Former Dandenong Thunder defender Ramazan Tavsancioglu has made a successful move back up to the NPL Victoria, joining Hume City for the 2016 season.
Tavsancioglu has a CV littered with experience across the Victorian top-flight, as well as experiencing European football in Turkey as well as a short stint in the A-League with Melbourne Victory.
Having started his youth career with the Melbourne Knights, Tavsancioglu made his senior bow with Port Melbourne Sharks before successfully joining then Turkish Super League club MKE Ankaragucu.
He made one appearance in his solitary season with the club before going on to join South Melbourne, a club he went on to captain and also win a Premiership with in 2006.
A six-year stint at Lakeside came to end in 2010 as the centre-half made two loan stints to A-League outfits Melbourne Victory and North Queensland Fury, where he made a total of 16 appearances in two seasons.
A stint at Oakleigh Cannons followed where he played a part in two Grand Final appearances, although he failed to win at both attempts.
He joined the embattled Southern Stars for their controversy-marred 2013 campaign, making 21 appearances for the season before he joined Dandenong Thunder in 2014, staying with the club for two seasons, including last year’s relegation season.
He made 49 appearances in total for the Thunder, scoring two goals in the process.
Tavsancioglu has the title firmly in his sights with Hume in 2016, something he says drives him forward after two successive title deciding losses with the Cannons.
“My goal and ambition is always to win another championship,” Tavsancioglu told Hume City.
“I did it back in 2006 with South Melbourne and I’ve still got that hunger there to be successful.
“It’s still in my blood and I can’t get enough of it.”
Tavsancioglu is expected to partner fellow veteran Shane Rexhepi in the heart of defence with Petar Franjic expected to miss the opening stages of the 2016 campaign recovering from a knee injury.
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