Ersan Gülüm
Ersan Adem Gülüm ( born May 17, 1987 in Carlton, Melbourne City, Australia ) is an Australian- Turkish football player. He currently plays for Beşiktaş Istanbul, on the position of the defender.
Childhood Youth
Ersan Gülüm grew up in Meadow Heights, a suburb of Melbourne in Victoria, on.
Career
Club career
Even as a 17 -year-old played Ersan Gülüm for the Turkish- Australian Football Club North Coburg United in Melbourne. Soon after, he moved to the Turkish Süper Lig club Vestel Manisaspor - after he was discovered by the experienced Turkish coach Ersun Yanal in a game of North Coburg United. It was used for the entire season as part of the senior squad, but he came only two Superliga games and two games in the Ziraat Türkiye Kupası, the Turkish Cup, are used.
Gülüm moved into the winter break in 2008 with the Turkish club Elazığspor. Regular matches he cemented his reputation as a strong left-footed defender. After half a season of solid performance at the club Gülüm signed with the Turkish club Adanaspor a three- year contract. There he played 30 league games in his first season and was nominated for the title of best defender agents. In July 2010 he signed a contract with the Premier League rivals Beşiktaş Istanbul, but allows for Adanaspor to borrow him for a season back.
National
In 2007 Gülüm played as part of the qualification for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games at the victories against Jordan and Lebanon twice for the Australian U-23 national team.
On 12 November 2010 he was appointed national coach Guus Hiddink for the upcoming friendly against the Netherlands for the first time in the squad of the Turkish national team. After he was not used there, the Australian national team coach Holger Osieck nominated him in the provisional 50 -man squad of Australia for the Asian Cup 2011 Gülüm but decided against a career in the Australian national team and stuck to his decision, the future for Turkey want to play.
On September 10, 2013 Gülüm made his debut for Turkey in the World Cup Qualifiktationsspiel against Romania.