 Behich with Australia in 2018 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Aziz Eraltay Behich[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 16 December 1990[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[3] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Left back | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Melbourne City | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 16 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Meadow Park | |||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2007 | Green Gully | ||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2010 | Melbourne Victory | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Green Gully | 31 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Melbourne Victory | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Hume City | 6 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2013 | Melbourne Heart | 65 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2018 | Bursaspor | 122 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | → Melbourne Heart (loan) | 24 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | PSV Eindhoven | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | İstanbul Başakşehir | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | → Kayserispor (loan) | 34 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Giresunspor | 34 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Dundee United | 26 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Melbourne City | 12 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024 | → Al Nassr (loan) | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Australia U23 | 5 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012– | Australia | 75 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 October 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 October 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
Aziz Eraltay Behich (Turkish: Aziz Eraltay, /ˈæzɪz ˈbeɪ.ɪtʃ/ AZ-iz BAY-itch;[4] born 16 December 1990) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a left back for A-League Men club Melbourne City and the Australia national team.
- ^ a b "PSV sign Australian international Behich". PSV.nl. PSV Eindhoven. 31 August 2018. Archived from the original on 1 October 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
- ^ "FIFA Confederations Cup Russia 2017: List of players: Australia" (PDF). FIFA. 2 July 2017. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 July 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
- ^ "Aziz Behich". socceroos.com.au. Football Federation Australia. Archived from the original on 1 September 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
- ^ Santo Sam and Ed Total Football (3 February 2014), Total Football Half Time Spectacular and Aziz Behich, archived from the original on 15 December 2021, retrieved 17 November 2017