Aziz Behich

Aziz Behich

Behich with Australia in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Aziz Eraltay Behich[1]
Date of birth	(1990-12-16) 16 December 1990 (age 34)[2]
Place of birth	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia[1]
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[3]
Position(s)	Left back
Club 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	10	(2)
National team^‡
2011–2012	Australia U23	9	(1)
2012–	Australia	55	(2)
Honours Representing  Australia Men's Association football AFC Asian Cup Winner 2015 Australia
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 April 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13:45, 26 November 2022 (UTC)

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 and left winger for A-League club Melbourne City and the Australia national team.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 5 June 2019^[5]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League[a]		Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Melbourne Victory	2009–10	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
Melbourne Heart	2010–11	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	0
	2011–12	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	1
	2012–13	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0
	Total	65	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	65	1
Bursaspor	2012–13	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	2014–15	29	0	8	0	2	0	0	0	39	0
	2015–16	26	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	32	1
	2016–17	32	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	34	0
	2017–18	31	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	34	5
	2018–19	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	Total	122	6	19	0	2	0	1	0	144	6
Melbourne Heart	2013–14 (loan)	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	1
PSV Eindhoven	2018–19	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
Career total		220	8	21	0	2	0	1	0	244	8

1. Includes A-League final series

International

As of match played 7 September 2021^[6]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Australia	2012	5	2
	2013	0	0
	2014	3	0
	2015	4	0
	2016	0	0
	2017	7	0
	2018	11	0
	2019	8	0
	2021	5	0
Total		43	2

Scores and results list Australia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Behich goal.

List of international goals scored by Aziz Behich

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	9 December 2012	Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong	Chinese Taipei	5–0	8–0	2013 EAFF East Asian Cup
2				7–0

Honours

Green Gully

• Victorian Premier League Premiers: 2008^[7]

İstanbul Başakşehir

• Süper Lig: 2019–20^[8]

Australia

• AFC Asian Cup: 2015

Individual

• PFA A-League Team of the Season: 2011–12^[9]

References

1. "PSV sign Australian international Behich". PSV.nl. PSV Eindhoven. 31 August 2018. Archived from the original on 1 October 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
2. "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.
3. "Aziz Behich". socceroos.com.au. Football Federation Australia. Archived from the original on 1 September 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
4. 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
5. Aziz Behich at Soccerway
6. Aziz Behich at National-Football-Teams.com
7. 2008 Victorian Premier League – Final Table. Ozfootball.net. Retrieved on 21 October 2011.
8. "Istanbul's Medipol Başakşehir wins first ever Turkish Süper Lig title". Daily Sabah. 19 July 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
9. "Arnie's Delight at Coach of the Year Award – Australia News – Australian FourFourTwo – The Ultimate Football Website". Au.fourfourtwo.com. 28 March 2012. Archived from the original on 12 October 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2013.