Tamer Hakan Tuna (; born 19 October 1991 in England) is a Turkish

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who plays as a striker. He is currently a free agent after a short spell at Kent League side Erith Town.

Career

Tuna, who went to Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School in

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, joined

Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic Football Club is an English professional football club based in Charlton, south-east London, which compete in . Their home ground is The Valley, where the club have played since 1919. They have also played at The Mount in C ...

at the age of nine, after a short spell playing for local youth club Parkwood Rangers. He plays as a striker. He made his first team debut for Charlton in a 2–2 draw against

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on 18 April 2009, which confirmed their relegation to

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. Tuna was handed the 28 shirt for the 2009–10 shirt and has seen himself on goal scoring form for the reserves and having a few substitute appearances for the first team. He made his full debut against

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on 6 October 2009 in the

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, marking his debut with a 40th-minute goal. Tuna went on a work experience loan to

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club

Staines Town Staines Town Football Club was a semi-professional Association football, football club based in Staines-upon-Thames, Middlesex. History Early days Staines Town FC was founded in 1892 and was known under various names including ''Staines F.C ...

in January 2010, featuring three times for the club. Later that month, he left Staines and went on loan to another Conference South club,

Woking Woking ( ) is a town and borough status in the United Kingdom, borough in northwest Surrey, England, around from central London. It appears in Domesday Book as ''Wochinges'' and its name probably derives from that of a Anglo-Saxon settlement o ...

. On 19 March 2010, Tuna was then loaned to fellow Conference South play-off contenders

Welling United Welling United Football Club is a professional football club, based in Welling in the London Borough of Bexley, England. The club's first team play in the National League South, at the sixth tier of English football. History Welling United Foot ...

. Tuna then went on to have further loan spells at

Thurrock Thurrock () is a unitary authority area with borough status and unparished area in the ceremonial county of Essex, England. It is part of the London commuter belt and an area of regeneration within the Thames Gateway redevelopment zone. The l ...

and

Aveley Aveley is a town and former civil parish in the unitary authority of Thurrock in Essex, England, and forms one of the traditional Church of England parishes. Aveley is 16 miles (26.2 km) east of Charing Cross. In the 2021 United Kingdom ...

. Tuna remained on a YTS contract for

during 2010. However, he was released by the club in May 2011. He subsequently appeared for

Cray Wanderers Cray Wanderers Football Club is an English semi-professional football club based in Sidcup, London. Based on later reports, the club has a claim to have been established some time in 1860 in the twin villages of St Mary Cray and St Paul's Cr ...

, Hastings United and Erith Town.

References

External links

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Tamer Tuna profile
at the Charlton Athletic website {{DEFAULTSORT:Tuna, Tamer Living people 1991 births Footballers from Bexley People educated at Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School Association football forwards Turkish footballers English footballers English people of Turkish descent Charlton Athletic F.C. players Staines Town F.C. players Woking F.C. players Thurrock F.C. players Aveley F.C. players Welling United F.C. players Bromley F.C. players Erith Town F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players Isthmian League players Cray Wanderers F.C. players Hastings United F.C. players