Aziz Behich

Aziz Behich
	Behich with Australia in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Aziz Eraltay Behich
Date of birth	16 December 1990 (age 33)
Place of birth	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
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
2008–2009	Green Gully
2009–2010	Melbourne Victory
2010	Hume City
2010–2013	Melbourne Heart
2013–2018	Bursaspor
2013–2014	→ Melbourne Heart (loan)
2018–2019	PSV Eindhoven
2019–2021	İstanbul Başakşehir
2020–2021	→ Kayserispor (loan)
2021–2022	Giresunspor
2022–2023	Dundee United
2023–	Melbourne City
National team‡
2011–2012	Australia U23
2012–	Australia
Honours
Representing Australia
Men's Association football
AFC Asian Cup
	* 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[change | change source]

As of match played 5 June 2019^[5]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League^[a]		Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	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

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	9 December 2012	Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong	Chinese Taipei	7–0	8–0	2013 EAFF East Asian Cup