Hayden Doyle
Encyclopedia
Hayden James Doyle is an Australian footballer who currently plays for Oakleigh Cannons
in the Victorian Premier League
.
before moving to England
aged 16 to join Stoke City
's youth academy
. After not managing to break into the first team at Stoke, Doyle joined Greek
Third Division side Niki Volos
. On 20 June 2008, Doyle returned to Australia
to join Perth Glory, 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 2006, Doyle featured in Australia's Football Documentary
The Away Game
.
Oakleigh Cannons
Oakleigh Cannons Football Club is a football club based in the south-east Melbourne suburb of Oakleigh, Victoria, Australia. The club was formed in 1972 as the South Oakleigh Soccer Club by members of Oakleigh's Greek Australian community...
in the Victorian Premier League
Victorian Premier League
The Victorian Premier League is the highest State level association football competition in Victoria, Australia, and second highest nationally after the A-League...
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Career
Doyle grew up playing junior football in BunburyBunbury, Western Australia
The port city of Bunbury is the third largest city in Western Australia after the State Capital Perth and Mandurah. It is situated south of Perth's central business district...
before moving to England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
aged 16 to join Stoke City
Stoke City F.C.
Stoke City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire that plays in the Premier League. Founded in 1863, it is the oldest club in the Premier League, and considered to be the second oldest professional football club in the world, after Notts...
's youth academy
Youth system
Youth system is a sporting terminology used to refer to a youth investment program within a particular team or league, which develops and nurtures young talent in farm teams, with the vision of using them in the first team if they show enough promise, and to fill up squads numbers in some teams...
. After not managing to break into the first team at Stoke, Doyle joined Greek
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
Third Division side Niki Volos
Niki Volos F.C.
Niki Volou is a Greek football club based in the city of Nea Ionia, in the region of Magnesia.The club currently competes in the Football League 2, the third tier of Greek football.-Colours and Crest:...
. On 20 June 2008, Doyle returned to Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
to join Perth Glory, 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.
Trivia
While at Stoke CityStoke City F.C.
Stoke City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire that plays in the Premier League. Founded in 1863, it is the oldest club in the Premier League, and considered to be the second oldest professional football club in the world, after Notts...
in 2006, Doyle featured in Australia's Football Documentary
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
The Away Game
The Away Game
The Away Game is a documentary based on the book of the same name by Matthew Hall. It follows the lives of a number of Australian footballers who play overseas.- The Away Game :...
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