Tam Byrne, full name Tamas Byrne, (b. 12 September 1980) is Football Agent working for the Wasserman Media Group

Wasserman Media Group

Founded in 2002 by Casey Wasserman, Wasserman Media Group is a global sport and entertainment agency headquartered in Los Angeles. Wasserman primarily operates within the disciplines of athlete representation, property sales, action sports, and corporate and property consulting...

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Career

Tam Byrne began his career as a footballer playing for Blackpool FC in England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 in 1997. In 2003 he joined sports marketing company IMG on work experience. He then did an internship at the Athlete Representation department at Octagon for 3 weeks. In 2004 he became an FA Licensed Player's Agent and set up Player First, a football representation company based in Cheshire

Cheshire

Cheshire is a ceremonial county in North West England. Cheshire's county town is the city of Chester, although its largest town is Warrington. Other major towns include Widnes, Congleton, Crewe, Ellesmere Port, Runcorn, Macclesfield, Winsford, Northwich, and Wilmslow...

. In 2005, Player First was taken over by SFX Sports Group which later was acquired by Wasserman Media Group in November 2006.

Personal

Away from football, Tam Byrne has also represented Great Britain at American Football. He was a member of the 2004 European Championship Winning GB Lions team.
Tam Byrne is of Irish ancestry.