Hayden James Doyle (born 25 February 1989 in

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, Australia) is an Australian

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Career

Doyle grew up playing junior football in Bunbury before moving to

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aged 16 to join

Stoke City Stoke City Football Club is a professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, which competes in the . Founded as Stoke Ramblers in 1863, it changed its name to Stoke in 1878 and then to Stoke City in 1925 after Stoke ...

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. After not managing to break into the first team at Stoke, Doyle joined

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Third Division side

Niki Volos Niki Volou Football Club ( el, ΠΑΕ Νίκη Βόλου) is a Greek professional football club based in the city of Volos, in the region of Magnesia, Greece. The club currently competes in the Super League 2, the second tier of Greek football ...

. On 20 June 2008, Doyle returned to Australia to join

Perth Glory Perth Glory Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Perth, Western Australia. It competes in the country's premier men's competition, A-League Men, under licence from Australian Professional Leagues. Founded in 19 ...

, the club he had supported since he was a young boy. He debuted for Perth Glory 17 August 2008 in a 1–0 loss against Adelaide United in the 2008-2009 A-League season. In 2011, he signed

Oakleigh Cannons Oakleigh Cannons Football Club is a soccer club based in the south-east Melbourne suburb of Oakleigh, Victoria, Australia. The club, established by members of Oakleigh's Greek Australian community, currently competes in the NPL Victoria. The cl ...

in the

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Trivia

While at

in 2006, Doyle featured in Australia's Football Documentary

The Away Game ''The Away Game'' is a 2006 television documentary that follows the lives of a number of Australian football players based overseas. The documentary was based on the book of the same name by Matthew Hall. The Away Game First broadcast on Speci ...

.Screen Australia - The Away Game
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References

External links

Perth Glory profile

{{DEFAULTSORT:Doyle, Hayden 1989 births Living people Australian men's soccer players Australian expatriate men's soccer players A-League Men players National Premier Leagues players Croydon FC (Australia) players Perth Glory FC players Stoke City F.C. players Soccer players from Adelaide Oakleigh Cannons FC players Men's association football defenders