Brendan Renaud (born 21 August 1973) is an Australian

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Biography

He made his debut for Sydney FC coming on in the second half against

Adelaide United FC Adelaide United Football Club is a professional men's Association football, soccer club located in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. The club was one of the eight founding members of the A-League Men and have competed in it concurrently ...

which Sydney won 3-1. He has previously played for

Blacktown City Blacktown City Council is a local government area in Western Sydney, situated on the Cumberland Plain, approximately west of the Sydney central business district, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Established in 1906 as the Blacktow ...

Marconi Guglielmo Giovanni Maria Marconi, 1st Marquess of Marconi ( ; ; 25 April 1874 – 20 July 1937) was an Italian electrical engineer, inventor, and politician known for his creation of a practical radio wave-based wireless telegraph system. This ...

and

Parramatta Power Parramatta Power Soccer Club were a professional association football club who were based in the Western Sydney city of Parramatta. They played in the National Soccer League (Australia), National Soccer League from season National Soccer League ...

. He signed a short-term contract with Sydney FC in 2007 to help with cover in defense due to injuries to starting players, at the time he was part of the Sydney FC Coaching and Development staff in the role of Development Officer. Brendan scored his first goal for Sydney during the

Pan-Pacific Championship The Pan-Pacific Football Championship was an inter-confederation football (soccer), football tournament between teams from A-League (Australia and New Zealand), Chinese Super League (People's Republic of China, China), J. League (Japan), K-League ...

against their 3/4 play-offs against

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. After some excellent build up play, he took a shot that fired into the top right corner from around 30 yards out, The world class strike was not enough to save Sydney who went down 2-1. Renaud is rumoured to be considering or have already retired from professional football, but still works for Sydney FC as a Development officer.

External links

Oz Football profile

Sydney FC profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Renaud, Brendan 1973 births Living people Australian men's soccer players Marconi Stallions FC players Parramatta Power SC players Sydney FC players Blacktown City FC players Parramatta FC players Australian people of French descent Men's association football defenders Men's association football midfielders Place of birth missing (living people)