Birkan Kirdar Explained

Birkan Kirdar
Fullname:	Birkan Kirdar^[1]
Birth Date:	2002 2, df=yes^[2]
Birth Place:	Coolaroo, Victoria, Australia
Height:	1.76 m^[3]
Position:	Attacking midfielder^[4]
Currentclub:	Dandenong Thunder
Clubnumber:	12
Youthclubs1:	Hume City
Youthclubs2:	Essendon Royals
Youthclubs3:	Whittlesea Ranges
Youthyears4:	2017–2018
Youthclubs4:	Melbourne Victory
Years1:	2018–2022
Caps1:	30
Goals1:	0
Clubs1:	Melbourne Victory
Years2:	2018–2022
Caps2:	34
Goals2:	7
Clubs2:	Melbourne Victory NPL
Years3:	2024–
Caps3:	25
Goals3:	5
Clubs3:	Dandenong Thunder
Nationalyears1:	2017–2019
Nationalteam1:	Australia U-17
Nationalcaps1:	22
Nationalgoals1:	8
Club-Update:	18 August 2024
Nationalteam-Update:	1 November 2019

Birkan Kirdar (born 7 February 2002) is an Australian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Dandenong Thunder in the National Premier Leagues Victoria.

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.^[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

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

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

Club

Melbourne Victory

FFA Cup

2021

Notes and References

Web site: FIFA U-17 World Cup Brazil 2019: List of Players: Australia . FIFA . 3 . 31 October 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191227222540/https://www.fifadata.com/documents/FU17WC/2019/pdf/FU17WC_2019_Squadlists.pdf . 27 December 2019.
Web site: Birkan Kirdar. Melbourne Victory FC. 18 April 2018. 2 November 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211102082355/https://www.melbournevictory.com.au/player/birkan-kirdar. dead.
Web site: Birkan Kirdar . Melbourne Victory FC . 21 November 2019 . 2 November 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211102082355/https://www.melbournevictory.com.au/player/birkan-kirdar . dead .
Web site: Mitchell. Tim. Craigieburn's Birkan Kirdar shoots for the stars at AFF Youth Championship with Under-15 Joeys squad. Hume Leader. News Corp. 18 April 2018.
Web site: 76' Birkan Kirdar is on for his Y-League debut at the age of 15. Twitter. Melbourne Victory FC. 18 April 2018.
Web site: Melbourne Victory v Shanghai SIPG live stream: Asian Champions League updates, result, video, highlights. Fox Sports Australia. 18 April 2018 . News Corp. 18 April 2018.
Web site: Davutovic. David. Asian Champions League: Melbourne Victory impress in last game as A-League finals loom large. Herald Sun. News Corp. 18 April 2018.
Web site: Trio of young guns locked in. Melbourne Victory. 1 June 2018. 2 November 2020.
Web site: Trio of young guns locked in. Melbourne Victory. 29 September 2020. 2 November 2020.
Web site: Melbourne Victory signs Nathan Konstandopoulos. Melbourne Victory. 14 September 2022.
Web site: Joeys squad named ahead of AFF U-15 Championships. 3 July 2017 . Football Federation Australia. 18 April 2018.
Web site: Cklamovski names Australia U-16 squad for Mongolia mission. 12 September 2017 . 31 May 2018.
Web site: Trevor Morgan names Joeys squad for Malaysia mission. Football Federation Australia. 29 August 2018.
Web site: ANADOLU'DAN ASYA ŞAMPİYONLAR LİGİ'NE.