Birkan Kirdar
Birkan Kirdar (born 7 February 2002) is an Australian professional footballer who last played as an attacking midfielder for Melbourne Victory in the A-League Men.
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| Full name | Birkan Kirdar[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 7 February 2002[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Coolaroo, Victoria, Australia | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[3] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder[4] | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Hume City | |||||||||||||||||
| Essendon Royals | |||||||||||||||||
| Whittlesea Ranges | |||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Melbourne Victory | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2022 | Melbourne Victory | 30 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2022 | Melbourne Victory NPL | 34 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | Australia U-17 | 22 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 September 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 November 2019 | |||||||||||||||||
Club career edit
Melbourne Victory edit
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.[5]
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.[6] At 16 years and 70 days, Kirdar became the Victory's youngest ever debutant.[7]
On 1 June 2018, Kirdar signed his first professional contract with Victory, through till the end of the 2019/20 season.[8] On 29 September 2020, Kirdar re-signed with Victory for the 2020/21 season.[9] In September 2022, he left Melbourne Victory.[10]
International career edit
Kirdar represented Australia at the 2017 AFF U-15 Championship, the 2018 AFC U-16 Championship qualification and the 2018 AFC U-16 Championship.[11][12][13]
Personal life edit
Kirdar is of Turkish descent, and his grandfather was one of the first founders of Turkish-Australian club Anadoluspor, also known as Hume City FC.[14]
Honours edit
Club edit
- Melbourne Victory
References edit
- ^ (PDF). FIFA. 31 October 2019. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 December 2019.
- ^ . Melbourne Victory FC. Archived from the original on 2 November 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- ^ . Melbourne Victory FC. Archived from the original on 2 November 2021. 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.
- ^ "Trio of young guns locked in". Melbourne Victory. 1 June 2018. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- ^ "Trio of young guns locked in". Melbourne Victory. 29 September 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- ^ "Melbourne Victory signs Nathan Konstandopoulos". Melbourne Victory. 14 September 2022.
- ^ "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".