1. Christopher John Coyne was born on 20 December 1978 and is an Australian former soccer player and coach who is currently head of Perth Glory Youth NPL in National Premier Leagues Western Australia.
15 Facts About Chris Coyne
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Chris Coyne played seven times for Australia in 2008 and 2009.
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Chris Coyne spent a season at Scottish Premier League club Dundee and then joined English Football League club, Luton Town, in 2001, where he spent six and a half years, making over 200 league appearances and twice winning promotion.
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Chris Coyne joined Colchester United in 2008, leaving the club in July 2009 by mutual consent.
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Chris Coyne made his international debut in June 2008 and has made seven appearances for Australia.
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Chris Coyne reads it well, and he's young enough to improve.
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Chris Coyne made almost 100 appearances for Luton over the next two seasons, and agreed a new two-year contract in May 2004.
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Chris Coyne won a Football League's Player of the Month Award for April 2005, and was named in the PFA League One Team of the Season.
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Chris Coyne signed a new three-year contract in August 2006, and after the departure of Kevin Nicholls, was named club captain.
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Chris Coyne returned to Australia to join A-League club Perth Glory on a three-year contract.
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On 5 March 2010 it was announced that Chris Coyne had signed on loan to Chinese Super League club Liaoning Hongyun as a means to improve his chances of being selected for Australia during the 2010 World Cup.
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Chris Coyne was brought into the Australian squad for the World Cup 2010 qualifiers against Iraq and Qatar in June 2008.
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Chris Coyne next played in the friendly games against South Africa in August 2008, and against The Netherlands in September 2008.
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In 2013 Chris Coyne took on the head coach role at Bayswater City SC in the WA Premier League.
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On 14 October 2020, he was appointed to the Perth Glory FC Academy Under-20s Head Coach role, working under then coach Richard Garcia and transitioning to a new role of secondary Assistant Manager under Glory's then interim Head Coach, Ruben Zadkovich, in 21 March 2022, who was later signed full-time to the position, with Chris Coyne retaining his role.