Birkan Kirdar
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Birkan Kirdar | ||
| Date of birth | 7 February 2002[1] | ||
| Place of birth | East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder[3] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Melbourne Victory | ||
| Number | 13 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Hume City | |||
| Essendon Royals | |||
| Whittlesea Ranges | |||
| 2017– | Melbourne Victory | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018– | Melbourne Victory | 0 | (0) |
| 2018– | Melbourne Victory NPL | 27 | (6) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017– | Australia U-17 | 17 | (7) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 October 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 September 2019 | |||
Birkan Kirdar (born 7 February 2002), is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Melbourne Victory in the A-League.
Club career
Melbourne Victory
The youngest player chosen in Melbourne Victory's youth squad for the 2017-18 National Youth League season, Kirdar made his debut for Melbourne Victory Youth at the age of 15, coming on in the 76th minute against Perth Glory Youth.[4]
Kirdar made his first-team debut for Melbourne Victory in an AFC Champions League match against Shanghai SIPG F.C., coming on as an 87th minute substitute for Pierce Waring in an eventual 2–1 win.[5] At 16 years and 70 days, Kirdar became the Victory's youngest ever debutant.[6]
International career
Kirdar represented Australia at the 2017 AFF U-15 Championship, the 2018 AFC U-16 Championship qualification and the 2018 AFC U-16 Championship.[7][8] [9]
Personal life
Kirdar is of Turkish descent, and his grandfather helped found the Turkish club Anadoluspor, also known as Hume City FC.[10]
References
- ^ "Birkan Kirdar". Melbourne Victory FC. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- ^ "Birkan Kirdar". Melbourne Victory FC. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
- ^ Mitchell, Tim. "Craigieburn's Birkan Kirdar shoots for the stars at AFF Youth Championship with Under-15 Joeys squad". Hume Leader. News Corp. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- ^ "76' Birkan Kirdar is on for his Y-League debut at the age of 15". Twitter. Melbourne Victory FC. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- ^ "Melbourne Victory v Shanghai SIPG live stream: Asian Champions League updates, result, video, highlights". Fox Sports Australia. News Corp. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- ^ Davutovic, David. "Asian Champions League: Melbourne Victory impress in last game as A-League finals loom large". Herald Sun. News Corp. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- ^ "Joeys squad named ahead of AFF U-15 Championships". Football Federation Australia. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- ^ "Cklamovski names Australia U-16 squad for Mongolia mission". Retrieved 31 May 2018.
- ^ "Trevor Morgan names Joeys squad for Malaysia mission". Football Federation Australia. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
- ^ "ANADOLU'DAN ASYA ŞAMPİYONLAR LİGİ'NE".
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