Ersin Kaya (born 5 July 1993) is an Australian

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who last played as a

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for

National Premier Leagues Victoria The National Premier Leagues Victoria (NPL Victoria or NPL VIC) is a semi-professional soccer league in Victoria, Australia. The league is a part of the National Premier Leagues, and is the highest level within the Victorian soccer league syst ...

club

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Club career

After being a part of the

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set-up in 2009, Ersin Kaya signed for Turkish-backed

Victorian Premier League The Victorian Premier League (VPL) is an Australian soccer league based in Victoria that was founded in 2023 and administered by Football Victoria. It consists of two divisions that were named after the VPL's breakaway of the National Premier L ...

club

Hume City FC Hume City Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Broadmeadows, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Established by the local Turkish Australian community, the club competes in the National Premier Leagues Victoria. ...

in 2010. Kaya then moved to

Victorian State League Division 1 The Victorian State League, known as VETO Sports State League for sponsorship purposes is an Australian soccer league based in Victoria that was founded in 1958 and administered by Football Victoria. It consists of five divisions (separated by ...

side Moreland Zebras, where he linked up with current coach Domenic Barba. Kaya won promotion to the VPL with the Zebras at the age of 17. After that, Kaya joined the

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youth squad in 2012, before returning to play VPL with

Northcote City FC Northcote City Football Club (Iraklis) is a soccer club based on the border of Thornbury and Northcote, Victoria (Australia). Formed in 1960 by local Greek Australians, the club currently competes in the Victoria Premier League 1. In 2011, ...

and

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. He then spent a year in Turkey with Bayrampasaspor before returning to Victoria, joining the newly promoted

FC Bulleen Lions FC Bulleen Lions is an Australian semi-professional football club based in the Melbourne suburb Bulleen. Founded in 1974 by Melbourne's Italian community, the club currently competes in the Victoria Premier League 1, the second highest level o ...

in 2016.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kaya, Ersin Living people 1993 births Men's association football defenders A-League Men players Melbourne City FC players Australian people of Turkish descent Hume City FC players Australian men's soccer players Australia men's youth international soccer players Soccer players from Melbourne Australian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Australian expatriate men's soccer players Australian Institute of Sport soccer players Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Bayrampaşa SK footballers Werribee City FC players 21st-century Australian sportsmen