twins Adam and Joel, for the Australian national team for use.

Career

Griffiths began his career in 1999 in the National Soccer League in the Northern Spirit FC. In 2002 he moved to league rivals Newcastle United, where he met his two brothers and for which he was active after the 2003/ 04 season until the cessation of the league. Like many other Australian footballer, he moved to the end of the statewide league abroad, Griffiths signed a contract with the Romanian first division Naţional Bucharest. After he had come in the first season only seven missions, was the high-scoring winger in his second season in Romania regularly in the starting lineup, scored in 27 inserts seven goals and was also in the 0-1 defeat in the cup final against Rapid Bucharest to squad.

There was then in the summer of 2006, a change to local rivals Rapid Bucharest, in which Griffiths but could not prevail, and was awarded for the Chinese first division club Liaoning FC in early 2007, a process repeated in 2008. After the descent Liaoning he played the following season on loan for Beijing Guoan, where also played his brother Joel on loan at this time. Two brothers arrive during the season eight league matches and helped Guoan thus to the first championship in the club's history. For the 2010 season he was as taken with his brother from Beijing Guoan under contract. In early 2011 he returned to Australia and joined again the Newcastle United Jets on.

National

Ryan Griffiths, in 2004 with the Australian Olympic team in the Olympic football tournament in Greece part. He came in three games as a substitute use, including in the 0-1 defeat in the quarterfinals against Iraq.

In 2006 he made ​​his debut under coach Graham Arnold in the Australian national team. At his first appearance he came in sporty meaningless - Australia had already qualified - qualifying match for the Asia Cup 2007 against Kuwait when he came on after 30 minutes for Ahmad Elrich. By 2008, four bets per Substitutes joined in friendlies, most recently Arnold's successor Pim Verbeek in March 2008 against Singapore.

Achievements

• Chinese Master: 2009
• Romanian Cup Winners: 2006/ 07 ( not present in the final )