Daniel Stynes (born 29 August 1998) is an Australian professional

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who plays as an

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for

Newcastle Jets Newcastle United Jets Football Club, commonly known as Newcastle Jets, is an Australian professional soccer club based in Newcastle, New South Wales. It competes in the country's premier competition, the A-League, under licence from The Australia ...

. He made his senior debut for Perth Glory as an 18 year old against Heidelberg United on 1 August 2017 in the FFA cup. He made his starting professional debut for

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on 7 August 2018 in an

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match against

Melbourne Victory Melbourne Victory Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Melbourne, Victoria. Competing in the country's premier men's competition, the A-League Men, under licence from Australian Professional Leagues (APL), Victo ...

Club career

Perth Glory

Stynes was a member of the youth team for 3 seasons where he won the Dylan Tombides young player of the year award as well as making his debut against Heidelberg in the FFA cup. Stynes also signed his first professional contract for the 2017/18 season however tore his hamstring a day after and didn't feature at all again that season. Stynes returned in his starting debut against Melbourne Victory however was forced off due to a challenge that ruled him out for most of the 2018/19 season.

Bentleigh Greens

In June 2019, Stynes joined

Bentleigh Greens Bentleigh Greens Soccer Club is an Australian semi professional soccer club based in Cheltenham, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria. The club was formed in 1986, by the Greek Cypriot community and currently competes in the National Premier League ...

in the

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Back to Perth

In November 2020, Stynes was selected as part of the 2020 Asian Champions League squad which played out the remaining games, which were originally postponed due the

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, in Qatar. His first goal for Glory came during a group stage game against

Ulsan Hyundai Ulsan Hyundai FC ( ko, 울산 현대 축구단) is a South Korean professional football club based in Ulsan that competes in the K League 1, the top tier of South Korean football. Founded in 1983 as Hyundai Horang-i, they joined the K League i ...

, in which he was in the starting line-up.

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* 1998 births Living people Australian men's soccer players Men's association football midfielders Perth Glory FC players Bentleigh Greens SC players Newcastle Jets FC players National Premier Leagues players A-League Men players Place of birth missing (living people) {{Australia-footy-midfielder-stub