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

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

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 a professional association football club based in Charlton, south-east London, England. The team compete in the EFL Championship, the second level of the English football league system. Their home ground is ...

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

Blackpool Blackpool is a seaside town in Lancashire, England. It is located on the Irish Sea coast of the Fylde peninsula, approximately north of Liverpool and west of Preston, Lancashire, Preston. It is the main settlement in the Borough of Blackpool ...

on 18 April 2009, which confirmed their relegation to League One. 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 Barnet 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

Conference South The National League South, officially Vanarama National League South, is a professional Association football league in England. National League South is the second division of the National Leagues and step 2 of the NLS and sixth-highest ti ...

club Staines Town 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 north-west Surrey, England, around from central London. It appears in Domesday Book as ''Wochinges'', and its name probably derives from that of a Anglo-Saxon settleme ...

. On 19 March 2010, Tuna was then loaned to fellow Conference South play-off contenders Welling United. Tuna then went on to have further loan spells at

Thurrock Thurrock () is a unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area with Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough status in the Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county of Essex, England. It lies on the north bank of the River ...

and

Aveley Aveley is a village 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 King ...

. Tuna remained on a YTS contract for

during 2010. However, he was released by the club in May 2011. He subsequently appeared for Welling United, Cray Wanderers, 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 the London Borough of Bexley People from Bexley People educated at Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School Men's association football forwards Turkish men's footballers English men's 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 21st-century English sportsmen 21st-century Turkish sportsmen