Ryan James McGowan or famously known as Ryan McGowan is a professional football player who plays a primarily as a defender and occasionally as a midfielder for the Australian team and English professional football club, Bradford City AFC.
Apart from playing for several Scottish and Chinese clubs, he also has played for UAE football club, Sharjah FC. He represented Australia in their U17, U20, and U23 teams and made his full senior debut for Australia in 2012.
McGowan played at the 2014 FIFA World Cup and 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup.
Ryan McGowan is of Scottish descent as his parents migrated to Australian during 1980. He was born on 15 August 1989 in Adelaide, Australia. Talking about his nationality, he is an Australian and is of white ethnicity.
His younger brother, Dylan McGowan is also a defender who plays for Portuguese club, Futebol Clube Pacos de Ferreira.
He started his playing career joining the youth academy of Para Hills, SASI, and Heart of Midlothian.
His annual salary is around €350,000 with a weekly salary being € 7,000 which he receives from playing English football club, Bradford City. He has a market worth in the region of £360,000 as of 2018.
Looking at his professional playing career, his net-worth is assumed to be above $500,000.
He started his senior playing career with Australian soccer club, Para Hills in 2006, later joined Scottish football club, Heart of Midlothian in 2008. He was transferred to fellow Scottish clubs such as Ayr United and Patrick Thistle as a part of a loan deal.
He then signed two years contract with the Chinese SuperLeague club, Shandong Luneng Taishan in early 2013 and made his debut against Dalian Aerbin on 9 March 2013. He played a crucial role in helping the Chinese team to win the Chinese FA Cup in 2014.
After a successful spell with the Chinese club, he moved back to Scotland and signed a one and half year contract with Dundee United in January 2015 and made his debut against Aberdeen on 31 January 2015.
The Australian defender then played for UAE football club, Sharjah FC in 2017 and is currently playing for English football club, Bradford City with whom he signed in 2018.
After playing for Australia in the AFC Youth Championship in November 2007 and FIFA U20 World Cup 2009 in Eygpt, he made his senior international debut against Scotland in a friendly match in August 2012.
He played alongside, striker Tim Cahill and defender Jason Davidson for Australia led by Mile Jedinak at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.
As of 2018, he has made 20 appearances and has yet to score an international goal for Australia.
Currently 28, he stands at a height of 6 feet 3 inches tall and weighs around 75 kg. It is rumored that he is a married man.
His wife gave birth to a son who was born in 2016.
